An organ was built for Rev. C. Pritchard in 1847 by J. C. Bishop, for the
chapel of Clapham Grammar School. As a result of the chapel being enlarged, the
organ was increased from two to three manuals in 1858, each from CC - F, 54
notes,. Provision was made for the bottom octaves of the Swell and Choir manuals
(both tenor c compass) to play notes of the Great Stopped Diapason and Dulciana.
Some time before 1923, the organ was moved from the chapel of Clapham Grammar
School to Holy Trinity Church, Southend when ‘improvements’ were made.
Modest repairs were carried out in 1923 by Bishop & Son. Nothing further is
known of the organ until it became redundant in about 1980, when it was bought
by Gerard Verloop to save it from destruction. It was removed to Holland, where
it was placed in storage. It has now been returned to England and is currently
stored at the John Loosemore Centre in Buckfastleigh, awaiting relocation and
restoration. It is proposed to provide the organ with a new case, using the
original front pipes. The Choir Organ, formerly a small, short-compass
division, would be re-made. The new specification could be:
| Great
Organ GG
- F, 59 notes |
|
|
Swell
Organ tenor C - F, 42 notes |
|
| Open
Diapason |
8' |
|
Double
Diapason |
16' |
| Dulciana full
compass |
8' |
|
Open
Diapason |
8' |
| Stopt
Diapason Bass |
8' |
|
Stopt
Diapason |
8' |
| Bell
Diapason t.c. |
8' |
|
Principal |
4' |
| Clarabella
t.c. |
8' |
|
Fifteenth |
2' |
| Principal |
4' |
|
Sesquialtra |
III |
| Twelfth |
22/3' |
|
Horn |
8' |
| Fifteenth |
2' |
|
Trumpet |
8' |
| Sesquialtra
(part new) |
III |
|
Hautboy |
8' |
| Mixture
(new) |
III |
|
Clarion |
4' |
| Trumpet (new) |
8' |
|
*Stopt Diapason Bass (from Great) |
8' |
|
|
|
*Dulciana
Bass (from Great) |
8' |
| Choir
Organ GG - F, 59 notes |
|
|
|
|
| Stopt
Diapason Bass (new) |
8' |
|
Pedal
Organ CCC - F, 30 notes |
|
| Open
Diapason (from tenor c, old) |
8' |
|
Open
Diapason (old) |
16' |
| Clarabella
(from tenor c, old) |
8' |
|
Bourdon (new) |
16' |
| Bell Gamba
(from tenor c, old) |
8' |
|
Principal (C
- F# from Gt. O. D., G upwards independent) |
8' |
| Principal (new) |
4' |
|
Fifteenth (new) |
4' |
| Flute (old,
with new stopped bottom octave) |
4' |
|
Trombone (new) |
16' |
| Fifteenth (new) |
2' |
|
|
|
| Cremona (old,
with new bottom octave) |
8' |
|
Couplers |
|
| |
|
|
Swell to Great |
|
|
|
|
Choir to
Great |
|
| |
|
|
Great
to Pedals |
|
| |
|
|
Choir to
Pedals |
|
| |
|
|
Swell
Octave to Pedals |
|
*Note. As an alternative to the bass octave of the Swell being
provided by the Great Stopt Diapason and Dulciana basses, a Choir to Swell
coupler could be provided. The Swell Octave to Pedals would provide a wealth of
stops to augment the Pedal section.
Proposal for New Case