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Music » Organ » Willis Specification

Pedal Organ    
     
1 Double Open Bass (from No 2) 32
2 Open Bass 16
3 Open Diapason (12 pipes from No 26) 16
4 Bourdon 16
5 Principal (1978) 8
6 Stopped Flute (1978) 8
7 Fifteenth (1978) 4
8 Open Flute (1978) 4
9 Mixture 19.22.26.29 (1978) IV
10 Bombarde (from No 11, 1909/20) 32
11 Ophicleide (1909) 16
12 Trombone 16
13 Trumpet (formerly called Clarion) 8
14 Clarion (remade 2004 from 1978 Schalmei) 4
     
Choir Organ    
     
15 Open Diapason 8
16 Claribel Flute 8
17 Lieblich Gedackt 8
18 Dulciana 8
19 Gemshorn 4
20 Lieblich Flute 4
21 Nazard (1933) 2 2/3
22 Spitzflute (1978) 2
23 Tierce (1933) 1 3/5
24 Mixture 15.19.22 (1978) III
25 Trumpet (1933) 8
     
Great Organ    
     
26 Double Open Diapason 16
27 Bourdon 16
28 Open Diapason No 1 8
29 Open Diapason No 2 8
30 Open Diapason No 3 8
31 Claribel Flute 8
32 Stopped Diapason 8
33 Principal No 1 4
34 Principal No 2 4
35 Flute 4
36 Twelfth 2 2/3
37 Fifteenth 2
38 Mixture 17.19.22 III
39 Mixture 19.22.26.29 (1978) IV
40 Double Trumpet 16
41 Trumpet 8
42 Clarion 4
     
Swell Organ    
     
43 Contra Gamba 16
44 Open Diapason 8
45 Stopped Diapason 8
46 Salicional 8
47 Vox Angelica (tenor C) 8
48 Principal 4
49 Lieblich Flute 4
50 Fifteenth 2
51 Mixture 17.19.22 III
52 Dulzian (1933) 16
53 Oboe 8
  Tremulant  
54 Double Trumpet 16
55 Trumpet 8
56 Clarion 4
     
Solo Organ (57-65 enclosed)    
     
57 Viola da Gamba 8
58 Voix Célestes (tenor C) 8
59 Harmonic Flute 8
60 Concert Flute 4
61 Hohl Flute 2
62 Clarinet 8 or 16
63 Orchestral Oboe 8 or 16
64 Cor Anglais (1909) 8
  Tremulant  
65 Tromba 8 or 16
66 Glockenspiel 39 gongs (1909) 4
67 Tuba 8
     
62, 63 and 65 have an extra octave of pipes in the bass    
     
Couplers    
     
i Great to Pedal  
ii Swell to Pedal  
iii Choir to Pedal  
iv Solo to Pedal  
v Swell Octave to Pedal  
vi Choir Octave to Pedal  
vii Solo Octave to Pedal  
viii Swell Sub-octave to Great  
ix Swell to Great  
x Swell Octave to Great  
xi Choir Sub-octave to Great  
xii Choir to Great  
xiii Choir Octave to Great  
xiv Solo Sub-octave to Great  
xv Solo to Great  
xvi Solo Octave to Great  
xvii Swell Sub-octave  
xviii Swell Octave  
xix Swell Unison Off  
xx Solo to Swell  
xxi Choir Sub-octave  
xxii Choir Octave  
xxiii Choir Unison Off  
xxiv Swell Sub-octave to Choir  
xxv Swell to Choir  
xxvi Swell Octave to Choir  
xxvii Solo Sub-octave to Choir  
xxviii Solo to Choir  
xxix Solo Octave to Choir  
xxx Solo Sub-octave  
xxxi Solo Octave  
xxxii Solo Unison Off  
xxxiii Great to Solo  
xxxiv Great and Pedal combinations coupled  
xxxv Generals on Swell foot pistons (2004)  
     

Accessories

Eight foot pistons to Pedal Organ
Eight pistons to the Choir Organ
Eight pistons to the Great Organ
Eight pistons to the Swell Organ (duplicated by foot pistons
Eight pistons to the Solo Organ
Eight general pistons
Two pistons to the couplers
Cancel pistons to Choir, Great, Swell, Solo, all couplers, and octave couplers
Pedal cancel foot piston
Two general cancel pistons
Reversible pistons i-iv, ix, xii, xv, xx, xxv, xxviii, xxxiii, xxxiv
Reversible foot pistons i, iv, ix, xv
Rocking tablets: Doubles Off, Pedal Off
General Crescendo pedal
Eight divisional and 128 general piston memories (2004)
Stepper, operating general pistons in sequence (2004)
Balanced expression pedals to the Swell and Solo Organs

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