Christ Church, Port Sunlight
The completion of the work will be marked by a rectial by Colin Walsh, Organist Laureate of Lincoln Minster,
on Saturday 3rd May 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
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The Restored Console
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This organ is built by
Henry Willis & Sons
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Keyboards Prior to Restoration
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Console Prior to Restoration
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| Rebuilding Pneumatic Action |
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| Releathered action motors |
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Console Action Bellows |
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Blowing chamber reservoirs re-instated |
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| Concussions being releathered in the factory |
Some of the Solo Tuba pipes
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| Cleaning over 100 years worth of dirt from the front pipes |
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This level of dirt silts up windways which seriously compromises the pipe's speech |
The Choir Gamba
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Solo Vox Humana
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Eschallots, Tongues & Wedges
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| Note the tiny resonators of the top notes of the Solo Orchestral Oboe | |
Very small boated eschallot |
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| Cleaning and Restoring the Solo Vox Humana |
A blockage inside an eschallot...
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is found to be a dead moth
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| The Great Organ has gathered many years of dirt | |
Great Trumpet |
A trumpet pipe Cleaned & Repaired
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The very large scaled 4' Flute
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Willis Tulip Stoppers
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The Great Organ following cleaning
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looking rearwards towards the Pedal Organ
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| Pedal Chests and actions |
Violone 16'
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Original 1904 leather
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Some of the top notes appear
never to have been used |
Swell Sub & Super Octave Pans
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Pedal Rollerboard after re-bushing
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| The Pedal Touchbox awaiting restoration |
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| Ready for re-instatement in the organ |
The worn out Pedalboard
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| following re-piecing & the addition of new Ebony caps |
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| the keyboards in the factory for cleaning & re-bushing |
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| ready for returning to the organ | |
The Refurbished Console |
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Some details
The third phase of the complete overhaul of the 1904 four-manual, Willis II organ is now completed.
This organ is now thought to be the only surviving, unaltered, large instrument built by Henry II.
Christ Church United Reformed Church, founded by William Hesketh Lever and opened on Wednesday 8th June 1904,
is situated centrally in the picturesque garden village of Port Sunlight, Wirral.
The work carried out has included complete re-leathering of all 24 reservoirs, re-leathering of all Willis-lever key actions
and piston combination actions. The instrument has been Cleaned and Overhauled and the Pipework & Console have recently been cleaned and restored.
Specification of the organ
| GREAT ORGAN |
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SOLO ORGAN |
| 1. |
Double Diapason |
16 |
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33. |
Flute |
8 |
| 2. |
Open Diapason No.1 |
8 |
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34. |
Orchestral Oboe |
8 |
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Open Diapason No.2 |
8 |
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35. |
Vox Humana (enclosed) |
8 |
| 4. |
Clarabella |
8 |
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36. |
Tuba |
8 |
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Harmonic Flute |
8 |
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Tremulant to Vox Humana |
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| 6. |
Flute |
4 |
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| 7. |
Principal |
4 |
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| 8. |
Twelfth |
2 2/3 |
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| 9. |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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| 10. |
Mixture |
III rks |
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| 11. |
Tumpet |
8 |
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| 12. |
Clarion |
4 |
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| SWELL ORGAN |
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PEDAL ORGAN |
| 13. |
Lieblich Bourdon |
16 |
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37. |
Open Diapason |
16 |
| 14. |
Open Diapason |
8 |
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38. |
Bourdon |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedackt |
8 |
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39. |
Violone |
16 |
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Voix Céleste |
8 |
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40. |
Bass Flute |
8 |
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Salicional |
8 |
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41. |
Ophicleide |
16 |
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Lieblich Flute |
4 |
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42. |
Posaune |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
4 |
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| 20. |
Mixture |
IV rks |
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| 21. |
Contra Fagotto |
16 |
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| 22. |
Oboe |
8 |
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Cornopean |
8 |
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| 24. |
Clarion |
4 |
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Tremulant |
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| CHOIR ORGAN |
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COUPLERS |
| 25. |
Open Diapason |
8 |
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Swell Sub Octave |
| 26. |
Gamba |
8 |
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Swell Super Octave |
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Dulciana |
8 |
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Swell to Choir |
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Hohl Flute |
8 |
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Swell to Great |
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Wald Flute |
4 |
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Great to Pedal |
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Piccolo |
2 |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Clarinet |
8 |
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Solo to Pedal |
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Choir to Pedal |
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| ACCESSORIES |
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| 3 thumb pistons to Great |
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| 3 thumb pistons to Swell |
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| 3 thumb pistons to Choir |
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| 1 thumb piston to Solo tremulant |
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| 5 pedal pistons to Great |
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| 5 pedal pistons to Swell |
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| 1 reversible pedal piston for Great to Pedal |
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| All pistons adjustable from setter boards |
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| Balanced Swell Pedal |
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