OmegaConsort Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Whilst driving back from St Albans just now, and thinking about the recent rebuilt there, I started to ponder on cathedrals and larger churches which have recently added a 32' reed to the organ.... Off the top of my head: St Albans, Exeter, Gloucester, St Davids, Sherborne Abbey, and soon-to-be Cirencester PC. Also, I was thinking about Cathedrals which do not (yet) have 32' reeds...... Southwell (digital basses), Bradford, Carlisle, Truro, Bristol, Derby......and of course many RC cathedrals... Can anyone add to the list? Best wishes Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Whilst driving back from St Albans just now, and thinking about the recent rebuilt there, I started to ponder on cathedrals and larger churches which have recently added a 32' reed to the organ.... Off the top of my head: St Albans, Exeter, Gloucester, St Davids, Sherborne Abbey, and soon-to-be Cirencester PC. Also, I was thinking about Cathedrals which do not (yet) have 32' reeds...... Southwell (digital basses), Bradford, Carlisle, Truro, Bristol, Derby......and of course many RC cathedrals... Can anyone add to the list? Best wishes Richard Wells. (No 32 at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stanley Monkhouse Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Derby has a 32 trombone with a synthetic (Compton) bottom octave. It's rather effective in that lovely acoustic. Isn't it similar at Wakefield, or is that a 'proper' reed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Neither of Birmingham's cathedral organs have 32' reeds. St. Philip's has a 32' flue although I believe that the bottom octave is electronic. I really enjoy the regular lunchtime recitals there; it's a super sounding organ and the cathedral is a wonderful oasis in the maelstrom that is Birmingham city centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair McEwan Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Whilst driving back from St Albans just now, and thinking about the recent rebuilt there, I started to ponder on cathedrals and larger churches which have recently added a 32' reed to the organ.... Off the top of my head: St Albans, Exeter, Gloucester, St Davids, Sherborne Abbey, and soon-to-be Cirencester PC. Also, I was thinking about Cathedrals which do not (yet) have 32' reeds...... Southwell (digital basses), Bradford, Carlisle, Truro, Bristol, Derby......and of course many RC cathedrals... Can anyone add to the list? Best wishes Richard Anglican Cathedral organs without 32' reeds. Examples not mentioned elsewhere: Chelmsford, Leicester and Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrabombarde Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Another organ recently rebuilt with a new 32 foot reed added: Christ Church Clifton. Contrabombarde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaConsort Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Another organ recently rebuilt with a new 32 foot reed added: Christ Church Clifton. Contrabombarde Also, All Saints Hertford - a Father Willis and now with a contra posaune (3 manuals). Interesting replies so far - I included Derby in the No list as I didnt think it was a true 32' There is also a nice soft 32' on Croydon St Michael and All Angels (sordun I think) - tho I dont think that is recent. Speaking of strange names, Milton Abbey (2m) has a 32' called Contra Reim, Sherborne Abbey's is a Contra Batten and we all know about the Serpent at Blackburn! On another post, someone was mentioning the loudness of the 32' at St David's - I took my choir to Ripon last summer, and the 32 reed there is just awful in the Choir (even worse if you catch it when processing out at the end of the service!). Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolsey Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 St John's (RC) Church, Islington, London: Walker 1963 (remember Preston's LP of the Hindemith organ sonatas?). Renovated in 1991-2 by Keith Bance, and a 32' Oliphant added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Allcoat Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 The Abbey Church of Saints Peter & Paul at Malmesbury (Fagotto) and the Sackbut in The Abbey Church of Saints Mary & Thomas, Wymondham need to be included in this list for all those readers hooked on statistics. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heva Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Worcester added one to the already present (how many) 32's ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Sayer Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 ...........for all those readers hooked on statistics. And a strange quarter-length Sordun at Worksop Prory. JS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Allison Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Also, All Saints Hertford - a Father Willis and now with a contra posaune (3 manuals).Interesting replies so far - I included Derby in the No list as I didnt think it was a true 32' There is also a nice soft 32' on Croydon St Michael and All Angels (sordun I think) - tho I dont think that is recent. Speaking of strange names, Milton Abbey (2m) has a 32' called Contra Reim, Sherborne Abbey's is a Contra Batten and we all know about the Serpent at Blackburn! On another post, someone was mentioning the loudness of the 32' at St David's - I took my choir to Ripon last summer, and the 32 reed there is just awful in the Choir (even worse if you catch it when processing out at the end of the service!). Richard I sat in the quire/choir for a recital, and the vibrating sounds coming from windows?? was as bad as manchesters, which is hidden, or was, behind a curtain in the side chapel Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contraviolone Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Paisley Abbey is being restored by Harrisons and a 32' Contra Bombarde is being added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hector5 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 St Nicholas, Sutton Surrey - Bance addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 St Nicholas, Sutton Surrey - Bance addition The recently refurbished organ of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in London, by B.C. Shepherd & Sons now has a very effective 32 ft Sackbut, and is the only Baptist Church in the British Isles with a 32ft reed. Come and hear it at the recital on Saturday 27th June at 4pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Sayer Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I sat in the quire/choir for a recital, and the vibrating sounds coming from windows?? was as bad as manchesters, which is hidden, or was, behind a curtain in the side chapelPeter The rattling sound seems to have been cured. To be fair, the Bombardon (and the big Solo & Great reeds, for that matter) were never intended for service use in the choir and visiting organists are requested not to use them. However, judicious use in recitals is another matter. JS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Allcoat Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 To be fair, the Bombardon (and the big Solo & Great reeds, for that matter) were never intended for service use in the choir and visiting organists are requested not to use them. However, judicious use in recitals is another matter. JS Oops! I used them for Climax No 10 in last year's concert . Being a Magistrate I considered it just judicious enough for their use in the circumstances. However the heavens didn't, because following the concert neighbouring Sheffield suffered appalling floods. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bam Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Crediton PC gained a 32 bottom octave in the (fairly) recent restoration. Before the restoration, the smoothest Harrison I've ever heard, by some way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombarde32 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Portsmouth RC Cathedral had a new 32' reed added (not part of the original scheme) when the David Wells rebuild of the old Christ Church Bishopswearmouth Lewis got transplanted. Fat lot of good it is too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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