NPOR search V5.26 on Monday, September 20, 2004

Oxfordshire,  Oxford

Town Hall, St. Aldates [N08021]

Date										Builder
1897										Henry Willis & Sons, London

Casework

Casework designer: J.H. Hare

Console:
Stop type: Large knobs
Stop labels: Ivory
Pedalboard: concave radiating
Angled jambs

Swell to Great

Swell to Choir

Swell to Pedal

Choir to Pedal

Great to Pedal

Solo to Great

Solo to Pedal

																				Key action																				Stop action																				Compass low											Compass high											Notes					Enclosed
Pedal																																																												C											f1											30
Choir																																																												C											a3											58
Great																																																												C											a3											58
Swell																																																												C											a3											58					Y
Solo																																																												C											a3											58

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Pedal										1					Open Diapason																													16
										2					Bourdon																													16
										3					Violoncello																													8
										4					Ophicleide																													16

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Choir										5					Viola de Gamba																													8
										6					Dulciana																													8
										7					Clarabella																													8
										8					Concert Flute																													4
										9					Piccolo																													2
										10					Cremona																													8

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Great										11					Double Open Diapason																													16
										12					Open Diapason																													8
										13					Open Diapason																													8
										14					Clarabella																													8									wood
										15					Principal																													4
										16					Flute																													4
										17					Twelfth																													2 2/3
										18					Fifteenth																													2
										19					Sesquialtera																													II
										20					Trumpet																													8

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Swell										21					Bourdon																													16
										22					Open Diapason																													8
										23					Stopped Diapason																													8
										24					Salicional																													8
										25					Voix Celeste																													8
										26					Principal																													4
										27					Piccolo																													2
										28					Trombone																													16
										29					Oboe																													8
										30					Cornopean																													8
										31					Vox Humana																													8
										32					Clarion																													4
										33					Tremulant

Department															Stop name																													Pitch
Solo										34					Harmonic Flute																													8
										35					Orchestral Oboe																													8
										36					Tromba																													8

Blowing: Hydraulic

4 composition pedals to Great and Pedal
4 composition pedals to Swell
1 toe pedal [Solo-Great?]
Pistons for Sw-Gt, Gt-Pd
lever pedal;

Source ref: JOC No.5, 1987, p.98
A.G. Hoar collection

Updated 1957 by BBE
BBE18.52; shows [another] Orchestral Oboe on Swell (?a mistake);

Updated 1949 by CD
incorporates N11001(deleted)(reference CD Vol. 55, p. 156)

Updated c1940s by CD
incorporates N11000(deleted)(reference CD Vol. 55, p. 3);

Input by: DA
Information source: JOC
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, OXFORD : Town Hall (Sec)

Primary Sources
1897/99-1905 Willis Ledger vol:01 page:492 job:  [grand concert org £2200; tuning]
1906-18 Willis Ledger vol:02 page:271 & 357 job:  [tuning; 1910 clean & alt pitch £100]
Secondary Sources
Title: Organ   Author:   Vol:   No:108   Page:162
Title: Oxford, Orgs of [2nd ed]   Author: Pacey & Popkin   Vol:   No:   Page:124
Title: Pamphlet   Author:   Vol:   No:   Page:  [in Oxford file]