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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 completed

The Specification of the Organ

Organs at St Gregory’s

COMPASS

Manual compass CC-g 56 notes
Pedal compass CC-f 30 notes

MANUAL STOPS

GREAT

Open Diapason 8ft
Lieblich Gedact 8ft
Hohl Flote 8ft
Dulciana 8ft
Principal 4ft
Lieblich Flote 4ft

SWELL

Viol de Gambe 8ft
Rohr Flote 8ft
Aeolian 8ft
Flauto Traverso 4ft
Gemshorn 4ft
Piccolo 2ft
Trompette 8ft

PEDAL

Bourdon 16ft
Violoncello 8ft

COUPLERS

Swell Sub Octave
Swell Octave to Great
Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

TOE PISTONS

8 General toe pistons, all able to be set, 255 memory levels.

SWELL

Balanced pedal, expression machine with infinite movement.
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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