Lulworth Castle Chapel, Dorset

Built by Richard Seede, 1780/85, Restored by William Drake 1986/9

 

Open Diapason

(8')

  Compass: GG/AA - e, 57 notes
Open Diapason

(8')

 
Open Diapason (tenor g)*

(8')

  Key:
Stopt Diapason Bass

(8')

  + = partly new
Stopt Diapason Treble

(8')

  ~ = new
Principal

(4')

  * = in Swell box
Flute

(4')

  Temperament: 1/5-comma meantone (syntonic)
Twelfth

(2 2/3')

  Pitch: a = 428 Hz @ 18oC
Fifteenth

(2')

  Shifting movement (removes upperwork)
Sesquialtera+

IV

 
Trumpet~

(8')

 
Trumpet (tenor g)~*

(8')

 

 

Sesquialtera Composition:

GG                  1 3/5  1 1/3  1  4/5

F#               2  1 3/5  1 1/3  1

c1        2 2/3  2  1 3/5  1 1/3

c2     4  2 2/3  2         1 1/3

c3  8  4  2 2/3  2

The Reconstruction of the Organ

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Photograph: John Brennan