The Cathedral has two fine organs - one is a tracker action, the other a very fine digital instrument.
The tracker action organ was built in 1976 by Hendrik ten Bruggencate. The design was inspired by the work of the Swiss firm Metzler, with whom ten Bruggencate had worked. The specification is modest and was designed for the accompaniment of straightforward liturgical music and responsorial psalms. This instrument is maintained by the firm of Kenneth Tickell.
Tracker Action Organ Specifications
| MANUAL I |
MANUAL II |
PEDAL |
Prestant 8
Octaaf 4
(Original rank replaced with second-hand pipes by ten Bruggencate)
Mixtur IV
Trompet 8
|
Gedackt 8
Rohrfluit 4
Gemshorn 2
Quint 1 1/3
Sesquialtera II
Dulcian 16
(Prepared for) |
Subbass 16
I/P, II/P, II/I |
A new Viscount Custom built comprehensive 3 manual with an additional sanctuary division digital instrument was installed in May 2008. The console is sited in the west gallery with speaker cabinets in the roof on either side of the nave, additional speakers in the gallery behind the pipes and in the west gallery.
Digital Organ Specifications
| PEDAL (12 stops) |
GREAT (14 stops) |
SWELL (13 stops) |
|
Sub Bass 32
Open Wood 16
Open Metal 16
Bourdon 16
Principal 8
Bass Flute 8
Choral Bass 4
Mixture IV
Contra Bombarde 32
Trombone 16
Posaune 8
Clarion 4
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
CHOIR (9 stops)
Gedackt 8
Gemshorn 4
Flageolet 2
Sesquialtera II
Mixture III
Quintaton 16 Krummhorn 8
Tuba Mirabilis 8
Festival Trumpet 8
Tremulant
Swell to Choir
TOTAL: 60 stops
|
Double Diapason 16
Open Diapason I 8
Open Diapason II
Claribel Flute 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Principal 4
Harmonic Flute 4
Twelfth 2-2/3
Twelfth 2-2/3
Mixture IV
Sharp Mixture III
Double Trumpet 16
Trumpet 8
Clarion 4
Swell to Great
Choir to Great
SANCTUARY ORGAN (9 stops)
PEDAL
Bourdon 16
Bass Flute 8
CHOIR
Stopped Diapason 8
Chimney Flute 4
Gemshorn 2
Mixture IV
SWELL
Open Diapason 8
Open Diapason 8
Trumpet 8
ORCHESTRAL VOICES
Chimes (Sw)
Celesta (Gt)
Harpsichord (Ch)
|
Open Diapason 8
Chimney Flute 8
Echo Gamba 8
Vox Celeste 8
Principal 4
Wald Flute 4
Fifteenth 2
Mixture IV
Contra Fagotto 16
Cornopean 8
Oboe 8
Regal 16
Clarion 4
Tremulant
|
Traditional “motorised” drawstops, wooden-based tracker-touch keyboards, full capture action and all other standard playing accessories.