Great	1		Double Diapason	16
	2		Open Diapason I	8
	3		Open Diapason II	8
	4		Stopped Diapason	8
	5		Octave	4
	6		Harmonic Flute	4
	7		Twelfth	2	2/3
	8		Fifteenth	2
	9		Sesquialtera	II
	10		Mixture	IV-V
	11		Trumpet	8
	i		Swell to Great
	ii		Choir to Great
	iii		Nave on Great
Swell	12		Open Diapason	8
	13		Clarinet Flute	8
	14		Keraulophon	8
	15		Vox Angelica	8
	16		Principal	4
	17		Flute	4
	18		Gemshorn	2
	19		Mixture	V
	20		Double Trumpet	16
	21		Cornopean	8
	22		Hautboy	8
	23		Clarion	4
	iii		Tremulant
Choir	21		Clarabella	8
	22		Gamba	8
	23		Principal	4
	24		Flute	4
	25		Flageolet	2
	26		Cornet	IV
	27		Mixture	III
	28		Clarinet	8
	iv		Swell to Choir
	v		Nave on Choir
Nave	29		Open Diapason	8
	30		Stopped Diapason	8
	31		Principal	4
	32		Fifteenth	4
	33		Mixture	IV
	34		Pedal Sub Bass	16
Pedal	35		Open Wood	16
	36		Open Diapason	16
	37		Bourdon	16
	38		Quint	10	2/3
	39		Principal	8
	40		Super Octave	4
	41		Mixture	IV
	42		Contra Batten	32
	43		Trombone	16
	vi		Swell to Pedal
	vii		Great to Pedal
	viii		Choir to Pedal

Transept organ

Tracker key action : Slider soundboards : optional electric coupling

Electric stop and combination actions with sequencer

Nos. 17,20,22,25,27 new in 2004-5

Nave organ

Electric key and stop action : Slider soundboards

Nos. 29-34 new in 2005

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The Gray & Davison organ of Sherborne Abbey is housed in a distinctive double case by the Victorian architect R.C. Carpenter. Its deeply recessed position in the north transept has occasioned a succession of rebuilding, all attempting to solve the difficulty of providing adequate congregational accompaniment in the main body and rear of the nave. We hope that our work in 2004-5 will have brought this cycle to an end, with the provision of a new nave division of the organ which hangs on the wall in a new case below the great west window. At the same time the main instrument has been substantially reconstructed with new soundboards, tracker action and a new console and coupling chassis. Some minor stop changes have been made: the Swell has gained a Double Trumpet and Flute 4, while returning the Oboe to 8ft pitch. The Great remains as before, while the Choir has been returned to the spirit of its G&D roots.

The consultant to the Abbey for the project was Ian Bell.

     

the R.C.Carpenter case                Pipeshade carving on Nave organ