3rd November 2012 – Handel Organ Restored!

Andrew Lumsden gives Celebration Organ Recital. Last few mins of Finale from Widor VI

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The History of the Handel Organ

The history of this famous organ, and the story of its restoration, is told in this 32-page colour book, published in 2016. Copies of the book itself are available to buy at Holy Trinity Church, priced at £5, or you can download this PDF for £3.

SPECIFICATION OF THE ORGAN

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, GOSPORT

1897 HILL ORGAN – embracing 1720 JORDAN ORGAN – restored 2012 COOPER

GREAT

speaking westward into the nave

Sw. to Gt. [Ch. to Gt. (HNB 1972)]

1 Double Diapason 16 Hill 1897
2 Open Diapason 8 Hill 1897 displayed in south facing 1897 case
3 Open Diapason 8 Jordan 1720 displayed in west facing 1720 case
4 Stopped Diapason 8 Jordan 1720
5 Clarionet Flute TC 8 may be part Jordan and part pre-1897
6 Principal 4 Jordan 1720
7 Wald Flute TC 4 †
8 Twelfth 3 Jordan 1720
9 Fifteenth 2 Jordan 1720
10 Mixture III †
11 Trumpet 8 †

SWELL

high up speaking westward from back of the organ

[Swell Super, Swell Sub, Tremulant (HNB 1972)]

20 Double Diapason 16 † (stopped bottom 2 octaves, then open small scale)
21 Open Diapason 8 †
22 Lieblich Gedackt 8 †
23 Salicional 8 Hill 1897
24 Voix Celeste TC 8 Hill 1897
25 Principal 4 †
26 Piccolo 2 †
27 Mixture III †
28 Oboe 8 †
29 Cornopean 8 †
30 Clarion 4 †

CHOIR

unenclosed, speaking southward into the chancel

Sw. to Ch.

12 Dulciana 8 † (bottom octave from 13)
13 Gamba 8 †
14 Stopped Diapason 8 Jordan 1720
15 Principal 4 †
16 Flute 4 Jordan 1720
17 Fifteenth 2 Jordan 1720
18 Cremona 8 Hill 1897
19 Trumpet 8 † Borrowed from Great (Cooper 2012)

PEDAL

Gt. to Ped. Sw. to Ped. Ch. to Ped

31 Open Diapsaon Wood 16 16 †
32 Sub Bass 16 The original Hill 1897 Bourdon
33 Bourdon 16 Cooper 2012 (quieter stopped bass)
34 Flute (from 32) 8
35 Trumpet 8 † Borrowed from Great (Cooper 2012)
36 Trombone 16 Additional twelve bass pipes Cooper 2012

Pistons to each manual and pedals; and adjustable Generals. Electro-pneumatic action. (Cooper 2012)
† Hill, reused from existing organ: may be Pether, Hunter, Butler, or Gray & Davison.

Organ Specification – Download

Useful Links:

http://www.gosportsociety.co.uk/handelorgan.htm

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-14628348

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/gosport-church-s-world-famous-organ-is-town-treasure-1-7465785

https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/gosport%E2%80%99s-historic-handel-organ-be-saved-thanks-heritage

https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/holy-trinity-church-gosport-handel-organ-restoration-and-heritage-outreach-project

http://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/organs-used-george-frederick-handel-dominic-gwynn/

http://portsmouth.anglican.org/fileadmin/images/pompey_chimes/2013/2013-05p12.pdf