St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent
Built: Thomas Elliot 1815
Restored: William Drake 2020
Restored for Mr Gerard Verloop, Schagen, The Netherlands in 2020
Installed in St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent in 2022
During this project the case was restored first by Laurent Robert and later finished by Jeremy Gamlen
The wooden dummy front pipes were restored and re-gilded by John Brennan
The metal pipes were restored and lengthened by Shires Organ pipes in Leeds
The keys were recovered in cow bone
Case study & restoration report
| Specification: | Stops left side: | Stops right side: |
| Keyboard compass GG, AA – f”’ | Sesquialtra 17-19 (GG, AA – tenor b) | Cornet 12-15 (c’ – f”’) |
| Pedal compass, 13 notes permanently coupled to GG, G#, AA – G | Principal 4ft | Fifteenth 2ft |
| Flute 4ft (wood) | Twelfth 2 2/3ft | |
| Stopped Diapason 8ft (wood, GG, AA – tenor b) | Stopped Diapason 8ft (wood, c’ – f”’) | |
| Open Diapason 8ft (bottom octave grooved) | Dulciana 8ft (c’ – f”’) | |
| A Shifting Movement reduces registration to 8 foots only | ||
| The organ is cone-tuned to the Young temperament at a 440Hz | ||
Clare College, Cambridge
Built: John Snetzler 1755
Restored: William Drake 2015-2016Case study & restoration report
| Compass GG, AA – f” | |
| stops divided between h0 and c’ | |
| Pitch a 422.5Hz @ 17.5o Celsius | |
| (Bass GG – h0) | (Treble c’ – f”’) |
| Sesquialtra (17-19-22) | Hautbois (8′, swelling) |
| Principal (4′) | Cornett (8-12-17) |
| Flute (4′) | Fifteenth (2′) |
| Dulciana (8′, GG-FF#grooved) | Flute (4′) |
| Diapason (8′) | Dulciana (8′) |
| Diapason (8′) |
Christchurch, Spitalfields
Builder: Richard Bridge 1735
Restored: William Drake 2015 Case study & restoration report
| Great Organ GG-d1, 56 notes | Choir Organ GG-d3, 56 notes | Swell Organ g-d3, 32 notes | Pedal Organ GG -e1, 34 notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Diapason Bridge | Stopt Diapason Bridge | Open Diapason new | Open Diapason (16) Lincoln |
| Open Diapason Bridge/new | Quintadena c0new | Stopt Diapason new/Bridge | Principal (8) G & D |
| Stopt Diapason Bridge | Principal Bridge/new | Principal new | Trumpet 8 G & D |
| Principal Bridge | Flute Bridge/new | Flute Bridge/new | Drum pedal on C (4 pipes) |
| Principal Bridge | Fifteenth new | German Flute new | |
| Twelfth Bridge | Mixture III new | Cornet (III) new | |
| Fifteenth Bridge/new | Cremona Bridge/new | Trumpet Bridge/new | |
| Tierce new | Vochumane Bridge/new | Hautboy Bridge | |
| Larigot new | French Horn d0 | Clarion Bridge/new | |
| Sesquialtera (V) Bridge/new | |||
| Furniture (III) new | Temperament: | Pitch: 440Hz@ 20o Celsius | Couplers: |
| Cornet (V) new | Fifth comma mean tone | Great to Pedals | |
| Trumpet Bridge/new | Choir to Pedals | ||
| Trumpet Bridge/new | |||
| Clarion Bridge/new | |||
| Bassoon Bridge/new |
St Anne’s Church, Limehouse, London
Gray & Davison 1851
Restored: William Drake 2006
| Great C-f, 54 notes | Swell c-f, 42 notes | Choir C-f, 54 notes | Pedal C-e, 29 notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Open Diapason 16 | Bourdon 16 | Stopped Diapason Bass 8 | Grand Open Diapason 16 |
| Open Diapason 8 | Open Diapason 8 | Clarinet Flute, tenor c 8 | Grand Bourdon 16 |
| Open Diapason 8 | Stopped Diapason 8 | Dulciana 8 | Grand Octave 8 |
| Stopped Diapason 8 | Octave 4 | Keraulophon, tenor c 8 | Grand Bombard 16 |
| Octave 4 | Fifteenth 2 | Octave 4 | |
| Flute 4 | Sesquialtera III-II | Flute 4 | |
| Twelfth 3 | Cornopean 8 | Fifteenth 2 | Couplers |
| Fifteenth 2 | Oboe 8 | Clarionet 8 | Swell Manual to Great |
| Flageolet 2 | Clarion 4 | Swell Manual to Pedals* | |
| Sesquialtera III | Lever Swell pedal | 4 composition pedals to Gt. | Great Manual to Pedals |
| Mixture II | 2 composition pedals to Sw. | Choir Manual to Pedals | |
| Posaune 8 | *Octave coupler | ||
| Clarion 4 |
GP England Chamber Organ
Completed in 2002
Photograph by G Verloop, The Netherlands
| Stopt Diapason Bass |
| Stopt Diapason Treble |
| Dulciana mid. c |
| Principal |
| Fifteenth Bass |
| Fifteenth Treble |
| Sesquialtra I (17) |
| Cornet II (12.17) |
Lulworth Castle Chapel, Dorset
Photograph by John Brennan
| Manual compass: GG-AA – e’’’ |
|---|
| Open Diapason (8) |
| Open Diapason (8) |
| Open diapason (from g) (8) (in swell box) |
| Principal (4) |
| Flute (open metal) (4) |
| Twelfth (2 2/3) |
| Fifteenth (2) |
| Sesquialtera (IV) |
| Trumpet (8) |
| Trumpet (from g) (8) (in Swell box) |
| Pitch A 430 @ 20 degrees Celsius |
| Temperament: fifth comma mean tone |
St Mary’s Church, Black Torrington, Devon
Built: John Avery 1791
Restored: William Drake 1982
| Stopt Diapason* (8′) | *=Avery | Compass: GG/AA–e |
| Dulciana** (8′) | ** = Avery & 19th C. | |
| Principal Bass* (4′) | *** = new | Temperament: 1/5-comma meantime |
| Principal Treble* (4′) | ||
| Fifteenth Bass* (2′) | ||
| Fifteenth Treble* (2′) | ||
| Sesquialtera Bass*** | GG 17.19.22
tenor f 15.17.19 |
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| Cornet Treble | middle c 12.17 |
St George’s Church, Edington, Somerset
Built: Henry Bryceson ca. 1840
Restored: William Drake 1982
| Open Diapason (8′) | Compass: GG/AA(as 8ve)–f |
| Stopped Diapason Bass (8′) | Temperament: 1/5-comma meantone |
| Principal (4′) | |
| Fifteenth (2′) | Shifting Movement |