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Description of the Organ Erected by Messrs. Lewis & Co., of London The specification was drawn up by Mr. E.E. Vinnicombe, Dr. W. Inglis Mason and Mr. Thomas Elliston. It contains 57 draw stops and has tubular pneumatic action throughout. The following is the specification: The organ consists of three manuals, CC to C - 61 notes, and pedal, CCCC to G - 32 notes.
	GREAT ORGAN - CC to C - 61 notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Contra Viola Open Diapason Open Diapason Hohl Flöte Dolce Harmonic Flute Octave Super-Octave Harmonics (3 ranks) Tromba	Feet 16 8 8 8 8 4 4 2 2 ²/₃ 8	Pipes 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 183 61
11	Tuba (This stop is placed in Choir Box and playable independently from Great and Choir manuals)
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	SWELL ORGAN - CC to C - 61 notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Rohr Bordon Open Diapason Rohr Flöte Viol d.Gamba Voix Celeste (tenor C) Geigen Principal Flute d'Amour Harmonic Piccolo Echo Cornet (3 ranks Double Trumpet Horn Oboe Clarion	Feet 16 8 8 8 8 4 4 2 2 ²/₃ 16 8 8 4	Pipes 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 183 61 61 61 61
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	CHOIR ORGAN - CC to C - 61 notes (Enclosed in separate box)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Saliconal Cor de Nuit Echo Dulciana Unda maris (tenor C) Flauto Traverso Ochestral Oboe Cono-di-Bassetto Tuba	Feet 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8	Pipes 61 61 61 49 61 61 61 61
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	PEDAL ORGAN - CCCC to G - 32 notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Major Bass (open pipes to FFFF) (lowest 5 pipes acoustic) Great Bass Sub-Bass Violone (from Great) Echo Bourdon (from Swell) Violoncello Flute Bass Bombarde (extention of Great Tromba) Stop Nos 2, 6 and 7 are partly derived	Feet 32 16 16 16 16 8 8 16	Pipes 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
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The stops on the Great Organ and the Swell Organ are controlled by four pistons duplicated by four composition pedals. The stops on the Choir Organ are controlled by four pistons, one piston on each of manual is double acting to connect the manual with the pedal. Two knobs are placed over the Swell manual for connecting the Great and Swell pistons to the composition pedals. The tremulants (two) are placed above the Swell manual. Both Swell pedals are balanced and placed in the middle in front of the pedal board. The drawstop jambs are at an angle of fourty-five degrees to the keyboards. The couplers are grouped with the speaking stops of the departments they augment. The organ is tuned to the French Diapason normal C 517.3 The metal pipes in the organ are of the best spotted metal. The wind pressures vary from four inches to ten inches. The stop knobs and keys are of solid ivory with stop rods of rosewood. The tubing in the organ, connecting the keys with the pneumatic action, is upwards of four miles in length, and weighs three tons. The blowing installation. There are two bellows, the feeders of which are operated by two hydraulic engines manufactured by Watkins & Watson, of London, which in turn supply eight reservoirs distributed over the entire organ. The organ is fitted up with the latest improvements, and ranks as one of the best in the county. Extract from the booklet published for the Dedication Service of the New Organ which took place on St. Peter's Day, 29 June 1911.