Organ

We are fortunate in having a particularly fine organ, which was built and installed by Messrs Abbott & Smith of Leeds at the time of the building of the new church, and has been renovated a number of times since. The builders incoporated several ranks, and part ranks, of pipes from the organ in the old church which was built by Henry Halmshaw in 1882-1883. The stops from the old organ are indicated on the specification. The cost of the organ was £1,100 (plus the old organ) although Abbott & Smith provided additional work at their own expense, namely 1) the extra, adjustable piston to each manual, 2) the reversibles for the Great and Pedal and Swell to Great couplers, and 3) substituting the Viole d'Orchestre for the originally-planned Flauto Traverso on the Choir. The latest renovation, started in 1980, involved cleaning the pipe-work and releathering the existing pneumatic action where necessary. In addition an electro-pneumatic action was fitted to the manuals, and the Vox Humana on the Swell was replaced with Fifteenth and the Choir Dulciana with a Flute Celeste. The specification of the original organ is as follows:

GREAT ORGAN 1. Contra Gamba 16 feet 2. Large Open Diapason 8 feet 3. Small Open Diapason 8 feet 4. Clarabella 8 feet 5. Principal 4 feet 6. Wald Flute 4 feet 7. Twelfth 2 1/3 feet 8. Fifteenth 2 feet 9. Tromba 8 feet CHOIR ORGAN 1. Open Diapason 8 feet 2. Dulciana (now Flute Celeste) 8 feet 3. Lieblich Gedackt 8 feet 4. Viol d'Orchestre 8 feet 5. Harmonic Flute 4 feet 6. Harmonic Piccolo 2 feet 7. Clarinet 8 feet 8. Tromba (from Great) 8 feet SWELL ORGAN 1. Lieblich Bourdon 16 feet 2. Open Diapason 8 feet 3. Stopped 8 feet 4. Salcional 8 feet 5. Voix Celeste (Ten C) 8 feet 6. Gemshorn 4 feet 7. Mixture (3 ranks) 8. Contra Fagotto 16 feet 9. Horn 8 feet 10. Oboe 8 feet 11. Clarion 4 feet 12. Vox Humana (now Fifteenth) 8 feet 13. Tremulant

COUPLERS 1. Swell Octave 2. Swell Sub Octave 3. Swell to Great 4. Swell to Choir 5. Choir Octave 6. Choir Sub Octave 7. Choir to Great 8. Swell to Pedal 9. Great to Pedal 10. Choir to Pedal PEDAL ORGAN 1. Open Diapason 16 feet 2. Violone (From Great) 16 feet 3. Bourdon 16 feet 4. Octave 8 feet 5. Flute Bass 8 feet 6. Trombone 16 feet 7. Harmonic Bass 32 feet COMPOSITION PEDALS 3 acting on Great and Pedal Organs 3 acting on Swell Organ 1 double acting to work No. 9 Coupler 1 Balanced Pedal to Swell Organ 1 Balanced Pedal to Choir Organ COMPOSITION PISTONS 4 acting on Great Organ 4 acting on Swell Organ 3 acting on Choir Organ 1 double acting to work No. 3 Coupler 1 on each Manual Interchangeable

WIND PRESSURES Great Flues and Choir 3 1/2 feet Small Flues and Oboe 4 feet Pedal 4 feet Swell and Great Reeds Action 7 feet SUMMARY Great Organ 9 stops Swell Organ 13 stops Choir Organ 8 stops Pedal Organ 7 stops Couplers 10 stops Total 47 stops STOPS FROM OLD ORGAN Pedal - Open Diapason Choir - Open Diapason; Lieblich Gedackt; Harmonic Flute Great - Small Open Diapason; Principal; Wald Flute; Twelfth; Fifteenth Swell - Lieblich Bourdon; Stopped Diapason; Voix Celeste; Gemshorn; Mixture