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

GREAT
    16       Double Open Diapason
     8       Open Diapason No 1         new
     8       Open Diapason No 2
     8       Open Diapason No 3
     8       Stopped Diapason           new        
     8       Dolce
     4       Principal
     4       Wald Flöte
    2 2/3    Twelfth
     2       Fifteenth
     8       Trumpet
     8       Tuba                      new; from Choir
 
SWELL
    16       Bourdon
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Lieblich Gedackt          old Choir
     8       Salicional
     8       Voix Celestes tc
     4       Principal
     4       Lieblich Flöte            old Choir
     2       Fifteenth                 old Mixture
    IV       Mixture  17.19.21.22      new
     8       Oboe
             Tremulant
    16       Double Trumpet            new
     8       Horn
     4       Clarion                   new
 
CHOIR
     8       Geigen Diapason           old Gamba
     8       Orchestral Flute          old Great Hohl Flöte
     8       Viol d'Orchestre          new
     8       Dulciana
     4       Salicet                   new
     4       Flauto Traverso
     8       Clarinet
     8       Orchestral Oboe           new
             Tremulant
     8       Tuba                      new; unenclosed
 
PEDAL
    32       Subbass                   new; acoustic
    16       Open Wood
    16       Open Metal                new; from Great
    16       Bourdon
    16       Echo Bourdon              from Swell
     8       Principal
     8       Octave                    new; extension Open Wood
    16       Trombone
    16       Trumpet                   new; from Swell
     8       Tuba                      new; from Choir
 
6 unison couplers plus Great to Choir,
                       Swell 8ve, Swell sub8ve, Swell unison off,
                       Swell 8ve to Great, Swell 8ve to Pedal,
                       Choir 8ve, Choir sub8ve, Choir unison off,
                       Choir 8ve to Pedal,
                       Great & Pedal combinations coupled.
 
Thumb pistons: 5 Swell, 5 Great (both giving Pedal stops on 2nd-touch),
               5 Choir, Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal,
               Swell to Great, Choir to Great, Octaves off.
               PP (on whole organ).
 
Toe pistons: 5 Pedal, 5 Swell (duplicating), Great to Pedal.
 
Balanced pedals to Swell and Choir.
 
Compass: 61/32.
 
Wind pressures: 3 1/2in. to 15in.

The Great to Choir coupler was introduced so as to superimpose the Choir Tuba (with the right hand) to a loud Great combination (with the left hand).

The church and organ were seriously damaged in bombing raids in 1943. Parts of the organ went to Rye Methodist, and the Dalladay organ from St. Thomas of Canterbury, St. Leonards was installed in the new post-war building. This in turn was removed when a second-hand organ was installed from St. Catherine's College Chapel, Cambridge in 1979.

SOURCE:
'The Organ' quarterly No. 61.