Grand Orgue	1		Montre	16
	2		Montre	8
	3		Bourdon	8
	4		Flûte harmonique	8
	5		Prestant	4
	6		Flûte conique	4
	7		Doublette	2
	8		Fourniture	IV
	9		Cymbale	III
	10		Cornet	V
	11		Trompette	8
	12		Clairon	4
	i		Récit - Grand Orgue
	ii		Positif - Grand Orgue
Récit	13		Bourdon	16
	14		Flûte traversière	8
	15		Viol de Gambe	8
	16		Voix célestes	8
	17		Prestant	8
	18		Flûte octaviante	4
	19		Octavin	2
	20		Mixture	IV-V
	21		Hautbois	8
	22		Voix humaine	8
	23		Basson	16
	24		Trompette harmonique	8
	25		Clairon	4
	iii		Tremblant
Positif	26		Bourdon	8
	27		Prestant	4
	28		Flûte à cheminée	4
	29		Nasard	2	2/3
	30		Octavin	2
	31		Tierce	1	3/5
	32		Plein Jeu	IV
	33		Cromorne	8
	iv		Tremblant
	v		Récit - Positif
Pédale	34		Contrebasse	16
	35		Soubasse	16
	36		Montre	16
	37		Octave	8
	38		Flûte ouverte	8
	39		Prestant	4
	40		Bombarde	16
	41		Trompette	8
	vi		Récit - Pédale
	vii		Grande Orgue - Pédale
	viii		Positif - Pédale

Suspended tracker key action : Slider soundboards

Electric stop and combination actions with sequencer

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The new organ for Lower Chapel was built in 2000, and replaces a previous much-rebuilt instrument by T.C. Lewis, which has itself found a new home in Greenwich. The casework provided in 1925 by the architect W.G. Tapper has been remodelled to more closely resemble the Father Smith case on which it was originally based, and has new 16ft tin prospect pipes. We have retained all of the decorative features of the case, including the elaborate entablatures, carvings and pipeshades, but the rest of the structure, and the organ itself, are completely new.

As is evident from the stoplist, the instrument has a bias towards the French romantic school. Our philosophy was that such a specification might well have resulted from a Cavaillé-Coll rebuild of an earlier French organ, and the resulting broad scheme enables a wide spectrum of repertoire to be convincingly performed.

The consultant to the College for the project was Ian Bell, and the inaugural recital was given by David Goode in March 2001.

  

Above left: looking up at the front case

Above right: detail of the pedal couplers

  

Above left: Treble stop jamb

Above right: G.O. pipework

G.O. Cornet V