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 SWELL ORGAN |
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 COMPOSITION PEDALS COMPOSITION PISTONS |
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 STOPS FROM OLD ORGAN |