Specification
Ashton Hall 1909 Norman & Beard Concert Pipe Organ
Current (August) 2018 Specification.
Couplers [All couplers ‘pull through’]
Solo to Choir
Solo to Great
Swell to Great
Swell to Choir
Choir to Great
Solo to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Great & Pedal Combs. Coupled
Wind Pressures
VHP Tuba and Trombone 16 Xtn to 8 12” formerly 15”
HP Gt. Reed, Swell Reeds 16 – 8 & 4 Op Diap 8 Mix 7½”
Standard Pressure: Fluework & chorus reeds – 4 ¼”
Historic Omissions, Additions, & Alterations
1949 – Omissions due to lack of space – Great 17th 1 3/5’, Swell Flute 4’, Mixture III
1949 – Additions – Choir Enclosed; Swell Mixture II-III 15.19.22 [HP]; Pedal Geigen 16’ from Swell.
1949 – Alterations – Great Geigen Principal 8’ & Choir Gamba 8’ reversed places.
1949 – Change to HP 15” pressure – down to 12” to lengthen the life of the leatherwork.
2015 – Additions – Bird Whistle added 2 switches On/Off & [Transitory operation] Push for On
2018 – Addition – Great – Mounted Seventeenth 1 3/5’ omitted in the 1909 build.
2018 – Change Tuba Pipes being fully restored and retuned to 15” wind pressure.