THE ORGAN IN CIRENCESTER PARISH CHURCH

Henry Willis built an organ for the church in 1895, retaining the imposing organ case by George Gilbert Scott. The instrument was much rebuilt over the years and had become unreliable. Harrison & Harrison are to build a new organ of four manuals and 63 stops, retaining the Scott case and some 30 surviving Willis stops.
The organ is situated in the former St John's Chapel, south of the chancel and at the head of the south nave aisle. In this position it must give effective leadership in the nave as well as accompanying the choir in the chancel. The Great organ and unenclosed Solo reeds will face the nave, with a new case; the Choir and Solo Organs will stand within the Scott case in the chancel; the Swell Organ will have shutters facing in both directions. The console will be placed on the north side of the chancel.


PEDAL ORGAN



SWELL ORGAN










  *1. Sub Bourdon
(from 5)
32

40.
Lieblich Bourdon

16
    2. Open Diapason
(wood)
16

41.
Geigen Principal

8
*3. Open Diapason
(metal)
16

42.
Lieblich Gedeckt

8
  *4. Violone
(from 26)
16

43.
Salicional

8
    5.
Bourdon

16

44.
Vox Angelica

8
*6.
Principal

8

45.
Gemshorn

4
    7.
Bass Flute
(from 5)
8

46.
Lieblich Flute

4
  *8.
Fifteenth

4

47.
Fifteenth

4
*9.
Flute

4

48.
Mixture
17.19.22
III
  *10.
Mixture
22.26.29
III

*49.
Mixture
22.26.29
III
*11.
Contra Trombone
(from 37)
32

50.
Hautboy

8
  *12.
Ophicleide

16


XIII   Tremulant


  13.
Trombone
(from 37)
16

51.
Contra Posaune

16
  *14.
Posaune

8

52.
Cornopean

8
  *15.
Clarion

4

*53.
Clarion

4

I  Choir to Pedal    II  Great to Pedal




XIV  West Shutters Off   XV Sub Octave



III  Swell to Pedal   IV   Solo to Pedal




XVI   Octave   XVII  Solo to Swell



V   Pedal Divide

















CHOIR ORGAN (unenclosed)




SOLO ORGAN 

16.
Open Diapason

8


Enclosed

*17.
Gedeckt

8

54.
Hohl Flute
8
18.
Dulciana

8

55.
Viola da Gamba
8
*19.
Principal

4

*56.
Viola Céleste
8
*20.
Chimney Flute

4

57.
Concert Flute
4
*21.
Nazard

22/3

58.
Piccolo
2
*22.
Flageolet

2

59.
Cor Anglais
16
*23.
Tierce

13/5

60.
Corno di Bassetto
8
*24.
Mixture
19.22
II

*61.
Vox Humana
8
*25.
Clarinet

8


XVIII   Tremulant



VI  Tremulant   VII  Swell to Choir




Unenclosed


VIII   Solo to Choir



*62.
Tuba
8





*63.
Orchestral Trumpet
8

GREAT ORGAN




XIX  Octave   XX  Great to Solo

26.
Double Open Diapason

16





27.
Open Diapason No 1

8


ACCESSORIES


28.
Open Diapason No 2

8


Eight general pistons and general cancel


29.
Claribel Flute
(bass from 30)
8


Eight foot pistons to the Pedal Organ


30.
Stopped Diapason

8


Eight pistons to the Choir Organ


31.
Principal

4


Eight pistons to the Great Organ


*32.
Flûte Harmonique

4


Eight pistons to the Swell Organ (duplicated by foot pistons)

33.
Twelfth

22/3


Eight pistons to the Solo Organ


34.
Fifteenth

2


Reversible pistons: I-IV, VII, VIII, X-XII, XVII, XX


35.
Mixture
17.19.22
III


Reversible foot pistons: II, XI; 1, 12


*36.
Mixture
22.26.29
III


Piston couplers: Great & Pedal Combinations Coupled

37.
Trombone

16


                       Generals on Swell Foot Pistons


38.
Trumpet

8


Stepper, operating general pistons in sequence


39.
Clarion

4


128 general and eight divisional memory levels



IX   Reeds on Choir  X   Choir to Great



Balanced expression pedals to Swell and Solo Organs


XI  Swell to Great   XII  Solo to Great




The manual compass is 58 notes, the pedal 30 notes



* New pipework



HARRISON & HARRISON

2009

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