![Jonathan Scott at the console](organpresent/thumbnails/dscf0004b.jpg) |
Johnathan Scott at the console in 2001 |
![The 1990 re-opening concert](organpresent/thumbnails/file0016-007.jpg) |
The 1990 re-opening concert. Note the Phase 1 Swell box in the lower position. |
![Frederic Blanc at the console](organpresent/thumbnails/image14.jpg) |
Frederic Blanc at the console. |
![The Console](organpresent/thumbnails/console1.jpg) |
The Console in March 2005 |
![Ian Tracey at the console](organpresent/thumbnails/image31.jpg) |
Ian Tracey at the console |
![Solo section](organpresent/thumbnails/image28.jpg) |
Solo section, prior to the addition of the cross-bracing members currently present. |
![Post-1995](organpresent/thumbnails/image47.jpg) |
A later recital, after the work in 1993-5 |
![Boots of the 32ft reed](organpresent/thumbnails/bombardeblocks.jpg) |
The boot of bottom D and C of the 32ft reed, showing the Willis starter-motor. |
![Bottom C of the 32ft reed](organpresent/thumbnails/bottomC.jpg) |
The longest pipe currently in the organ, bottom C of the 32ft reed. This pipe
survived from the 1929 instrument and can be contrasted with D, behind it, which
was remade. |
![Pedal Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/pedal.jpg) |
View of the Pedal soundboard from the front of the gallery.
From front to back: Super Octave 4', Principal 8', Trombone 16', Bombarde 32'.
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![Pedal Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/pedal2.jpg) |
View of the trebles of the Trombone 16' and Bombarde 32'. |
![Pedal Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/pedal3.jpg) |
View of the pedal soundboard looking towards the front of the gallery. |
![Choir Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/choir1.jpg) |
The back soundboard of the Choir. Note the empty holes for the Cor Anglais
(2nd from front) and the Contra Viola (back) |
![Choir Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/choir2.jpg) |
The front soundboard of the Choir. |
![Great Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/great.jpg) |
The Great organ soundboard. At present only one of the three
is installed. From back to front: Flute Couverte 4', Octave II 4', Octave I 4',
Clarabella 8', Open Diapaon I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Quint 5 1/3',
Twelfth 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Mixture III |
![Great Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/great2.jpg) |
View beyond the right side of the Great toward the 32ft basses. |
![Great Organ magnets](organpresent/thumbnails/greatmagnets.jpg) |
Some magnets from the Great. |
![Swell Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/swell.jpg) |
The Swell soundboard. As with the Great, this is one of three to install.
The Clarion and Cornopean are at the front. |
![Swell Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/swell2.jpg) |
The Swell Clarion. |
![Swell Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/swell3.jpg) |
The other side of the soundboard. |
![Swell Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/swell4.jpg) |
The door of the swell box looking beyond to the Hall far below. |
![Solo Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/solo1.jpg) |
The rarely-seen Solo soundboard, photographed here from the inside of the
Swell box looking through the shutters. Note the comparison with
this picture from the 1929 instrument |
![Solo Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/solo2.jpg) |
Looking up from Gallery level towards the Solo, showing the cross-bracing members
added as a result of the structural engineer's report referred to elsewhere
in this website.
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![Solo Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/solo2.jpg) |
Looking up from Gallery level towards the Solo, showing the cross-bracing members
added as a result of the structural engineer's report referred to elsewhere
in this website.
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![Solo Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/solo3.jpg) |
On the Solo level, looking up towards the highest pipes in the organ, the
Solo Contra Tromba 16'.
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![Solo Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/solo4.jpg) |
The unenclosed Solo soundboard, looking back towards the Swell.
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![Solo Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/solo5.jpg) |
Unenclosed Solo, showing the Diapason trebles of the Tuba 8' and 4'.
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![Solo Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/solo6.jpg) |
Solo unenclosed soundboard.
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![Rectifier/Action](organpresent/thumbnails/rectifier.jpg) |
The transformer-rectifier and action.
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![Swell shutter motor](organpresent/thumbnails/swellengine.jpg) |
This "Whiffle tree" swell engine drives the left bank of Swell shutters. The
right bank also have their own engine. Two engines running in parallel
drive the single bank of Choir shutters.
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![Front aspect](organpresent/thumbnails/front.jpg) |
The frontal aspect of the organ, looking up from the right side of the console.
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![Choir (lower) and Swell (upper) boxes](organpresent/thumbnails/boxes.jpg) |
The Swell box sits on top of the Choir box.
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![Solder join, Pedal Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/join.jpg) |
The old meets the new. A new section of pipe has replaced a very badly damaged
section of a pipe in the Pedal Organ.
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![View from the Great Passageboards](organpresent/thumbnails/passageboards.jpg) |
The contemporary view from the Great passageboards out into The Hall. See here for a similar picture from 1929. |
![The three blowers](organpresent/thumbnails/blowers.jpg) |
The blowers, housed in a seperate plant room behind the Organ. From closest to furthest away: Heavy pressure booster, Light pressure, Heavy pressure primary. Top: heavy pressure regulator. |
![Tuning scrolls on the Bombarde 32' bases](organpresent/thumbnails/bombardescrolls.jpg) |
The bells of the some of the 32' bases showing the tuning scrolls. |
![Choir Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/choir3.jpg) |
Choir Organ, back soundboard, showing empty Cor Anglais holes. |
![Choir Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/choir4.jpg) |
Choir Organ, front soundboard. |
![Choir Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/choir5.jpg) |
Choir organ, C# side. |
![Clarabella, Great Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/flutecouv.jpg) |
One of the many enchanting voices on the Organ, the Clarabella 8' on the Great. |
![Front view](organpresent/thumbnails/front2.jpg) |
Frontal view of the organ. |
![Front view](organpresent/thumbnails/front3.jpg) |
Frontal view of the organ. |
![Great Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/great3.jpg) |
Great Organ. |
![Great Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/great4.jpg) |
Great Organ, after recent cleaning. |
![Great Organ](organpresent/thumbnails/great5.jpg) |
Great Organ. |
![Great action primaries](organpresent/thumbnails/greatprimaries.jpg) |
Great Organ primary action. Note the unusual action sliders. |
![Great regulators](organpresent/thumbnails/greatregs.jpg) |
Great Winding system, two small regulators per side feeding via flexible bags. |
![Side view](organpresent/thumbnails/side.jpg) |
Side view. Note staircase to Swell. |
![Electrical switchgear](organpresent/thumbnails/switchgear.jpg) |
Switching unit for organ action and the three blowers. |
![Contra Viola](organpresent/thumbnails/viola1.jpg) |
Contra Viola pipes awaiting restoration. |
![Contra Viola](organpresent/thumbnails/viola2.jpg) |
Contra Viola pipes awaiting restoration. |
![Contra Viola](organpresent/thumbnails/viola3.jpg) |
Contra Viola pipes awaiting restoration. |