THE ORGAN IN DURHAM CATHEDRAL
'Father' Smith built an organ on the screen in 1686. After various alterations, it was dismantled in 1873; the Choir Organ case and a few pipes survive in the chapel of Durham Castle, and the west-facing case has been reconstructed in the south aisle.
In 1877 a new organ was built by Henry Willis. It was rebuilt and
revoiced by Harrison & Harrison in 1905; the scheme allowed for
certain additions, which were completed in 1935 (indicated as #
in the specification). In 1970 the organ was restored and further
additions were made (indicated as * in the specification, the Great and
Pedal Mixtures also being revised). It was overhauled in stages between
1993 and 2001.
The organ is divided on each side of the quire. The Positive, Choir
and Great Organs, and the console, are on the south side; the Swell and
Solo Organs on the north side; and the Pedal stops on both sides.
| PEDAL ORGAN | GREAT ORGAN |
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| 1. | Double Open Wood |
32 |
50. |
Double Open Diapason |
16 |
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| 2. | Open Wood I |
16 |
#51. |
Contra Clarabella |
(12 from 7) |
16 |
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| #3. | Open Wood II |
(from 1) |
16 |
#52. |
Open Diapason I |
8 |
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| 4. | Open Diapason |
16 |
53. |
Open Diapason II | 8 |
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| *5. |
Violone |
16 |
54. |
Open Diapason III | 8 |
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| 6. |
Dulciana |
16 | #55. |
Open Diapason IV | 8 |
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| 7. |
Bourdon |
16 |
56. |
Gamba |
8 |
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| #8. |
Contra
Viola |
(from 84) |
16 |
57. |
Stopped Diapason |
8 |
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| #9. |
Octave Wood |
(from 2) |
8 |
58. |
Claribel Flute |
(24 from 57) |
8 |
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| 10. |
Principal |
8 |
59. |
Octave |
4 |
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| *11. |
Violoncello |
(from 5) |
8 |
#60. |
Principal |
4 |
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| *12. |
Dulciana |
(from 6) |
8 |
61. |
Harmonic Flute |
4 |
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| 13. |
Flute |
8 |
62. |
Octave Quint |
22/3 |
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| 14. |
Twelfth |
(from 5) |
51/3 |
63. |
Super Octave |
2 |
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| #15. |
Super Octave Wood |
(from 2) |
4 |
64. |
Mixture |
19.22.26.29 |
IV |
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| 16. |
Fifteenth |
(1996) |
4 |
*65. |
Scharf |
26.29.33 |
III |
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| *17. |
Twenty Second |
2 |
66. |
Contra Posaune |
16 |
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| 18. |
Mixture |
19.22.26.29 |
IV |
67. |
Posaune |
8 |
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| #19. |
Double Ophicleide |
(from 21) |
32 |
68 |
Clarion |
4 |
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| *20. |
Double Trombone |
(from
22) |
32 |
XI Reeds on Choir
XII Choir to Great |
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| #21. |
Ophicleide |
16 |
XIII Swell to Great
XIV Solo to Great |
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| 22. |
Trombone |
16 |
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| #23. |
Cor Anglais |
(from
92) |
16 |
SWELL
ORGAN |
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| 24. |
Tromba |
8 |
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| *25. |
Cornett |
4 |
69. |
Double Diapason |
16 |
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| I Choir to Pedal
II Great to Pedal |
70. |
Open Diapason I |
8 |
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| III Swell to Pedal
IV Solo to Pedal |
71. |
Open Diapason II |
8 |
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| 72. |
Salicional |
8 |
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| POSITIVE
ORGAN |
73. |
Vox Angelica |
(tenor
c) |
8 |
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| 74. |
Lieblich Gedeckt |
8 |
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| *26. |
Flûte à Cheminée |
8 |
75. |
Principal |
4 |
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| *27. |
Quintade |
8 |
76. |
Harmonic Flute |
4 |
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| *28. |
Prestant |
4 |
77. |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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| *29. |
Flûte Ouverte |
4 |
78. |
Mixture |
12.15.17.19.22 |
V |
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| *30. |
Doublette |
2 |
79. |
Oboe |
8 |
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| *31. |
Sesquialtera |
II |
80. |
Vox Humana |
8 |
