Stapleford St HelenOrgan
1877
At the time of the 1877 renovation a new organ was presented to the church by Mrs J Whiteley. This was built by C Lloyd and Co of Nottingham. Charles Lloyd was a pipe organ builder who flourished in Nottingham between 1859 and 1909. One of his achievements was to win a gold medal award for an organ that he constructed for the Birmingham Trade Exhibition in 1865.
The organ installed in Stapleford was enclosed in a stained and varnished deal case and contained the following stops as described by Scattergood:
Great Organ: CC to G (56 notes) |
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Open diapason |
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Stop bass |
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Keraulauphon Harmonic flute |
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Principal |
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Three spare slides |
Swell Organ: CC to G (56 notes) |
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Salcinal |
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Vox Angelica |
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Fifteenth |
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Oboe |
Pedal Organ: CCC to E |
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Bourdon |
Couplers |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
Two composition pedals |
1901
At a vestry meeting on the 7th October 1901 it was resolved to buy a new organ for £450 and in September 1902 a Faculty was obtained for selling the organ, providing a new one and altering the organ chamber. It is not stated why the old organ – only twenty four years old – was not satisfactory.
Today
Today (in 2011) there is no fixed organ at St Helen’s. The Allen electronic organ was removed during the refurbishment in 2008, and the church was using a Yamaha Clavinova in 2011.
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