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Oxfordshire,  Woodstock

Blenheim Palace Long Library [N09565] 

Date	Builder
	Isaac Abbott
	see N09564
1891	Henry Willis & Sons, London
	new grand organ, £3,669 (1892); Ledger 1, pages 242 & 447;
	Originally in bay overlooking the water terraces
1902	Norman & Beard
	moved organ, and additions, £314; Order Book 8, page 110, job 465;
1903	Norman & Beard
	cleaned; Order Book 8, page 233, job 7219(small);

Casework
Position: Long gallery
Photo of Console (Chris Andrews) (46853 Bytes)
Photo of Organ (Chris Andrews) (27401 Bytes)
B/W photo of organ 1891 (OrgR) 1998 (41660 Bytes)

Console:

Swell to Great

Swell to Pedal

Swell Octave

Swell Suboctave

Choir to Great

Choir to Pedal

Great to Pedal

Solo to Pedal

Solo to Great

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Pedale										1					Contra Violone																													32
										2					Open Diapason																													16
										3					Violone																													16
										4					Bourdon																													16
										5					Octave																													8
										6					Violoncello																													8
										7					Flute Bass																													8
										8					Mixture
										9					Ophicleide																													16
										10					Clarion																													8

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Choir										11					Hohl Flote																													8
										12					Dulciana																													8
										13					Gamba																													8
										14					Flute Harmonique																													4
										15					Piccolo																													2
										16					Cor Anglais																													16
										17					Cor Anglais																													8
										18					Corno di Bassetto																													8

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Great										19					Double Diapason																													16
										20					Open Diapason																													8
										21					Open Diapason																													8
										22					Claribel Flute																													8
										23					Quint																													5 1/3
										24					Principal																													4
										25					Flute																													4
										26					Quint Octaviante																													2 2/3
										27					Super Octave																													2
										28					Piccolo																													2
										29					Mixture
										30					Trombone																													16
										31					Tromba																													8
										32					Clarion																													4

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Swell										33					Contra Gamba																													16
										34					Geigen Principal																													8
										35					Lieblich Gedackt																													8
										36					Salicional																													8
										37					Vox Angelica																													8
										38					Gemshorn																													4
										39					Lieblich Flute																													4
										40					Flageolet																													2
										41					Mixture
										42					Contra Hautboy																													16
										43					Hautboy																													8
										44					Vox Humana																													8
										45					Cornopean																													8
										46					Clarion																													4

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Solo										47					Claribel Flute																													8
										48					Gamba																													8
										49					Wald Flute																													4
										50					Clarionet																													8
										51					Orchestral Oboe																													8
										52					Tuba																													8

Blowing: 6 hydraulic engines (Bamford)

4 thumb pistons each to Great, Swell and Solo
Thumb pistons for Sw-Gt, Gt-Pd
2 composition pedals to Swell [P and F]
4 composition pedals to Pedal
Pistons to composition pedals

Source ref: CD.54.90
Photographs reproduced by kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough

Updated 1903 by BOA
Willis details, and builder N&B inserted;

Updated 1987 by JOC
OSD c1950s
incorporates N08020(deleted)(reference JOC No.5, 1987, p.94)

Input by: DA
Information source: CD
Corrections by electronic mail will be welcome

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The British Organ Archive (See BIOS ) has the following material but if you are using NPOR addresses, rather than native BOA addresses, check the identification of the building and address carefully.
Oxon, WOODSTOCK : residence (Dom) -- Blenheim Palace

Primary Sources
1889-94 Willis Ledger vol:01 page:242 job:  [tuning; 1892 new org]
1891/95-1902 Willis Ledger vol:01 page:447 job:  [grand org £3669; tuning]
1902 N&B Ord Bk vol:08 page:110 job:0465  [moving org and adds £314]
1903 N&B Ord Bk vol:08 page:233 job:*7219 small  [clean]
Secondary Sources
Title: Harvey n.b.   Author: Harvey, Sidney W.   Vol:15   No:   Page:1511  [MusOp 1888 /11; Abbott]
Title: Harvey n.b.   Author: Harvey, Sidney W.   Vol:30   No:   Page:3022  [Hoar, A.G., info; Willis]
Title: Sayer info   Author:   Vol:   No:   Page:  [1888: old org to St.Swithin, Hither Green Lane, London SE]