THE CATHEDRAL ORGAN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6536, 7 February 1882, Page 6

THE CATHEDRAL ORGAN.

The following description of the new organ at present in course of erection in the Cathedral, will no doubt be of interest to our readers, more especially as a portion of the instrument will be ready for use by Sunday next. The organ was built by Messrs William Hill and Son, of London, makers of the grand instruments in the Melbourne and Adelaide Town Halls, and of many of the finest organs in England. The case of the Christchurch organ is of oak, in the style of the thirteenth century Gothic. In front, within the arch, are three Y-shaped towers of pipes; while at the side are the pedal 16ft trombone, Bft principal, and 16ft bourdon. The front pipes are handsomely decorated with illumination in gold and colours. There are three rows of manuals, the keys being made of ivory with rounded edges. There is also a row of pedals. The following is the scheme of the stops:—

more stops are praotically added to the pedal organ; for each of the stops having an extra octave of pipes above the top F of the pedal board (42 pipes instead of the usual 80), the effect produced is the same as if there were the following stops in addition:—Violone, Bft; stepped flute, Bft; octave quint, sft; fifteenth, 4ft; and trumpet, Bft; the whole forming a grand pedal organ. Couplers—l, swell to great, 2, swell to octave; 3, swell to sub-ootave; 4, swell to ohoir; 5, great to pedal j 6, swell to pedal; 7, choir to pedal; 8, pedal octave. Four combination pedals, to shift in and out the stops of the great organ, acting alio on the suitable stops of the pedal organ. Two combination pedals to swell organ. A pneumatic apparatus is applied to the great organ and couplers in connexion, in order to lighten the touch. The pedal and manual organs and the pneumatio apparatus are supplied with wind by means of separate bellows sustaining different pressures. The cost of the organ in England was about £1450. The portion whioh will be opened on Sunday next consists of part of the swell and of the great organ, and the Bourdon and 16ft open diapason on the pedals. The remainder will be completed within a month's time.

Gbbat Obsas, , C C to G. 1. Double diapason, wood and metal, 16ft, 56 pines 2. Open diapason ... .. metal, 8ft, 56 „ 3. Viola ' . ,.. metal, 8ft, 56 4. Hoblflute... .. wood, 8ft, 56 5. Principal .. metal, 4ft, 56 6. Harmonic flute ... ., metal, 4ft, 56 7. Twelfth .. metal, 3ft, 56 |f 8. Fifteenth .. metal, 2ft, 56 »» 9. Mixture, four ranks . .. metal, — 224 10. Posaune .. metal, 8ft, 56 Choie Orgak, C C to G. 1. Gamba .. metal, 8ft, 56 2. Dulciana .. metal, 8ft, 56 II 3. vox Angelica ... .. metal, 8ft, 44 #f 4. ClarabeUa . wood, 8ft, 56 5. Gemshom .. metal, 4ft, 56 6. Snabe flute .. wood, 4ft, 56 Jf 7. Flnutina ... ... „ metal, 2ft, 56 8. Vox Humana , „ metal, 8ft, 56 9. Clarionet ,. metal. 8ft, 56 All the choir stops will be enclosed in a swell box. Swell Oeqan, C C to G. 1. Bourdon ... ,. wood, 16ft, 56 pipes 3. Violin diapason ... .. metal, Eft, 56 3. Salioional (grooved) 1 . .’. metal, 8ft, 49 „ 4. Bohr flute ... wood and metal, 8ft, 56 5. Principal .. metal, 4ft, 56 6. Lieblich flute .. metal, 4ft, 56 7. Fifteenth ,. metal, 2ft, 56 f> 8. Mixture, two ranks .. metal, — 112 fJ 9. Cornopean .. metal, 8ft, 56. 10. Oboe .. metal. 8ft, 56 11. Clarion .. metal. 4ft. 56 u Pedal Oeoah, C C C to P. 1. Open diapason ... ., wood, 16ft, 42 pipes 2. Bourdon ,. wood, 16ft, 42 S. Quint .. wood, 10ft, 42 4. Principal „ metal, 8ft, 42 5. Trombone .. metal, 16ft, 42 „ By means of a pedal octave coupler, , five