Carrington
St John

Organ

The previous organ, a 7.4.1. Father Willis, had been given by St John’s Curate, the Rev H J F Burchell-Herne in 1873. It is now at St John the Baptist, Colwick, and was purchased for that church for the sum of £350.

The organThe current instrument, a Roger Yates house organ, was purchased in 1949 and installed by Hill Norman and Beard. The original specifications were:

Pedal:Sub Bass 16'
Violone 16'
Gross Quint 10⅔'
Flute 8'
Octave Flute 4',
Cornet III,
Double Trumpet 16' (Sw)

Great:Violone 16' (Ped)
Open Diapason 8'
Viola 8'
Claribel Flute 8'
Dulciana 8'
Principal 4'

Swell:Geigen 8'
Bourdon 8'
Salicional 8'
Vox Angelica 8'
Flute Ouverte 4'
Octavin 2'
Cornet II 12.17
Trompette 8'
Tremolo

The organ was rebuilt by Wood of Huddersfield in 1991, to the specification:

Pedal:Sub Bass 16'
Violone 16'
Flute 8'
Principal 8'
Octave Flute 4'
Fifteenth 4'
Double Trumpet 16' (Sw)

Great:Violone 16' (Ped)
Open Diapason 8'
Viola 8'
Claribel Flute 8'
Principal 4'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture III 19.22.26

Swell:Geigen 8'
Bourdon 8'
Salicional 8'
Vox Angelica 8'
Flute Ouverte 4'
Octavin 2'
Cornet II 12.17
Trompette 8'
Tremolo

The breadth of sound and antiphonal effects possible from a rosewood console made this organ a pleasure to play. Regular maintenance has been given to the church’s most valuable possession.