Specification of Brombaugh organ,Op.32,CHRIST CHURCH, CHRISTIANA HUNDRED, East Greenville, Delaware

 
Disposition:

Great - Manual II
 Principal (discant) 16
 Bourdon 16 *
 Præstant 8
 Spire Flute 8 *
 Viola 8 *
 Harmonic Flute 8
 Octave 4
 Flute 4 *
 Nasard 2 2/3
 Octave 2
 Flute 2
 Tierce 1 3/5
 Cornet (discant) V
 Mixture IV-VI
 Bombarde 16 *
 Trompette 8 *
 Clairon 4 *


 Choir - Manual I
 Stopped Diapason (oak) 8
 Præstant + 4
 Rohrflöte 4
 Traverse Flute (pearwood, tc) 4
 Nasard (tc) 2 2/3
 Octave + 2
 Tierce (tc) 1 3/5
 Larigot 1 1/3
 Flageolet 1
 Scharff + III
 Clarinet 8
 English Horn # 8

 Flute Douce # 8 @
 Flute Celeste # (tc) 8 @

 Swell - Manual III
 Contra Gamba 16 *
 Principal 8
 Bourdon 8
 Viola da Gamba 8
 Vox Celeste (tc) 8
 Octave 4
 Spitzflöte 4
 Octave 2
 Seventh 1 1/7
 Mixture IV
 Willis Cornet III
 Contra Oboe (after Fa. Willis) 16
 Trumpet " 8
 Oboe " 8
 Clarion " 4

 Pedal:
 Subbass (Douglas Fir) 32 (treble common with Subbass 16)
 Subbass (Douglas Fir) 16
 Præstant (98% Pb) 16 (pipes C - dis form chamber side facade)
 Octave 8
 Octave 4
 Mixture V
 Bombardon 32
 Posaune 16
 Trumpet 8
 Contra Gamba 16 * (from Swell)
 Bourdon 16 *
 Spire Flute 8 *
 Viola 8 *
 Flute 4 *
 Bombarde 16 *
 Trompette 8 *
 Clairon 4 *

 Couplers:
 Swell - Great
 Choir - Great
 Swell - Choir
 Great - Pedal
 Swell - Pedal
 Choir - Pedal
 Sundries:
 Glockenspiel
 Cymbelstern

 Tremulant
 + high tin alloy pipes
 # uses old pipes
 @ Choir stops located in Swellbox
 * Manual stops transmitted to Pedal

 Keyboard compasses: Manuals, 56 notes: C - g'''; Pedal, 30 notes: C - f', flat
 Mechanical key action (ex Subbass 32' bass and Choir Flute Douce / Celeste)
 Electric stop action with solid state combination & crescendo system
 Mechanical swell louver control for Swell division with variable ratio for fine foot control of loudness
 Metal flue pipes of finest tin/lead alloys, hammered; Organ has 56 stops, with 3479 pipes on 74 ranks
 Cone tuning for flue pipes; soldered hats for stopped metal pipes; facade pipe mouths gilded with 23 carat gold leaf
 Mild temperament suited to music of all periods: Vths above Bb, C, G, D, A and B are 1/6 th PC narrow; rest pure
 Great / Choir case of fumed white oak based on 1685 Father Smith case at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England
 Low profile reversed, detached keydesk of fumed white oak and walnut with stop tiers in manner of A. Cavaillé-Coll

 


 [Received from David L. Perry 2014-04-27.]