JULIAN RHODES' DREAM ORGANS
THE GEORGE DIXON ARCHIVE



Three-manual organs including a Solo division:
St. Giles, Oxford 1875
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 1877



ST. GILES, OXFORD

Organ designed by Walter Parratt
Built by Hill & Son 1875

GREAT    
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Stopped Diapason
     8       Dulciana
     4       Principal
     4       Wald Flute
     2       Fifteenth
    II       Mixture    
 
SWELL
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Hohl Flute
     8       Salicional
     8       Vox Angelica  tc
     4       Principal
     8       Oboe
 
SOLO
     8       Harmonic Flute
     8       Gamba
     8       Clarinet
     8       Posaune     
 
PEDAL
    16       Open Diapason
    16       Bourdon
     8       Violoncello  (wood)
 
Couplers:  3 to Pedal; Solo to Great, Swell to Great.
Combination pedals:  3 to Great, 2 to Swell.
Compass: 56/30.



SHELDONIAN THEATRE, OXFORD

Designed by F.A. Gore Ouseley
Built by Willis 1877

GREAT
    16       Bourdon
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Gamba
     8       Clarabella
     4       Principal
     4       Harmonic Flute
    2 2/3    Twelfth
     2       Fifteenth
    IV       Mixture  15.17.19.22
     8       Tromba  (8in.)
 
SWELL
    16       Bourdon
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Stopped Diapason
     4       Principal
     V       Mixture  12.15.17.19.22
     8       Cornopean
     8       Hautboy
     4       Clarion
 
SOLO
     8       Harmonic Flute
     4       Harmonic Flute
     8       Orchestral Hautboy
     8       Clarinet
     8       Tuba Mirabilis  (10in.)    
 
PEDAL
    16       Open Diapason
    16       Violone
    16       Ophicleide  (8in.)
 
Couplers:  3 to Pedal; Solo to Great, Swell to Great.
Compass: 58/30.
Fluework 3 1/2in.


SOURCES
St. Giles: 'The Organ' quarterly, July 1954.
Sheldonian: 'The Organ' quarterly, April 1947.





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