Specification of the West-End Organ


Ranks marked * indicate new pipes.

29, 30 and 31 are new pipes on reduced wind pressure to give a clearer sound in the original style.





  PEDAL ORGAN Metal
/Wood		 Feet
1 Double Open Wood
(from 2, 5 lowest acoustic)		 w 32
2 Open Wood w 16
3 Sub Bass w 16
4 Open Diapason (from 19) m 16
5 Salicional (from 12) m 16
6 Octave Wood (from 2) w 8
7 Principal (1984) m 8
8 Flute (from 3) w 8
9 Fifteenth (from 7, 1984) m 4
10 Ophicleide m 16
11 Posaune (from 10) m 8


I Choir to Pedal - II Swell to Pedal - III Great to Pedal - IV Solo to Pedal

  CHOIR ORGAN    
12 Double Salicional m 16
13 Open Diapason m 8
14 Claribel Flute w 8
15 Gemshorn m 4
16 Flauto Traverso * (re-instated) w 4
17 Flageolet * w 2
18 Sesquialtera * m 11


V Tremulant - V1 Swell to Choir - VII Solo to Choir

  GREAT ORGAN    
19 Double Open Diapason m 16
20 Large Open Diapason m 8
21 Small Open Diapason m 8
22 Stopped Diapason w 8
23 Hohl Flute w 8
24 Octave m 4
25 Wald Flute w 4
26 Octave Quint m 2 2/3
27 Super Octave m 2
28 Mixture 19-22-26-29 (1972: originally Harmonics) m IV
29 Contra Tromba * m 16
30 Tromba * m 8
31 Octave Tromba * m 4


VIII Reeds on Pedal - IX Reeds on Choir - X Reeds on Solo - XI Choir to Great - XII Swell to Great - XIII Solo to Great

  SWELL ORGAN (Enclosed)    
32 Lieblich Bourdon w 16
33 Open Diapason m 8
34 Lieblich Gedeckt w 8
35 Echo Gamba m 8
36 Voix Celestes (tenor C) m 8
37 Principal m 4
38 Lieblich Flute m&w 4
39 Fifteenth m 2
40 Mixture 12 - 19 - 22 m III
41 Oboe m 8
42 Double Trumpet m 16
43 Trumpet m 8
44 Clarion m 4


XIV Tremulant - XV Octave - XVI Sub Octave - XVII Unison Off - XVIII Solo to Swell

  SOLO ORGAN (Nos. 45 - 49 enclosed)    
45 Viole d'Orchestre m 8
46 Harmonic Flute m 8
47 Concert Flute m 4
48 Orchestral Bassoon m 16
49 Clarinet m 8
50 Tuba m 8


XIX Tremulant - XX Octave - XXI Sub Octave - XXII Unison Off

No 48 has an extra octave of pipes at the top for use with XX & XXII
(Orchestral Oboe)



ACCESSORIES

Eight combination foot pistons to the Pedal organ
Eight general pistons and general cancel
Six general pistons to Choir and Solo Organs
Eight pistons each to Swell and Great Organs
Eight foot pistons duplicating Swell pistons
Reversible pistons I-IV, VI, VII, XI-XIII, XVIII, 1, 10 Reversible foot pistons II, XII
Stepper, operating general pistons in sequence
Combination couplers: Great and Pedal pistons, Pedal to Swell pistons, Generals on Swell foot pistons
Eight divisional and 128 general piston memories
The organ contains 2723 pipes.


A booklet written by Simon Headley, is available in the Cathedral at a cost of £2.50. This gives the complete history with a full description of the organ.



 

Leicester Cathedral
The Cathedral Centre
21 St Martin's, Leicester. LE1 5DE
Telephone: 0116 248 7400  Fax: 0116 248 7470
Email:leicestercathedral@leccofe.org