Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury: with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst GloucestershireMassé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
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Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury: with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire
1. Sub-Octave Choir to Great. 2. Swell to Great. 3. Solo to Great.
1. Ventil Flue to Quint Mixture.
2. Ventil Flue Great Mixture and Reed.
Two Pneumatic Pistons acting on Ventil placed beneath the keys as in
the Choir.
Three Composition Pedals.
SWELL ORGAN (CC to C in alt^o., 61 notes).
The swell-box is made in three thicknesses, each of one inch.
Between each thickness is a layer of felt.
1. Flauto Traverso 8 ft.
2. Open Diapason 8 ft.
3. *Viole d'Orchestre 8 ft.
4. *Voix Celeste 8 ft.
5. Geigen 4 ft.
6. †Mixture--3 ranks, 15, 19, 22.
7. †Contra Posaune 16 ft.
8. †Horn 8 ft.
9. Oboe 8 ft.
_Accessory Stops._
Octave Coupler. Ventil Flues to Geigen, Mixture, and Reeds.
Two Pneumatic Pistons acting on Ventils, as in the Great Organ.
Tremulant. Three Composition Pedals.
SOLO ORGAN (CC to C in alt^o., 61 notes).
1. Harmonic Flute 8 ft.
2. *Violoncello 8 ft.
3. †Tuba 8 ft.
4. Voix Humaine (metal, enclosed in a Swell-box) 8 ft.
_Accessory Stops._
Octave Coupler. Tremulant.
Two Ventils, two Pneumatic Pistons, as in the other manuals.
PEDAL ORGAN (CCC to F, 30 notes).
1. *Harmonic Bass (_w_) 32 ft.
2. Great Bass (_w_) 16 ft.
3. *Dolce Bass (_w_) 16 ft.
4. Great Flute (_w_) 8 ft.
5. †Bombarde 16 ft.
* Stops thus marked are of novel construction, being fitted with
prolongement harmonique.
† Stops marked thus are on heavy wind.
_w_ Stops marked thus are of wood.
Pedal Couplers:
1. Choir to Pedals.
2. Great to Pedals.
3. Swell to Pedals.
4. Solo to Pedals.
Manual Couplers:
1. Choir Octave.
2. Swell Octave.
3. Solo Octave.
4. Choir Sub-Octave to Great.
5. Swell to Great.
6. Solo to Great.
7. Swell to Choir.
The Tremulants are set in action by one pedal, or by the use of
the draw-stops, separately or collectively.
Pneumatic action is applied to the Organ throughout, except to
the Choir Organ, which is direct action.
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=Church Plate.=--The oldest pieces of plate are two silver chalices,
one dated 1576, the other 1618. There is also a paten of the latter
date. A flagon weighing 54 ounces was given to the church by the
bachelors and maidens of the borough in 1688, and another was given in
1724. Curiously they are both fitted with whistle-handles. There are
also two cut-glass cruets, said to be of the fifteenth century.
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