Hamilton: Hamilton West Parish Church
Hill & Son, 1902 — organ surveyed August 2025
Audio recordings
Due to the deteriorated state of the pneumatic action, many notes were silent on the pedal stops at the time of recording. The repertoire recorded here was chosen partly to accommodate this limitation.
Chris Bragg
Gt: Open Diapason, Principal 4, Fifteenth
Sw: Stopped Diapason 8, Echo Gamba 8, Gemshorn 4, Piccolo 2, Mixture, Horn
Ped: Grand Bourdon
All couplers
Damin Spritzer
Initial Registration: Sw: Oboe
Gt: Hohl Flute, Dulciana
Ped: Grand Bourdon, Bass Flute
Gt/Ped
Changes: + Open Diapason (bar 37), – Open Diapason (bar 47)
Damin Spritzer
Initial Registration: Sw: Echo Gamba, Stopped Diapason
Gt: Open Diapason
Pedal: Grand Bourdon, Bass Flute
Sw/Ped
Changes: + Sw Gemshorn 4 (bar 10), + Sw Piccolo (bar 14), + Sw: Oboe, Mixture, Horn, +Gt: Clarinet, Harmonic Flute, Principal, Fifteenth (bar 22), – Mixture (bar 25), – Sw: Horn, Oboe, Gemshorn, Piccolo, + Voix Celeste, – Gt: Clarinet, Harmonic Flute, Principal, Fifteenth (bar 32)
Eilidh Harris
Initial Registration: Sw: Echo Gamba, Voix Celeste
Gt: Hohl Flute
Sw/Gt
Changes: – Sw: Echo Gamba, Voix Celeste, + Stopped Diapason (bar69)
Steven McIntyre
Initial Registration: Sw: Stopped Diapason
Gt: Clarinet
Ped: Bass Flute
Changes: – Gt: Clarinet, + Hohl Flute (bar 10), + Gt: Clarinet, – Hohl Flute (bar 17), – Gt: Clarinet, + Hohl Flute (bar 18), + Gt: Clarinet, – Hohl Flute (bar 19), – Gt: Clarinet, + Hohl Flute, Harmonic Flute 4 (bar 27), + Gt: Clarinet, – Hohl Flute, Harmonic Flute 4 (bar 28), + Ped 16 in final bar.