Organ Specification

PedalSt.Peter's Parkstone - Magazine Page 1

32         u      Resultant Bass

16         v      Open Diapason

16         u      Sub Bass

16         h      Lieblich Bourdon

17         v      Octave

18         u      Flute

5 1/3     u      Quint

4           v      Fifteenth

4           u      Flute

32         x      Harmonics

16         x      Harmonics

III         w     Mixture (12.19.22)

32         g      Contra Bombarde

16         g      Bombarde

16         n      Basson

8           t       Tuba

8           g      Trumpet

4           p      Corno di Bassetto

                     Great to Pedal

                     Swell to pedal

                     Choir/Solo to Pedal

 

Great

16         a       Contra Salicional

8           b      Open Diapason

8           a       Salicional

8           c       Stopped Diapason

4           d      Principal

4           c       Nason

2 2/3     c       Nazard

2           e       Fifteenth

2           r       Piccolo

1 3/5     q      Tierce

IV         f       Mixture (19.22.26.29)

8           g      Trumpet

4           g      Trumpet

                     Swell to Great

                     Choir/Solo to Great

 

Swell (enclosed)

16         h      Bourdon

8           l       Open Diapason

8           i       Viola

8           h      Gedackt

8           j       Celeste

4           k      Octave

4           i       Salicet

4           h      Flute

4           j       Celestina

2           l       Fifteenth

III         m     Mixture

16         n      Basson

8           p      Corno di Bassetto

8           y      Oboe

8           o      Trumpet

4           n      Clarion

 

Choir/Solo

16         a       Contra Salicional

8           a       Salicional

8           q      Gemshorn

8           r       Gedackt

4           q      Gemshorn

4           r       Flute

2 2/3     r       Nazard

2 2/3     q      Twelfth

2           q      Octave Gemshorn

2           r       Piccolo

1 3/5     r       Tierce

1 1/3     r       Largiot

1           q      Twenty Second

III           s      Mixture (22.26.29)

                     Tremulant

                     Swell to Choir/Solo

8           u      Flute

V           c      Cornet

8           n      Basson

8           y      Oboe

8           p      Corno di Bassetto

8           t       Tuba

4           t       Tuba

General Pistons on Swell Toes

Pedal/Great Piston Lock

8 Pistons per Division

8 General Pistons

12 Reversible Pistons

30 Levels of Memory

240-setting Sequencer

5 1/2 Wind Pressure throughout

 

 

St.Peter's Organ

  Left-hand Stops

 Pedals

 Tubas

 Great Organ

 32ft Bombarde

 

The Organ of St.Peter's Parkstone was exhibited by Bryceson Brothers in the Inventors' Exhibition of 1885. It was one of the first instruments in the country to employ electric action. In 1888 it was purchased by the Revd Septimus Pontifex, a curate of St.Peter's, who presented the instrument to the church in memory of his mother. Bryceson Brothers installed the instrument with electro-pneumatic action. The Choir, Swell and Pedal divisions were installed, but the Great was never completed. In 1915 Mr.Burton of Winchester put in an electric blower, renewed the action and provided a motor to charge the batteries. He added the large Open Diapason, a very powerful stop, which became the first and only rank on the Great. By 1930 the action had become very slow. Tenders were invited for a complete rebuild. Someone who was a chorister at the time tells me that a Willis organ was considered, but it was suggested that first they heard a new organ by John Compton. His instrument won them over and Compton produced a scheme for an 11-rank extension organ, utilising about half the Bryceson pipework, which was accepted. In 1982 the instrument was rebuilt and enlarged by George Osmund & Co Ltd of Taunton. The object of the rebuild was not only to increase the reliability of the organ, but also to reduce the excessive extension used by Compton and to increase the clarity and attack of the sound. The tonal scheme was drawn up jointly by Mr.R. Hill, organist of St.Peter's, Mr.R. Fisher of Chester Cathedral and the organ builders. In the year 2000 the electrical action was replaced and an Oboe stop added by Michael Farley