Canterbury Cathedral Hire May 2018
Canterbury Cathedral’s Willis pipe organ was removed in May 2018 for what will be a 2 year process of rebuilding. The new instrument will be played from a new loft on the north side of the Quire and the organ will be in both the north and south triforium spaces.
We were delighted to have been chosen to provide a temporary instrument that we hope is worthy of the fine Cathedral which sees over a million visitors each year.
The Canterbury Cathedral installation posed a few challenges for us which are detailed in two blog posts. There you can read more about how six people carried the instrument up two flights of stairs, the speaker installations/configuration, listen to recordings of both the old pipe organ and our own Regent Classic instrument, and much more.
| Pedal | Great | Swell | Choir | Solo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Diapason | 32 | Double Diapason | 16 | Bourdon | 16 | Contra Dulciana | 16 | Contra Viola | 16 |
| Open Diapason | 16 | Open Diapason I | 8 | Open Diapason | 8 | Open Diapason | 8 | Harmonic Flute | 8 |
| Open Wood | 16 | Open Diapason II | 8 | Stopped Diapason | 8 | Gedackt | 8 | Viole de Orchestra | 8 |
| Violone | 16 | Harmonic Flute | 8 | Gamba | 8 | Dulciana | 8 | Viole Celeste | 8 |
| Gamba | 16 | Gamba | 8 | Salicional | 8 | Unda Maris | 8 | Viole Octivante | 4 |
| Bourdon | 16 | Claribel Flute | 8 | Voix Celeste | 8 | Principal | 4 | Concert Flute | 4 |
| Principal | 8 | Stopped Diapason | 8 | Geigen Principal | 8 | Flute | 4 | Piccolo | 2 |
| Bass Flute | 8 | Principal | 4 | Salicet | 4 | Nazard | 2-2/3 | Corno di Bassetto | 8 |
| Choral Bass | 4 | Harmonic Flute | 4 | Principal | 4 | Flageolet | 2 | Orchestral Oboe | 8 |
| Octave Flute | 4 | Twelfth | 2-2/3 | Flute | 4 | Principal | 2 | Tremulant | |
| Mixture | IV | Fifteenth | 2 | Fifteenth | 2 | Tierce | 1-3/5 | Tuba Mirabilis | 16 |
| Contra Bombarde | 32 | Mixture | IV | Cornet | V | Larigot | 1-1/3 | Tuba Mirabilis | 8 |
| Contra Trumpet | 32 | Fourniture | III | Mixture | IV | Piccolo | 1 | Tuba Mirabilis | 4 |
| Trombone | 16 | Grand Cornet | V | Contra Fagotto | 16 | Mixture | III | ||
| Bassoon | 16 | Double Trumpet | 16 | Trumpet | 8 | Dulcian | 16 | ||
| Trumpet | 8 | Trumpet | 8 | Cornopean | 8 | Cromorne | 8 | ||
| Clarion | 4 | Clarion | 4 | Vox Humana | 8 | Clarinet | 8 | ||
| Tremulant | Oboe | 8 | Fanfare Trumpet | 8 | |||||
| Clarion | 4 | Clarion | 4 | ||||||
| Tremulant | Tremulant | ||||||||
| Great to Pedal | Swell to Great | Swell Sub Octave | Swell to Choir | ||||||
| Swell to Pedal | Swell Oct to Great | Swell Unison Off | Swell Oct to Choir | ||||||
| Choir to Pedal | Swell Sub to Great | Swell Super Octave | Swell Sub Oct to Choir | ||||||
| Solo to Pedal | Choir to Great | Solo on Swell | Solo on Choir | ||||||
| Solo on Great | Choir Unison Off |
