Thomas Elliot Chamber Organ for Mr Gerard Verloop
Built: Thomas Elliot 1815 or 1819
Restored: William Drake 2020
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.
| 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 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 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 |