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St. Andrew’s Church, Swanwick
The organ was built by Nicholson and Lord of Walsall in 1885 and is situated in an open position at the east end of the nave north aisle. This is a generously sized 2 manual organ of good quality materials and pipes. There have been few alterations save the addition of a Tremulant and the substitution of a modern pedal board and balanced swell pedal, which are thought to have been added during the time of William Brown Haslam organst from 1910 to 1945.
During the 1990s the organ had become increasingly unreliable and by 1999 it was virtually unplayable. In 2000 major restoration work to the nave and chancel roofs necessitated the removal of all fixtures and fittings from the church, including the organ. At this time the PCC made the brave decision to add the full restoration of the organ to a growing list of major repairs and improvements required to the fabric of the building.
Peter Collins was appointed to undertake the organ restoration. Shortly before work on the roofs commenced the organ it was completely removed from the building. The church closed for six months during which time the Sixth Form Centre at Swanwick Hall School was used by the congregation for worship.
St Andrew's reopened in November 2000, although the organ was not heard until early in 2001. Tonally the only alteration made was the addition of a missing Mixture rank, a 17th,which had been removed some years earlier.
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GREAT
SWELL
Open Diapason
Stop Diap Bass & Clar Treb
Gamba
Dulciana
Principal
Harmonic Flute
Fifteenth
Clarinette
8
8
8
8
4
4
2
8
Lieblich Bourdon
Open Diapason
Lieblich Gedact
Viol d'Amour
Voix Celeste
Geigen Principal
Mixture 3 ranks
Cornopean
Hautboy
Tremulant
16
8
8
8
8
4
17,19,22
8
8
Double Open Diapason
Bourdon
16
16
PEDAL
Couplers: 3 unison & Sw Oct to Great
Compass: 56 / 30
Action: mechanical (M) / pneumatic (P)
Balanced swell pedal
Information supplied by:-
David Coates
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