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The Music at Holy Trinity
To view a list of some of
the organ and choral music
played
at
Holy Trinity
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The Organ
The organ was built by J.
Nicholson in 1849 and dedicated in that year on
October 28th. It was purchased by public subscription at a total cost of
£210.00. The organ would have been pumped by hand and the original
mechanism is still attached and, it is believed, could still be used.
The organ was originally placed in the gallery at the west end of the
Church and was moved and placed in the vestry in 1877. The height of
the vestry had to be increased to provide accommodation. In 1900 the
instrument was again moved to where it now stands in the North East
corner of the Church. In 1906 new action, parts and a new stop
"the Great Fifteenth" were incorporated by the firm of Norman and Beard.
The organ was cleaned in both 1922 and 1942 and two stops were added
a
"Harmonic Flute" and an "Octavin". In 1977 the organ was again cleaned
and overhauled and the "Great Clarionet" was replaced by a two rank
"Mixture".
More recently the organ was again cleaned, the old "Dulciana"
stop was
converted to a "twelfth" and two new stops, a "Quaint" and
"Choral Bass", were added to the pedal department which was considered
to be a
rather weak section of the instrument. In 1993 the pedal action was
converted
from mechanical to electric. In 1994 the "Cornopean" stop which
had never
proved satisfactory was replaced with a "Trumpet". The work
from 1977 until 2008 has been undertaken by Hawkins
(Organ Builders)
of
Lichfield.
In October, 2008 work to carry out a thorough regulation of the action
coupler mechanisms, regulation and adjustment to the reeds and finely
tuning the instrument was undertaken by Trevor Tipple (Organ Builder)
of Worcester, who was subsequently appointed by the P.C.C. to execute
regular tuning, maintenance and general care of the instrument.
To read the more detailed
history of the organ, by Mark Cyphus, from which
this has been mostly condensed
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