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Phoenix Organ |
last updated: 26 May, 2007
©2000 - 2008 Richard Shakeshaft |
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In April 2007 a new Phoenix Organ was installed to be used alongside the Cathedral Organ. It has three manuals and pedals with a fine draw-stop console. The console is mounted on a moveable platform to enable the instrument to be used in different parts of the Cathedral, and there are three independent speaker installations at the West End, in the nave, and in the Lady Chapel.
The organ has a comprehensive range of registration aids including "ventil" pistons and a stop sequencer, and it has English, French, and German voices and a switch on the console allows the player to select which specification is active. When the French specification is selected, the Great Organ will be played from the lowest manual and the Choir from the middle manual; the piston settings follow their division.
The organ has a Pedal Divide feature to enable a solo voice and accompaniment below to be played on the Pedals (when the Pedal Divide is selected, the Pedal stops only play below the divide point, and only manual divisions coupled to the pedal will play from the divide point and above).
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| Great Organ |
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Montre |
16' |
| Bourdon | 16' |
| Montre | 8' |
| Principal | 8' |
| Gamba | 8' |
| Flute Harmonique | 8' |
| Bourdon | 8' |
| Gross Quinte | 5 1/3' |
| Octave | 4' |
| Flute Ouverte | 4' |
| Gross Tierce | 3 1/5' |
| Doublette | 2' |
| Flute | 2' |
| Cornet | V |
| Fourniture | IV |
| Cymbale | IV |
| Bombarde | 16' |
| Trompette | 8' |
| Clarion | 4' |
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| Swell to Great |
| Choir to Great |
| Great Reeds on Choir |
| Great Reeds on Pedal |
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| Swell Organ (enclosed) |
| Quintaton | 16' |
| Montre | 8' |
| Cor de Nuit | 8' |
| Salicional | 8' |
| Voix Celeste | II |
| Prestant | 4' |
| Flute Octaviante | 4' |
| Nazard | 2 2/3' |
| Octavin | 2' |
| Tierce | 1 3/5' |
| Larigot | 1 1/3' |
| Plein Jeu | IV |
| Bombarde | 16' |
| Basson | 16' |
| Trompette | 8' |
| Hautbois | 8' |
| Voix Humaine | 8' |
| Clarion | 4' |
| Tremulant |
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| Octave |
| Sub Octave |
| Swell Unison Off |
| Swell Reeds on Pedal |
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| Choir Organ (enclosed) |
| Contre Viole | 16' |
| Viole de Gambe | 8' |
| Viole Celestes | II |
| Unda Maris | II |
| Viole Octaviante | 4' |
| Cornet des Violes | III |
| Bourdon | 8' |
| Prestant | 4' |
| Flute Harmonique | 4' |
| Octavin | 2' |
| Sesquialtera | II |
| Cor Anglais | 16' |
| Cromorne | 8' |
| French Horn | 8' |
| Trompette en Chamade | 8' |
| Tuba Magna | 8' |
| Tremulant |
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| Octave |
| Sub Octave |
| Unison Off |
| Swell to Choir |
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| Pedal Organ |
| Principal | 32' |
| Contrebasse | 32' |
| Principal | 16' |
| Contrebasse | 16' |
| Violonbasse | 16' |
| Bourdon | 16' |
| Quinte | 10 2/3' |
| Octave | 8' |
| Bourdon | 8' |
| Tierce | 6 2/5' |
| Septieme | 4 4/7' |
| Prestant | 4' |
| Mixture | IV |
| Contra Bombarde | 32' |
| Bombarde | 16' |
| Basson | 16' |
| Trompette | 8' |
| Clarion | 4' |
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| Swell to Pedal |
| Great to Pedal |
| Choir to Pedal |
| Great and Pedal Pistons Coupled |
| Generals on Swell Toe Pistons |
| Pedal Divide |
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| Pistons |
8 pistons to Swell
8 pistons to Great
8 pistons to Choir
12 General Pistons (in one line along top manual)
6 Reversible Couplers
Set and General Cancel Pistons
3 'Sequence Plus' Pistons
1 'Sequence Minus' Piston
4 Ventil Pistons
99 Memory Levels
Piston Sequencer
8 Pedal Toe Pistons
8 Swell Toe Pistons
2 Pedal Toe Piston Reversers
'Sequence Plus' Tue Piston |
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| Audio Channels |
West End: 12 full range, 2 high power reed, 2 sub
Nave: 10 full range, 2 high power reed, 1 sub
Lady Chapel: 7 full range, 1 sub |
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| Temperaments |
Equal
Meantone
Werkmeister
Vallotti
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