The Organ of Wimborne Minster
On this page, you will find details of the organ of Wimborne Minster - the church at which I am Organist.
The organ was originally built in 1664 by Robert Hayward of Bath. It was later rebuilt by Seede of Bristol and again by J. W. W. Walker, in 1866. However, it was in 1965 that it reached its present incarnation, when it was reconstructed, enlarged and partly re-sited, again by Walkers. The organ presently consists of three manuals (61 notes) and pedals (32 notes), with a total of sixty-eight drawstops. These include the infamous Orchestral Trumpet, with pipes of spun brass, which project horizontally from the organ front.
Specification:
PEDAL ORGAN | ft. | POSITIVE (Cont'd) | ft. | SWELL ORGAN | ft. | ||
Violone (W) | 16 | Tierce | 1 3/5 | Open Diapason | 8 | ||
Principal (M) | 16 | Larigot | 1 1/3 | Stopped Diapason | 8 | ||
Bourdon | 16 | Sifflute | 1 | Viola | 8 | ||
Salicional | 16 | Cymbal (29, 33, 36) | III | Vox Angelica (TC) | 8 | ||
Octave (M) | 8 | Crumhorn (CC) | 8 | Principal | 4 | ||
Bass Flute (Ext.) | 8 | Tremulant | Flute | 4 | |||
Salicet (Ext.) | 8 | Orchestral Trumpet (TC) | 8 | Twelfth | 2 2/3 | ||
Octave Quint (Ext. Bdn.) | 5 1/3 | Swell to Positive | Fifteenth | 2 | |||
Fifteenth (Ext.) | 4 | Mixture (22, 26, 29) | III | ||||
Octave Flute (Ext.) | 4 | GREAT ORGAN | ft. | Double Trumpet | 16 | ||
Nachthorn | 2 | Hautbois | 8 | ||||
Mixture (19, 22, 26, 29) | IV | Quintatön | 16 | Cornopean | 8 | ||
Trombone (W) | 16 | Open Diapason I | 8 | Clarion | 4 | ||
Crumhorn (Ext. Pos.) | 16 | Open Diapason II | 8 | Spare slide | - | ||
Posaune (Ext.) | 8 | Rohr Flute | 8 | Sub Octave | |||
Clarion (Ext.) | 4 | Viole de Gambe | 8 | Unison Off | |||
Schalmei | 2 | Principal | 4 | Octave | |||
Positive to Pedal | Harmonic Flute | 4 | |||||
Great to Pedal | Twelfth | 2 2/3 | COMBINATIONS | ||||
Swell to Pedal | Fifteenth | 2 | |||||
Swell Octave to Pedal | Sesquialtera (12, 17) | II | Great and Pedal | ||||
Mixture (19, 22, 26, 29) | IV | Combinations Coupled | |||||
POSITIVE ORGAN | ft. | Trumpet (Harm. trebles) | 8 | Generals on Swell Foot | |||
Clarion (Harm. trebles) | 4 | Pistons | |||||
Gedeckt | 8 | Positive to Great | |||||
Principal | 4 | Swell to Great | |||||
Chimney Flute | 4 | ||||||
Quint | 2 2/3 | The organ is in the care of Lance Foy, Truro. | |||||
Blockflute | 2 | ||||||