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Specification

Location:           Wylde Green United Reformed Church
Builder/date:           Nicholson & Co / 1949,   Henry Willis / 2004
At a glance:           36 speaking stops, 3 manuals


Pedal Choir (enclosed) Great Swell

Harmonic Bass 32
Open Diapason 16
Bourdon 16
Echo Bourdon 16
Octave 8
Bass Flute  8
Contra Bombarde 32 (Acoustic)

Trombone 16
Tromba 8 [Gt]
Octave Tromba 4 [Gt]

Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal

Viole d’Orchestre 8
Hohl Flute 8
Dulciana 8
Rohr Flute 4
Fifteenth 2
Clarionet 8
Tromba 8 [Gt]

Tremolo

Choir octave
Choir suboctave
Choir unison off

Swell to Choir

Double Diapason 16
Open Diapason I 8
Open Diapason II 8
Stopped Flute 8
Principal 4
Flute 4
Twelfth
223
Fifteenth 2
Mixture III
Tromba 8
Octave Tromba 4

Swell to Great
Gt/Pd pistons combined

Bourdon 16
Diapason 8
Lieblich Flöte 8
Salicional 8
Voix Celestes 8 [TC]
Gemshorn 4
Flute 4
Fifteenth 2
Mixture II
Oboe 8

Cornopean 8

Tremolo

Swell octave
Swell suboctave
Swell unison off

There are six pistons each to Swell, Great, Choir & Pedal divisions, with eight Generals.  There are 100 memory levels for department & general pistons and a 99-step sequencer for each memory level.  A transposer allows the pitch to be altered by up to six semitones

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Last modified: January 28, 2005