The Hill Organ of Saint Stephen's Church, Bournemouth
This instrument was built for the church by the firm of William Hill & Son, in 1898. It stands high up in the South Transept of this beautiful and impressive church, in a stone gallery which was built to house it. Consisting of three manuals and pedals, the organ originally contained the following stops:
PEDAL ORGAN | ft. | CHOIR ORGAN | ft. | GREAT ORGAN | ft. | SWELL ORGAN | ft. | |||
(Enclosed) | ||||||||||
Lieblich Bourdon | 16 | Double Open Diapason (M) * | 16 | Bourdon | 16 | |||||
Open Diapason (W) | 16 | Open Diapason | 8 | Open Diapason I | 8 | Geigen Diapason | 8 | |||
Violone (M; separate) | 16 | Lieblich Gedact | 8 | Open Diapason II | 8 | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |||
Bourdon | 16 | Viola (Voix Céleste?) | 8 | Hohl Flute | 8 | Dulciana | 8 | |||
Bass Flute (Separate) | 8 | Gamba | 8 | Dulciana | 8 | Salicional (Separate) | ||||
Trombone (H.P.) | 16 | Suabe Flute | 4 | Principal | 4 | Voix Céleste (C13) | 8 | |||
Octave | Harmonic Gemshorn | 2 | Harmonic Flute | 4 | Principal | 4 | ||||
Choir to Pedal | Clarinet | 8 | Fifteenth | 2 | Wald Flöte | 4 | ||||
Great to Pedal | (Unenclosed) | Mixture (19-22-26-29) | IV | Fifteenth | 2 | |||||
Swell to Pedal | Tuba (H.P.) | 8 | Posaune (H.P.) | 8 | Mixture (19-22) | II | ||||
Swell to Choir | Clarion (H.P.) | 4 | Double Trumpet | 16 | ||||||
Choir to Great | Cornopean | 8 | ||||||||
ACCESSORIES | Swell to Great | Oboe | 8 | |||||||
Vox Humana | 8 | |||||||||
Four composition pedals to the Great Organ | Orchestral Oboe | 8 | ||||||||
Four Composition pedals to the Swell Organ | * This is an entirely independent | Clarion | 4 | |||||||
rank to the Pedal Violone. | Tremulant | |||||||||
Two hitch-down pedals to the Choir and Swell organs | Sub Octave | |||||||||
Unison Off | ||||||||||
Octave |
In 1951, the instrument was rebuilt and restored by Rushworth & Dreaper. Included in the schedule of work were a partly new action, a new console and several tonal alterations. The Pedal Organ was enlarged by the derivation of an Acoustic Bass. The Open Diapason (Wood) was extended upwards to provide an Octave 8ft., and a Fifteenth 4ft. The Swell Double Trumpet and the Tuba from the Choir Organ were also made separately available on the Pedal Organ.
In 2009, the instrument was again restored by Principal Pipe Organs, of York. This is the present stop-list;
PEDAL ORGAN | ft. | CHOIR ORGAN | ft. | GREAT ORGAN | ft. | SWELL ORGAN | ft. | |||
(Enclosed) | ||||||||||
Sub Bourdon (Ext.) | 32 | Lieblich Bourdon | 16 | Double Open Diapason (M) * | 16 | Contra Salicional | 16 | |||
Open Diapason (W) | 16 | Open Diapason | 8 | Open Diapason I | 8 | Geigen Diapason | 8 | |||
Violone (M; separate) | 16 | Lieblich Gedact | 8 | Open Diapason II | 8 | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |||
Bourdon | 16 | Viole d'Orchestre | 8 | Hohl Flute | 8 | Salicional (Separate) | 8 | |||
Octave (W+M; ext.) | 8 | Dulciana | 8 | Octave | 4 | Vox Angelica (C13) | 8 | |||
Bass Flute (Separate) | 8 | Suabe Flute | 4 | Harmonic Flute | 4 | Principal | 4 | |||
Fifteenth (M; ext.) | 4 | Harmonic Gemshorn | 2 | Twelfth | 2 2/3 | Wald Flöte | 4 | |||
Trombone (H.P.) | 16 | Clarinet | 8 | Fifteenth | 2 | Fifteenth | 2 | |||
Trumpet (From Swell) | 16 | Tremulant | Mixture (17-19-22) | III | Mixture (19-22-24) | III | ||||
Choir to Pedal | (Unenclosed) | Posaune (H.P.) | 8 | Oboe | 8 | |||||
Great to Pedal | Tuba (H.P.) | 8 | Clarion (H.P.) | 4 | Tremulant | |||||
Swell to Pedal | Posaune (From G.O.) | 8 | Choir to Great | Double Trumpet | 16 | |||||
Clarion (From G.O.) | 4 | Swell to Great | Trumpet (Separate) | 8 | ||||||
COMBINATIONS | Sub Octave | Clarion (Separate) | 4 | |||||||
Unison Off | Sub Octave | |||||||||
Great and Pedal Pistons | Octave | * This is an entirely independent | Unison Off | |||||||
Coupled | Swell to Choir | rank to the Pedal Violone. | Octave | |||||||
Generals on Swell Foot Pistons | ||||||||||
ACCESSORIES | ||||||||||
Eight foot pistons to the Pedal Organ | ||||||||||
Eight foot pistons to the Swell Organ | ||||||||||
(Duplicating thumb pistons) | ||||||||||
Eight thumb pistons to the Choir Organ | ||||||||||
Eight thumb pistons to the Great Organ | ||||||||||
Eight thumb pistons to the Swell Organ | ||||||||||
Eight General thumb pistons | ||||||||||
Reversible foot piston to Great to Pedal | ||||||||||
Reversible Foot piston to 32ft. Flue | ||||||||||
Reversible thumb piston to Choir to Pedal | ||||||||||
Reversible thumb piston to Great to Pedal | ||||||||||
Reversible thumb piston to Swell to Pedal | ||||||||||
Reversible thumb piston to Swell to Choir | ||||||||||
Reversible thumb piston to Choir to Great | ||||||||||
Reversible thumb piston to Swell to Great | ||||||||||
Advance and Retard foot and thumb pistons | ||||||||||
Restore thumb piston | ||||||||||
Stepper | ||||||||||
Sequencer | ||||||||||
Balanced expression pedals to the Choir and Swell organs |