BIRMINGHAM ORGANISTS' ASSOCIATION

 

Specification

Location:           St Matthew's Church, Walsall
Builder/date:           Green / 1773,  Bishop / 1880,  Walker / 1952,  Nicholson / 2000
At a glance:           70 speaking stops, 4 manuals

Pedal Choir [unenclosed] Great
Acoustic Bass 32
Open Wood 16
Open Diapason 16
Violone 16
Bourdon 16
Echo Bourdon 16
Dulciana 16
Octave 8
Principal 8
Bass Flute 8
Octave Quint 5
13
Fifteenth 4
Octave Flute 4
Mixture III [
17:19:22]
Trombone 16
Fagotto 16
Trumpet 8
Violoncello 8
Rohr Gedackt 8
Prestant 4
Gedeckt Flute 4
Italian Principal 2
Larigot 11
3
Sesquialtera II [
12:17]
Mixture II [
19:22
]
Contra Tromba 16 [Gt]
Tromba 8 [Gt]
Octave Tromba 4 [Gt]


Choir Octave
Double Open Diapason 16
Open Diapason I 8
Open Diapason II 8
Open Diapason III 8
Clarabella 8
Dulciana 8
Octave 4
Principal 4
Harmonic Flute 4
Twelfth 22
3
Fifteenth 2
Tierce 1
35
Fourniture III [
19:22:26
]
Contra Tromba 16
Tromba 8
Octave Tromba 4


Swell Solo [ enclosed] Other Couplers
Grosse Flute 16
Open Diapason 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Viola da Gamba 8
Voix Celeste 8
Principal 4
Lieblich Flute 4
Fifteenth 2
Mixture III [
12:19:22]
Contra Fagotto 16
Oboe 8
Horn 8
Cornopean 8
Clarion 4

Tremulant


Swell Octave
Swell Suboctave
Swell unison off
Contra Viola 16
Double Dulciana 16
Dulciana  8
Viole d'Orchestre 8
Viole Celeste 8
Lieblich Gedeckt 8
Octave Viol 4
Octave Viole Celeste 4
Dulcet 4
Naszard 22
3
Dulciana Fifteenth 2
Flautino 2
Double Clarinet 16
Clarinet 8

Civic Trumpet
8 [unenclosed]

Tremulant
Choir to Great
Swell to Choir
Swell to Great
Swell Suboctave to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Solo to Great
Solo to Swell
Solo to Choir

Choir to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Solo to Pedal

Gt & Pd pistons combined
Sw on Pd pistons

Ranks underlined contain pipework by Samuel Green (1773)
Ranks in italics are new, or substantially altered, in the latest (Nicholson) rebuild
There are 6 thumb pistons to Choir, Great Swell and Solo with 16 channels, and
8 general pistons with 64 channels
Reversers are provided for Sw/Gt, Sw/Ch and Gt/Pd

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Last modified: August 30, 2003