St Edmund’s, Mansfield Woodhouse (2008)
2 manuals 20 stops
St Edmund’s was fortunate to be home to an 11-stop mechanical Henry Willis Ⅱ instrument, installed in the late 1980s from a church near Kendal in Cumbria. We were called in as the organ was giving problems. Issues arose from heat-related faults but the main problem was the severe infestation of woodworm which was making the organ unsafe.
There was a need for a rethink. The pipes were all excellent but the woodworm-infested timbers had to go. The church was considering an electronic organ, as the Willis was bulky and blocked out light from the large window. We were able to devise a scheme, using our modular design, to overcome all the problems and create a reliable, compact instrument with greater versatility.
Read Paul Hale’s in-depth article (pdf) about the St Edmund’s organ in Organists’ Review, May 2009
Great
Open Diapason (A)8
Hohl Flute (B)8
Lieblich Gedackt (C)8
Principal4
Open Flute (B)4
Fifteenth2
Mixture 19.22
Cornopean (D)8
Swell to Great
Swell suboctave to Great
Swell
Lieblich Gedackt (C)8
Echo Gamba (grooved)8
Voix Celeste8
Gemshorn (E)4
Nazard (C)2⅔
Fifteenth (E)2
Piccolo (C)2
Cornopean (D)8
Swell Octave
Tremulant (to whole organ)
Pedal
Bourdon (B)16
Principal (A)8
Bass Flute (B)8
Fifteenth (A)4
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Gt & Pedal Combs
Acessories
6 thumb pistons to Great
6 thumb pistons to Swell
6 thumb pistons to Pedal
6 general pistons
reversible thumb piston Sw-Gt
reversible thumb piston Gt-Ped
reversible toe piston Sw-Gt
reversible toe piston Gt-Ped
general cancel piston
setter piston
Melodic Pedal (piston)
Midi in/out/through
Recording facility
standard capture system for divisional and general pistons with 12 memory levels