Our Organ Appeal
The Organ
The
original organ was built by Robert Postill of York in the late 19th century.
It was a one manual Tracker Action instrument, without pedals, and was
sited in the south aisle. 
In the early 1900s fashions changed and it was decided to rotate the organ
through 90 degrees to project the sound into the chancel. Nelson's
of Durham were engaged to enlarge the organ by adding a swell and pedal
department and rotate it. Nelson's used the latest technology
of the day which was a pneumatic action. Basically they built a
new organ inside the old one, adding to the Postill work and enlarging
the case.
The instrument has been like this for a hundred years probably being overhauled every 20 years or so. The last clean and overhaul took place in the 1980s. Unfortunately, since then, the action of the swell organ has become very unreliable with notes not sounding or speaking very slowly and the fact that two different actions had been used makes it quite difficult to play. The tracker action of the Great Organ is far more reliable but the soundboards of this department have deteriorated badly causing " runnings" ( the pipes make a noise even if no stops are selected)
We
have engaged Mr Geoffrey Coffin of York to rebuild the organ and turn
it back through 90 degrees to its original position. The action
will be restored to all tracker which is far more reliable. A
new "mixture" stop will be added to the Great Organ to complete
it, this being originally planned by Postill but never completed.
The soundboards will be repaired using the latest technology to combat
the runnings.
This work will bring back the organ's original tone and will ensure it will give us another hundred years of reliable service.
| The revised stop list will be as follows | |||
Great
Organ |
Swell
Organ |
||
| Open diapason | 8ft | Open Diapason | 8ft |
| Gamba | 8ft | Viol di Gamba | 8ft |
| Clarabella | 8ft | Voix Celeste | 8ft |
| Principal | 4ft | Lieblich gedackt | 8ft |
| Flute | 4ft | Principal | 4ft |
| Fifteenth | 2ft | Super Octave | 2ft |
| Twelfth | 2.6ft | Mixture (15.19.22) | 111 |
| Mixture ( 17.19.22) | 111 | Horn | 8ft |
Swell
to Great |
Oboe | 8ft | |
| Tremulant | |||
Pedal
Organ |
|||
| Bourdon | 16ft | New stops are shown in italics | |
| Bass Flute | 8ft | ||
The Appeal has now raised £46 449 and together with £50 000 taken from the reserve fund has a grand total of £96 449
The organ will be removed from church in mid July for a three month rebuild and overhaul at Pricipal Pipe Organ at York. The rotting, wooden floor under the organ will be removed, the floor excavated and a new stone floor laid including a damp course and repairs to the wall behind the organ case. The church will also be rewired and a new lighting system installed before being redecorated for the installation of the organ once it has been restored
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