lunes, 13 de mayo de 2013



The Old British Lady in the City of Buenos Aires...

The Forster & Andrews Organ (1882) at First Evangelical Methodist Church



"Katherine at the organ"



The biggest and the smallest


Inaugural Day after restoration

The 1882 dispatch order - Courtesy of the city of Hull-(England)

Karina Kohoutek - Factotum Restaurationibus Eméritus


                                                                             

Builder:  Forster & Andrews (1882) - Hull, England

Organ Specification:

Mechanical action
Slide Chests


Manual Compass:..... Do 1 - La 5
Pedal Compass:...........Do 1 - Fa 3
Number of speaking stops : 28


Great Organ  (Manual II)

    •    Double Open Diapason 16'
    •    Open Diapason 8'
    •    Clarabella 8'
    •    Dulciana 8'
    •    Principal 4'
    •    Harmonic Flute 4'
    •    Piccolo 2'
    •    Trumpet 8' (under restoration)


Swell Organ (Manual III)

    •    Bourdon 16'
    •    Open Diapason 8'
    •    Lieblich - gedackt 8'
    •    Salicional 8'
    •    Voix celeste 8'
    •    Principal 4'
    •    Suabe flote 4'
    •    Flageolet 2'
    •    Mixture 3 ranks
    •    Horn 8'
    •    Oboe 8'
    •    Vox humana 8'
    •    Trémolo

Choir Organ (Manual I)

    *   Chimney Flute 8'
    •    Gamba 8'
    •    Dulciana 8'
    •    Flauta travesera 4'
    •    Flautino 2'
    •    Clarinet 8'
 
Note: This section is waiting for restoration. Pipes are not original. Late addition with french
          materials and pneumatic action.


Pedal

    •    Open Diapason 16'
    •    Bourdon 16'
    •    Violoncello 8'


Couplers:

  Swell to Great
  Swell to Great suboctave
  Swell to Great superoctave
  Swell to Pedal
  Great to Pedal (left and right in keydesk)
  Great to Pedal "appel et renvoi" lever over pedalboard


Fixed Mechanical Combinations: (levers over pedalboard)

Swell: P-MF-F-FF
Great: P-MF-F


Expression Swell
Expression Choir  (waiting for restoration)


Listen: John Stanley´s  Voluntary in G






"Highland Cathedral" (Organ+Bagpipe)


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