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Concert Organ “Lady Margaret” at night
Yours truly, in front of the Lady Margaret Concert Organ
This is a large organ, with a sound to match and is suitable for events where a powerful sound is required.
A compact disk containing a selection of the music is available on request
BASS [12 Notes F-E]
Bourdon
Bass Flue
Double Octave Flute
Ophicleide (Reed)
Trombone (Reed)
Bass Cello
ACCOMPANIMENT (Piano) [16 Notes F-G#]
Wide Scale Hohl Flute
Stopped Flute
ACCOMPANIMENT (Forte) [16 Notes F-G#]
Narrow Scale Cello
Gavioli Scale Cello
SOLO MELODY [18 Notes A-D#]
Bourdon Celeste
Alto Horn
Harmonic Horn
Violin Piano
Grand Cornet Mixture Biphone comprised of:
Stopped Gedact
Open Diapason
Action Tremulant
Second Melody [18 Notes A-D#]
Spitzflote Octave
Violin Forte
Mixture
Musette Mixture (4 Ranks)
Musette Mixture (2 Ranks)
Xylophone (Honduras redwood)
Glockenspiel (Duralumin)
Percussion Tremulant
Ventil Pipe Tremulant
Percussion
Bass Drum and 2 Cymbals
Organ Specifications
The organ was built by David Leach in 1994, using a 93 key scale, with a ‘Duplex’ register configuration, to reduce the number of keys in the scale to 72. There are a total of 561 pipes and percussion comprising:
The following sample recordings of the organ were made during the ‘Mayday Steam’ event in Manchester, May 2003 and have been converted to MP3 for downloading. Click on the title to listen (If you wish to save the file, Right-Click on the title and select ‘Save Target As...’):
(Downloading time will depend on your Internet connection speed)
By The Seaside (1:27) [687KB]
Twist The Night (1:36) [757KB]
Bavarian Beerkeller (0:35) [282KB]
Note that these selections are not available on the CD. See the Lady Margaret CD page for details.
Also, the MP3 conversion was not performed at the best quality, to keep the file size to a minimum.
The Lady Margaret Concert Organ is now owned by Ian Rogers of Lutterworth. All enquiries regarding the organ will be forwarded to him. Or contact him direct at: irogers@btconnect.com