[3 phase rectifier]

Maybe just for interest.

 

I first came to Bournemouth in 1960.

 

Two years before three of the churches here had their blowers changed to AC. (In one case

the old blower was abandoned under a vestry floor). The DC supply had come from

Bournemouth Corporation Trolley Bus supply. These ran past each of the churches. A few

shop lifts were also supplied. All the working Trolley Buses were, within a few years, sold to

Blackpool. The massive blower for the Pavilion Compton is 3 phase 200v AC. When the

voltage was altered to the 240v norm. A transformer (still in use) was supplied.

[Eight Stops]

Something has to be special about an instrument for me to take down a spec. Too often, I find, the overall result has little to do with stop names, however in the early 60s I found myself in Brunnen Reform Church in Switzerland. In 1959 Goll (Luzern) built this remarkable little gem:

Compass 56/30

 

Man I

 

Rohrflote 8

Principal 4

Mixture 1 (22,26,29)

 

ManII

 

Nachthorn 4

Octav 2

Krummhorn 8

 

Pedal

 

Sub Bass 16

Fagot 16

 

Reversers to Mix and Krum

Three couplers by hitch-downs

Totally unenclosed of course!

 

In a fairly large building I well remember the glorious tone and how well it would be for service and voluntary use, though maybe not for choral accompaniment as in English traditions.

I often wonder if it is still in the church, and also how many two manual instruments in this country at that time (and maybe now!) would have a reed as the second pedal stop.