Complete description of the selected organ
Kedleston, United Kingdom (Derbyshire) - Kedleston Hall, Chamber Organ
Municipal: Derby
Address:
Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-district-derbyshire/kedleston-hall
Description nr.: 2074896.
Built by: Builder unknown (ca. 1740)
Technical data
Specification
Manual (C-e''', division between c'/cis'): Open Diapason 8' (cis'-e'''), Stop Diapason 8', Flute Bass 8' (C-c'), Flute Treble 8' (cis'-e'''), Sexquialtra 4-3 ranks (C-c'), Cornet 3 ranks (cis'-e'''), Swell Hautboy 8' (c'-e''').
Kedleston, United Kingdom (Derbyshire) - Kedleston Hall, Chamber Organ
Municipal: Derby
Address:
Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-district-derbyshire/kedleston-hall
Description nr.: 2074896.
Built by: Builder unknown (ca. 1740)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | ca. 1740 | Builder unknown | new organ | 1765 | Snetler | maintenance/reparations | 1824 | Alexander Buckingham | restoration | 1993 | Goetze & Gwynn | restoration |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Manual | 5 |
| Total number of stops | 5 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Pitch | a' = 433 Jz |
| Temperament | 1/4 comma meantone |
| Wind pressure | 76 mm |
Specification
Manual (C-e''', division between c'/cis'): Open Diapason 8' (cis'-e'''), Stop Diapason 8', Flute Bass 8' (C-c'), Flute Treble 8' (cis'-e'''), Sexquialtra 4-3 ranks (C-c'), Cornet 3 ranks (cis'-e'''), Swell Hautboy 8' (c'-e''').
| Compound stop | Composition |
| Sexquialtra-Cornet | C: 2' - 1 3/5' - 1 1/3' - 1'. b°: 2' - 1 3/5' - 1 1/3'. cis': 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/5' dis'': 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Literature |
Historic organs in historic places : The eighteenth century Chamber Organ in Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire : The historic home of the Curzon family : Now the National Trust / Dr. Alan Barnes. - [S.l. : R. Alan Publications, 1990. |
| Links |
https://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/organ/1740s-chamber-organ-kedleston-hall-derbyshire/ |