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| *32. |
Larigot |
11/3 |
XV Tremulant |
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| *33. |
Octavin |
1 |
81. |
Double Trumpet |
16 |
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| *34. |
Octave Tierce |
4/5 |
82. |
Trumpet |
8 |
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| *35. |
Cymbale |
26.29.33 |
III |
83. |
Clarion |
4 |
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| *36. |
Dulzian |
16 |
XVI Solo to Swell |
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| *37. |
Trompette |
8 |
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| V Positive on Great |
SOLO
ORGAN (84 - 96 enclosed) |
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| VI Positive on Solo |
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| #84. |
Contra Viola |
16 | ||||||
| CHOIR
ORGAN (enclosed) |
#85. |
Viole d'Orchestre |
8 | |||||
| 38. |
Bourdon |
16 |
#86. |
Viole Céleste |
8 |
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| 39. |
Viole d'Amour |
8 |
#87. |
Viole Octaviante |
4 |
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| 40. |
Gedeckt |
8 |
#88. |
Cornet de Violes |
10.12.15 |
III |
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| 41. |
Flauto Traverso |
8 |
89. |
Harmonic Flute |
8 |
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| 42. |
Gemshorn |
4 |
90. |
Concert Flute |
4 |
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| 43. |
Stopped Flute |
4 |
91. |
Harmonic Piccolo |
2 |
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| 44. |
Flauto Traverso |
4 |
#92. |
Cor Anglais |
16 |
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| *45. |
Nazard |
22/3 |
93. |
Corno di Bassetto |
8 |
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| 46. |
Piccolo |
2 |
94. |
Orchestral Oboe |
8 |
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| *47. |
Tierce |
13/5 |
XVII Tremulant |
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| #48. |
Dulciana Mixture |
15.19.22 |
III |
#95. |
French Horn |
8 |
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| 49. |
Clarinet |
8 |
#96. |
Orchestral Tuba |
8 |
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| VII
Tremulant (2001) |
97. |
Tuba |
8 |
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| VIII
Swell to Choir IX Solo to Choir |
98. |
Tuba Clarion |
4 |
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| X
Bombarde Tubas on Choir |
XVIII
Octave |
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| XIX
Sub Octave |
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| XX
Unison Off |
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| (No
92 has an extra octave of pipes in the treble) |
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| COMBINATION COUPLERS |
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| XX Generals on Swell foot
pistons |
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| XXI Pedal to Swell pistons |
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| XXII Great and Pedal
Combinations coupled |
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| The
drawstops of 19, 21, 97 and 98 are grouped together as the Bombarde
Division |
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| ACCESSORIES |
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| Ten
foot pistons to the Pedal Organ |
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| Ten
pistons to the Choir Organ (also controlling Positive stops) |
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| Ten pistons to the Great Organ | ||||||||
| Ten
pistons to the Swell Organ (duplicated by foot pistons) |
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| Ten pistons to the Solo Organ | ||||||||
| Ten
general pistons and general Cancel |
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| Reversible
pistons: I - VI, VIII, IX, XII
- XIV, XVI,
XXII, XXIII; 1, 20, 22 |
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| Reversible
foot pistons: II, III, XIII; 1 |
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| One
piston for the Solo Orchestral Tuba (96) |
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| One
piston for Solo Tuba (97) |
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| Reversible
pistons for Full Organ I and II |
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| Pedal
Cancel foot piston |
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| Eight
general and eight divisional piston memories (1994) |
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| Balanced
expression pedals to the Choir, Swell and Solo Organs |
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| The
manual compass is 58 notes; the pedal 30 notes |
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| The
actions are electro-pneumatic |
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