Press Release
New
Romantic Practice Organ
&
English Baroque Organ
for the
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
PRESS RELEASE
William Drake Limited is delighted to have been successful in winning the contract to provide two new organs for the Organ Studio in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
The acquisition of these organs is the result of an imaginative and energetic drive to present talented future musicians with a wide scope of resources, relevant to the needs of teaching repertoire, style and techniques on appropriate instruments.
Romantic Practice Organ
The first instrument is a 19-stop romantic practice organ, which is based on established English traditions with a leaning towards the 19th century up to the early 1880s. Although modest in size, its concept is remarkably complete and will present the student and teacher with a complete tonal palette, which can be accessed on two manuals, a coupler manual and pedals.
Specification
Great CC – c”” | (61 notes) | |
OPEN DIAPASON |
8FT
|
|
KERAULOPHON |
8FT
|
(1-12 from flauto traverso) |
FLAUTO TRAVERSO |
8FT
|
(harmonic from middle G) |
PRINCIPAL |
4FT
|
|
TWELFTH |
22/3FT
|
|
FIFTEENTH |
2FT
|
|
CREMONA |
8FT
|
|
Swell CC – c”” | (61 notes) | |
VIOLIN DIAPASON | 8FT | |
GAMBA | 8FT | (1-12 borrowed) |
VOIX CELESTE | 8FT | (from C13) |
STOP DIAPASON | 8FT | (stopped metal from C13) |
FLAUTO TRAVERSO | 4FT | (harmonic from tenor g) |
FLAGEOLET | 2FT | |
MIXTURE | 3RKS | (with tierce) |
CORNOPEAN | 8FT | |
OBOE | 8FT | (lidded) |
Coupler Manual CC – c”” | (61 notes) | |
Coupling Swell to Great | ||
Pedal CC – g’ | (32 notes) | |
BOURDON | 16FT | (large scale) |
BASS FLUTE | 8FT | (by extension) |
TROMBONE | 16FT | (1-12 half length, leathered shallots) |
Couplers | ||
SWELL TO GREAT | ||
SWELL SUB 8VE TO GREAT | ||
SWELL TO PEDALS | ||
GREAT TO PEDALS |
The organ will be tuned to equal temperament, pitch A440Hz @ 20o Celsius.
English Baroque Organ
The second instrument is a 6-stop English baroque organ. This will be the re-creation of an Organo di Legno, or organ with wooden pipes, which uses early 17th century English scales and voicing as the inspiration to create an instrument suitable for both the English virginal repertoire and the Italian keyboard repertoire of the same period. The style of the organ will make this ideally suited as an instrument to accompany a consort of viols and to be a continuo for Baroque performances.
Specification
Compass | Short octave | CC, DD, EE, FF, GG, AA – c”’ (45 notes) |
OPEN DIAPASON |
8FT
|
|
STOP DIAPASON |
8FT
|
|
PRINCIPALL |
4FT
|
(1-4 from Open Diapason) |
NINETEENTH BASS |
11/3FT
|
|
TWELFTH TREBLE |
22/3FT
|
|
FIFTEENTH | 2FT |
The organ will be tuned to 5th (Syntonic Comma) Meantone temperament, pitch A440Hz @ 20o Celsius.