THE NEW HARRISON & HARRISON ORGAN
IN GLENALMOND COLLEGE


The new organ Perhaps the foremost of the defining and distinguishing characteristics of Glenalmond College is its Chapel-centred life, where a strong musical tradition can be found at the core, with the organ as its instrumental bed-rock. A blow was suffered here in the summer of 2003, when the Forster and Andrews organ of the 1880s was accidentally flooded whilst the Chapel was being re-roofed, suffering consequent terminal damage.
Working in consultation with Robert Gower, Glenalmond's Director of Music, and Paul Hale, organ adviser, Harrisons have built a new two-manual and pedal tracker organ of 26 stops. It stands in a shallow recess in the north wall of the Chapel. A proper case has been provided for the first time, taking the 1954 design by the architect Basil Spence as its starting point and so complementing his work as seen in the 1960s re-ordering of the Chapel gallery.

PEDAL ORGAN



SWELL ORGAN










    1. Open Diapason
16
17. Open Diapason
  8
    2. Sub Bass
16
18. Rohr Gedackt
  8
    3. Principal
  8
19. Salicional
  8
    4. Flute
  8
20. Voix Céleste
 (tenor c)
   8
    5. Gemshorn
  4
21. Gemshorn
  4
    6. Trombone
16

22. Nason Flute
  4

I  Great to Pedal


23.
 Flageolet
  2

II Swell to Pedal


24.
 Mixture
 IV





25.
 Contra Fagotto
16

GREAT ORGAN


26.
 Cornopean
  8
    7.
 Bourdon
16

V   Tremulant

    8.
 Open Diapason
  8




    9.
 Stopped Diapason
  8

Accessories

  10.
 Principal
  4

Eight general pistons and general cancel

  11.
 Open Flute
  4

Eight foot pistons to Pedal

  12.
 Nazard
22/3

Eight pistons to Great

  13.
 Fifteenth
  2

Eight pistons to Swell (duplicated by foot pistons)

  14.
 Tierce
13/5

Eight divisional and 64 general memory levels

  15.
 Mixture
 IV

Reversible pistons: Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great
  16.
 Trumpet
  8

Reversible foot pistons: Great to pedal, Swell to Great

III  Tremulant



Stepper, operating general pistons in sequence

IV   Swell to Great



Combination couplers: Great & Pedal pistons, Generals on Swell foot pistons



















HARRISON & HARRISON

2007

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