The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
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The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Open Diapason, 8 feet.
Stopt Diapason, 8 feet tone.
Delicate Gamba, 8 (to tenor C only).
Flute, 4 feet.
Principal, 4 feet.
Fifteenth, 2 feet.
Mixture (bright tone), 3 ranks.
Sesqui altera (soft tone), 3 ranks.
Clarionet (to tenor C), 8 feet tone.
Contra-fagotto, 16 feet (throughout).
Trumpet, 8 feet.
No. 3.--Old Choir Organ, by Green. Compass,
GGG, 12 feet to E in Alt.
Stopt Diapason, 8
Dulciana, 8
Principal, 4
Fifteenth, 2
No. 4.--Two Octaves and a third, in Compass
(Pedal Organ) CC to E.
Sub-Bass, 32
Double Open Diapason, 16
Double Stopt Diapason, 16 feet tone.
Open Diapason, 8 feet.
Among accessory stops, &c., may be counted three coupling actions,
great b pedals, swell to pedals, swell to great organ, tremolo
by a horizontal bar, three hand-levers for shifting stops of the
great organ, labelled “_ff_,” “_mf_,” and “_p_.” The choir organ is
placed behind the performer, like the “Ruck-positif” of Continental
examples.
In the ante-Chapel, on either side of the entrance door, are two
slabs of white marble let into the wall, with the following names
inscribed:--Fr. Sadleir, 1851; Ric. Macdonnell, 1867; Carol. Wall,
1862; Sam. Kyle, 1848; Henric. Wray, 1847; Thom. Prior, 1843;
Steph. Sandes, 1842; Francis C. Hodgkinson, 1840; Bart. Lloyd,
1835; Richd. Murray, 1799; Gul. Newcome, 1800; Matt. Young, 1800;
John Brinkley, 1835; Thom. Elrington, 1835; Geo. Hall, 1811;
John Law, 1810. These are all buried within the precincts of the
Chapel; and the slabs were put up by Provost Lloyd, when it was
determined that intra-mural burial should cease. There are also in
this wall ten mural tablets, with Latin inscriptions, to the memory
of Henricus Wray, ob. 1846; George Hall, 1811; Thomas Elrington,
1835; Geo. Longfield, 1818; Stephen Creagh Sandes, 1842; Thos.
Prior, 1843; Bartholomew Lloyd, 1837; Samuel Kyle, 1848; Sam. John
McClean, 1829. The only inscription of any peculiar interest is to
the memory of Bishop Newcome, and runs as follows:--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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