ALL SAINTS' CHURCH,MARGARET STREET
LONDON

The magnificent church is the masterpiece of the great Victorian architect William Butterfield.
In 1910 Harrison & Harrison built a new organ, retaining and revoicing some pipework from the original Hill organ. Few changes have been made to the specification since the organ was built. In 1957 the actions were converted to electro-pneumatic, and electric blowers replaced the hydraulic system in the crypt.
The Tuba, envisaged in the original scheme, was brought from Gloucester Cathedral in 1971.
In 2002 the organ was comprehensively restored. The front pipes were decorated by Howell & Bellion, to a design based on the surviving nineteenth-century patterns.
The organ is on both sides of the chancel. The Great, Swell, enclosed Solo and most of the pedal stops are on the north side, together with the console; the Choir is on the south side, with the Tuba, Pedal Large Open Diapason and Sub Bass. 

     PEDAL ORGAN	
 1.  Double Open Wood    (from 2;     32 
                 lowest 4 acoustic)
 2.  Open Wood			      16
 3.  Large Open Diapason	      16	
 4.  Small Open Diapason (from 31)    16
 5.  Sub Bass         		      16	
 6.  Dulciana            (from 18)    16	
 7.  Octave Wood         (from 2)      8 	
 8.* Principal           (from 31)     8	
 9.* Flute	         (from 5)      8
10.  Violoncello         (from 57)     8	
11.* Fifteenth           (from 31)     4	
12.  Ophicleide                       16
13.* Trumpet             (from 41)    16
14.  Cor Anglais         (from 60)    16
15.  Posaune             (from 12)     8
16.* Clarion             (from 41)     8
17.* Octave Clarion      (from 41)     4	

	     I  Choir to Pedal
	    II  Great to Pedal
	   III  Swell to Pedal
            IV  Solo to Pedal
Pipes and Grill
Photograph by C R A Davies 



     CHOIR ORGAN (18 - 29 enclosed)
18.  Contra Dulciana		      16
19.  Open Diapason		       8
20.  Lieblich Gedeckt		       8
21.  Echo Clarabella		       8
22.  Salicional			       8
23.  Vox Angelica	 (tenor c)     8
24.  Spitzflöte			       4
25.  Lieblich Flöte		       4
26.  Lieblich Piccolo		       2
27.+ Sesquialtera	 12.17	      II
28.+ Mixture             15.19.22    III
29.  Cornopean                         8
30.  Tuba                (from 63)     8
 V  Tremulant  VI  Octave   VII  Sub Octave
  VIII  Swell to Choir   IX  Solo to Choir
Console
Photograph by C R A Davies 
    GREAT ORGAN (41 - 43 enclosed)	
31.  Double Open Diapason	      16	
32.  Large Open Diapason	       8	
33.  Small Open Diapason               8
34.  Stopped Diapason		       8	
35.  Harmonic Flute                    8	
36.  Octave                            4
37.  Octave Quint                      2 2/3
38.  Super Octave                      2
39.* Mixture      (12).15.19.22   III-IV
40.**Harmonics    17.19.21.22         IV
41.  Double Trumpet                   16
42.  Trumpet                           8
43.  Clarion                           4	
  X  Reeds on Choir   XI  Choir to Great
XII  Swell to Great  XIII  Solo to Great



     SWELL ORGAN
44.  Bordun                           16
45.  Open Diapason                     8
46.  Flauto Traverso                   8
47.  Echo Gamba                        8
48.  Voix Célestes     (tenor c)       8
49.  Principal                         4
50.  Suabe Flöte                       4
51.  Fifteenth                         2
52.**Mixture            15.19.22	     III	
53.  Oboe          	               8
            XIV  Tremulant	
54.  Contra Fagotto                   16
55.  Horn                              8	
56.  Clarion    	               4	
         XV Octave  XVI Sub Octave  
            XVII Solo to Swell   

     
      ACCESSORIES

Eight general pistons and general cancel
Eight foot pistons to the Pedal Organ
Eight pistons to the Choir Organ
Eight pistons to the Great Organ
Eight pistons to the Swell Organ
Four pistons to the Solo Organ
Reversible pistons: I - III, IV, VIII, XII 
Reversible foot pistons: II, XIII; 1, 12, 13
Eight piston memory levels
Balanced expression pedals: Choir, Great Reeds, Swell, 
                            Solo

The actions are electro-pneumatic
The manual compass is 61 notes; the pedal 30 notes.

*1957  +1910 Echo Cornet V, divided 1957  **Reinstated 2002
     

 
      SOLO ORGAN (57 - 62 enclosed)
57.  Violoncello                       8
58.  Hohl Flöte                        8
59.  Orchestral Flute                  4
60.  Cor Anglais                      16
61.  Clarinet                          8
          XVIII  Tremulant
62.  Orchestral Trumpet                8
63.  Tuba                              8
      XIX  Octave  XX  Sub Octave   
          XXI  Unison Off

         COMBINATION COUPLERS
     XXII  Great and pedal Pistons coupled
    XXIII  Pedal to Swell Pistons
     XXIV  Generals on Foot Pistons
      XXV  Swell on Foot Pistons

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