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



Royal Concert Hall, Warrior Gardens, St. Leonards
Hill 1884  III/34



Royal Concert Hall

GREAT
    16       Bourdon
     8       Open Diapason (new)
     8       Open Diapason (?)
     8       Clarabella
     4       Principal
     4       Wald Flute
    2 2/3    Twelfth
     2       Fifteenth
    III      Mixture
     8       Posaune
     4       Clarion
 
SWELL
    16       Bourdon
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Hohl Flute           1-12 old   
     8       Salicional           new; grooved
     8       Vox Angelica         new
     4       Principal
     2       Fifteenth
    II       Mixture
    16       Double Trumpet       tc
     8       Cornopean
     8       Oboe
     8       Vox Humana           new
     4       Clarion
 
SOLO
     8       Gamba                new; grooved
     8       Dulciana
     8       Rohr Flute           bass old
     4       Harmonic Flute       new
     2       Flautino             new
     8       Clarinet             bass new
 
PEDAL
    16       Contra Bass          new
    16       Sub Bass             new
     8       Violoncello          new
    16       Posaune              wood; stock pipes
 
6 unison couplers
 
Composition pedals: 3 Great, 3 Swell.
 
New keys, pedals and drawstop knobs.
 
Compass: 56/30.
 
Pneumatic action to Great and couplers; rest mechanical.



All stops not marked 'new' came from the 1861 Holdich organ in Lichfield Cathedral.

This building later became the Elite cinema, and was destroyed after the Second World War by fire.



SOURCE:
'The Organs of Lichfield Cathedral - Supplement 1977' by Richard Greening; Charles Drane notebooks, formerly in the Organ Club library.



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