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Largs: St Columba’s Parish Church

Henry Willis & Sons, 1892 — organ surveyed June 2024


Specification

Great (61 notes)
16 Double Diapason
8 Open Diapason
8 Claribel Flute
8 Dulciana
4 Principal
4 Harmonic Flute
2 Fifteenth
III Mixture
8 Trumpet
8 Clarionet


Zinc and plain metal, bass in case front
Zinc and plain metal, bass in case front
Wood, 1-12 stopped
Zinc and plain metal, bass in case front
Plain metal 1-20, spotted thereafter
Plain metal, harmonic from G#21
Plain metal 1-8, spotted thereafter
Spotted metal. CC=17:19:22/C25=12:15:17/F#43=8:12:15
Plain metal, non-harmonic
Plain metal

Swell (61 notes)
16 Lieblich Bourdon
8 Viola
8 Lieblich Flöte
8 Viola Dolce
8 Vox Angelica
4 Octave Viola
II Mixture
8 Horn
8 Hautboy


1-24 wood, plain metal thereafter
Zinc and plain metal
1-12 wood, plain metal thereafter
Zinc and plain metal
from C13, plain metal
Plain metal 1-44, spotted metal thereafter
Plain metal 1-8, spotted metal thereafter. 12:15 throughout
Plain metal, non-harmonic
Spotted metal

Pedal (30 notes)
16 Open Diapason
16 Violone
16 Bourdon
8 Octave
16 Trombone


Wood
Zinc, 1-12 from Great Double Diapason
Wood
Wood, 18 from Open Diapason
Plain metal


Couplers and actions
Swell to Great Unison (pneumatic)
Swell Super Octave (pneumatic)
Swell Sub Octave (pneumatic)
Great to Pedals (mechanical)
Swell to Pedals (mechanical)

Three composition pedals to Great & Pedal
Gt 1 = Claribel Flute, Harmonic Flute, Dulciana. Pedal Bourdon 
Gt 2 = Gt Open, Dulciana, Principal, Fifteenth. Pedal Bourdon + Violone 
Gt 3 = (as above) + Double Diapason, Mixture. Pedal Open 

Three composition pedals to Swell
Sw 1 = Viola + Viola dolce 
Sw 2 = (as above) + Octave viola + Mixture 
Sw 3 = (as above) + Horn + Hautboy
Balanced Swell pedal (added 1955)

Swell Tremulant lever pedal

Wind pressure
“Discus” electric blower (1934)
Flue wind pressure: 31/2 inches
Reeds winds pressure: 7 inches

Pitch
A = 445Hz