2017: restoration of the three-manual Hill Norman & Beard organ and historic case, 43 stops.
The organ in Bishop Street Methodist Church is ranked among the top handful of Leicester’s pipe organs. With a three-manual Hill, Norman & Beard console, and casework that dates back possibly to the time of Father Smith, it is an impressive instrument.
During our rebuild the organ was re-electrified and a modern processor system installed. A new Trumpet stop was added to the spare slide on the Great soundboard. The original HNB console was restored and relocated on a mobile platform in the main body of the church.
For detailed information about the organ’s history visit the church’s website.
This booklet about the organ was written by Martin Briers and Paul Hale.
Specification
| Great Open Diapason 1 8 Open Diapason 2 8 Open Diapason 3 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Principal 4 Harmonic Flute 4 Twelfth 2 2/3 Fifteenth 2 Mixture III Trumpet 8 Swell to Great Choir to Great Choir suboctave to Great | Swell Lieblich Bourdon 16 Open Diapason 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Salicional 8 Voix Celestes (t.c.) 8 Principal 4 Flute 4 Fifteenth 2 Mixture III Oboe 8 Vibrato Double Trumpet 16 Trumpet 8 Clarion 4 Octave Unison off Suboctave |
| Choir Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Viole da Gamba 8 Gemshorn 4 Wald Flute 4 Nazard 2 2/3 Flautino 2 Tierce (ten.C) 1 3/5 Clarinet 8 Cor Anglais synthetic Cornet synthetic Vibrato Tromba 8 Octave Unison off Suboctave Swell to Choir | Pedal Harmonic Bass 32 Open Diapason 16 Bourdon 16 Echo Bourdon (Swell) 16 Bourdon 16 Octave (Great Open 1) 8 Bass Flute 8 Trombone 16 Contra Fagotto 16 Octave Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Choir to Pedal |
| Accessories 5 thumb pistons to Great 5 thumb pistons to Swell 5 thumb pistons to Choir 5 general thumb pistons reversible thumb piston Great to Pedal reversible thumb piston Swell to Great reversible thumb piston Choir to Great 5 toe pistons to Pedal 5 toe pistons to Swell reversible toe piston Great to Pedal General cancel |