JULIAN RHODES' DREAM ORGANS
ORGANS OF HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS



Holy Trinity, Robertson Street, Hastings
Holdich 1866; Foskett 1927, Willis 1946;
rebuilt here from St. Mary Magdalen, St. Leonards by John Males 1983  III/43




GREAT
    16       Double Diapason
     8       Open Diapason No 1
     8       Open Diapason No 2
     8       Clarabella
     4       Principal
     4       Flute Couverte
    2 2/3    Twelfth
     2       Fifteenth
    III      Mixture 22.26.29*
     8       Tromba*                 Choir
 
SWELL
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Lieblich Gedackt
     8       Aeoline
     8       Voix Celestes           tc
     4       Geigen Principal
     2       Fifteenth
    III      Mixture 19.22.26*
    16       Contra Oboe
     8       Trumpet
     4       Clarion
             Tremolo
 
CHOIR
     8       Viola
     8       Gedackt*
     8       Hohl Flute
     4       Suabe Flute
    2 2/3    Nazard
     2       Flautino
    1 3/5    Tierce
    1 1/3    Larigot*
    III      Cymbal 29.33.36*
     8       Clarinet
             Tremolo
     8       Tromba    
 
PEDAL
             Nave:
    32       Resultant Bass
    16       Open Bass
    16       Bourdon
     8       Octave
     8       Bass Flute
     4       Super Octave*    
    III      Mixture 15.19.22*
    16       Trombone
             Choir:
    16       Quintaton*
     8       Quintaton*
     2       Nachthorn*
     4       Schalmei*
 
6 unison couplers plus Swell 8ve, Swell sub8ve, 
                  Great & Pedal combinations coupled.
 
Thumb pistons: 4 Great, 4 Swell, 4 Choir, 
               Great to Pedal, Swell to Great, 
               Choir Tromba, Nave Pedal cancel.
 
Toe pistons: 4 Great, 4 Swell, Great to Pedal, Swell to Great.
 
Balanced pedal to Swell.
 
Compass: 58/30.
 
Electro-pneumatic action.



The organ is in a loft to the south of the choir, speaking west and north. The detached drawstop console is behind the south choirstalls.

A new console and new electro-pneumatic action were provided in the rebuild, together with tonal alterations marked * above.



SOURCE:
Author's survey 1992 & 1993.



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