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Specification

Location:           Kidderminster Town Hall
Builder/date:           William Hill & Son / 1855
At a glance:           31 speaking stops, 3 manuals


Pedal Choir (enclosed) Great Swell


Open Wood 16
Double Diapason 16 [Sw]
Violon 16
Octave 8
Trombone 16

Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal

Salicional 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Gemshorn 4
Flute 4
Piccolo 2
Cormorne 8 [sic]

Swell to Choir

Double Diapason 16
Open Diapason  8
Cone Gamba 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Octave 4
Wald Flute 4
Quint
223
Super Octave 2
Sesquialtera III [
17:19:22]
Posaune 8
Clarion 4

Swell to Great

Double Diapason 16
Open Diapason 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Viole d'orchestre 8
Voix Celeste 8 [
TC]
Octave 4
Super Octave 2
Quartane II [
12:15]
Hautboy 8

Cornopean 8

Tremolo

Swell Octave

There are no pistons, but the original combination levers remain.  A balanced Swell pedal was added in 1950, together with the Great Clarion and Swell Quartane, by Hill, Norman & Beard

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Last modified: February 17, 2005