organ146
organ 146
August 2014
2 manuals
21 speaking stops
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Brasenose College
Chapel
Oxford
Builder:
Peter Collins, 1972
Richard Bower, 2002
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Members of BOA spent the (very warm) last Saturday of July in Oxford, gaining access to the stunning new Dobson in the chapel of Merton College that was the subject of Organ of the Month 143 following its inaugural recital last April.
But during the afternoon we were able to visit a smaller instrument in the chapel of nearby Brasenose College, rebuilt by Norwich-based Richard Bower.
Pipework from the previous (1972) organ by Peter Collins was incorporated in the new instrument together with three new stops. Housed in the same (1893) baroque case by Sir Thomas Jackson as previous instruments, the new organ has tracker action, flat stop jambs, a straight concave pedalboard and "open-foot" voicing. Naturally suited to music of the 17th & 18th centuries, this was ably demonstrated by two of our members playing pieces by Couperin & Bach.
You can listen to the famous organ Peter Collins installed in St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, as August 14's Music of the Month