Brief History & Specification of the Organ at St. Andrew’s Uxbridge

Brief History   (see NPOR D 08345)                                                   Back to HOME PAGE

1865

Hill

1809  Organ by Thomas Elliot moved here from Christ Church, Blackfriars Bridge Road.

1867

Hill

"altered and improved" - believed to refer to the standardisation of the manual and pedal compass to CC; a straight and flat pedalboard is believed to have been fitted at this time.

1880/1

Hill

rebuilt and enlarged, the Great and Choir paid for by the congregation, the Swell by the Vicar.

1898

William Hill & Son

New TP action throughout, new coupler action, new Great and Choir soundboards, Split pallets added to Swell, Swell Tremulant, Extra bellows, Re-voiced where necessary.

Date unknown

Revd Noel A Bonavia-Hunt

believed to have made some modifications during his curacy in the parish in early 1900’s – eg. raising the cut-up of the Pedal Open Diapason, removing the bells from the Flute Pavillon, and bearded the Gamba.

1952

Walker

overhauled; new pedalboard; new basses and harmonic Trebles to Great Trumpet; gt-pd reversible pedal added; balanced swell replaced hitch-down pedal;

1968

Walker

organ moved from under the bell tower (S chancel) to the NW corner;

1975

Walker

added a Clarion 4' to the Swell;

1978

A. Noterman & Nephew

from the organ of Holy Trinity, Finchley Road a Principal 2', Mixture III (22.26.29) and Trompette 8'were added to the Choir, and a Violone (extended 16,8,4) was added to the Pedal; the Swell Oboe was made available on the Choir at 8', and a Bombardon 16' (by Gern) was added to the Pedal

1999-2000

B.C. Shepherd & Son

rebuilt with EP action and solid state capture system; refitted console and made some tonal alterations; a frontage of dummy pipes has been fitted to the E facing front, behind the arch, to replace a wood and fabric grille; 7 stops from the Elliot organ survive;


SPECIFICATION

 

Department and Stop list

Pedal

Key action EP  Stop action EP  Compass-low C  Compass-high f1  Keys 30

            

1

Open Diapason

16

A

            

2

Violone

16

B

            

3

Bourdon

16

C

            

4

Quint

10 2/3

from C

            

5

Octave

8

from A

            

6

Principal

8

from B

            

7

Bass Flute

8

from C

            

8

Fifteenth

4

from B

            

9

Octave Flute

4

from C

            

10

Twenty Second

2

from B

            

11

Bombardon

16

Gern pipes

            

12

Fagotto

16

from D on Swell (enclosed)

            

13

Oboe

8

from D

            

14

Oboe

4

from D

Choir

Key action EP  Stop action EP  Compass-low C  Compass-high g3  Keys 56

     

15

Stopped Diapason

8

 

            

16

Gemshorn

4

 

            

17

Rohr Flute

4

 

            

18

Nazard

2 2/3

 

            

19

Fifteenth

2

 

            

20

Block Flute

2

 

            

21

Tierce

1 3/5

 

            

22

Mixture

II

22.26

            

23

Clarionet

8

down to A# only

            

24

Swell Oboe

8

from D on Swell

            

25

Tremulant

 

 

            

26

Solo Trumpet

8

 

            

27

spare knob

 

 


 

Great

Key action EP  Stop action EP  Compass-low C  Compass-high g3  Keys 56

            

28

Double Diapason

16

 

            

29

Open Diapason

8

 

            

30

Flute Pavillion

8

 

            

31

Gedeckt

8

 

            

32

Principal

4

 

            

33

Harmonic Flute

4

 

            

34

Fifteenth

2

 

            

35

Mixture

III

12.19.22

            

36

Trumpet

8

 

Swell

Key action EP  Stop action EP  Compass-low C  Compass-high g3  Keys 56

            

37

Double Diapason

16

 

            

38

Open Diapason

8

 

            

39

Stopped Diapason

8

 

            

40

Salicional

8

 

            

41

Voix Celeste

8

From Ten. C only

            

42

Principal

4

 

            

43

Fifteenth

2

 

            

44

Mixture

II

19.22

            

45

Contra Fagotto

16

D

            

46

Cornopean

8

 

            

47

Oboe

8

from D

            

48

Clarion

4

 

            

49

Tremulant

 

 

Console Couplers

Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell octave

Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Choir octave, Choir sub-octave

Great to Pedal

 

Accessories

6 general thumb pistons
6 thumb pistons Swell, 6 Great, 6 Choir
Reversible thumb pistons: sw-gt, sw-ch, ch-gt, sw-ped, gt-ped & ch-ped
setter thumb piston & general cancel thumb piston
6 Swell pistons & 6 Great toe pistons
Reversible toe pistons: sw-gt, gt-ped
Generals toe pistons also available on Swell toe pistons
8-channel piston capture system
balanced swell pedal