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Saint Gregory the Great, Northampton

Sunday Mass Times:
Saturday, 6.00 pm, Sunday 9.00 am (with children's liturgy and music group) Sunday 11.00 am (with choir)
Priest-in-Charge: Fr Andrew Behrens (01604) 713015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work in Progress

The Swell Box completed

Organs at St Gregory’s

It has been a long time since this section has been updated; but there is good progress to report. Above is a picture of the pipes in the swell box.

You might like to compare this with a similar picture taken before the removal from Grazeley.

The pipes, from left to right are:
Trompette
Gamba
Aeolian
Rohr Flute
Flauto Traverso
Gemshorn
Piccolo.

The most obvious differences are the general cleanliness of the soundboard and the addition of the Trompette.

There is an interesting website called Encyclopedia of Organ Stops, to be found at: http://www.organstops.org

Pipes or Chips
The replacement
The Cost
The organ at Grazeley
Work in Progress
Penitential Soundboards
The bellows in bits
Pneumatic motors
Stripping the soundboards
Casework at St Gregory's
Richard in his workshop
Pouring glue
Great soundboard
Swell soundboard
Case re-polished
Swell box in workshop
Building frame in workshop
Clamp for Trompette
Preparing Clamp
Lifting up to gallery
Soundboards up in the air
Bourdon soundboard
Scorching
Making platform
1st pipe in chamber
Organ bits in Church
Bob the Blower
Great soundboard in the air
Soundboards in place
Swell box being installed
Trompette Pipe
Fitting the console
Jamb - no Jerusalem
Getting the wind up
Neat wiring
Rack of Trompette
The pipes arrive
Console wired
The Wind in the Bellows
The first working rank
Swell box complete
Pipes in the Great Soundboard
Restoration of the Console
Two milestones
The Blessing
The Opening Recital
Neil Wright
Forthcoming recitals
Specification
 

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