St. Luke's United Church, Bedford
History:
Gerhardt Schmidt (1715) cost £600, for St. Paul's Church, Bedford bought by the United Brethren (Moravians) from St. Paul's, for £50 in 1832
Trustam & Son, Bedford, 1876, rebuilt and enlarged
Brindley & Foster, 1888, overhauled and relocated in new east-end apse
In recent decades, the organ has undergone considerable alteration including the addition of a Wurlitzer Diaphone. It was unplayable in July 2008 having been supplanted by an electronic in the 1990's. The chapel was due for closure in October 2008
Great:
Double Open Diapason - 16 prepared for
Open Diapason I - 8
Open Diapason II - 8
Stopped Diapason - 8
Principal - 4
Harmonic Flute - 4
Twelfth - 2 2⁄3
Fifteenth - 2
Mixture - III
Trumpet - 8
Swell:
Bourdon - 16
Open Diapason - 8
Echo Dulciana - 8
Gedact - 8
Keraulophon - 8
Voix Celeste - 8
Principal - 4
Fifteenth - 2
Mixture - III
Oboe - 8
Cornopean - 8
Tremulant
Choir:
Dulciana - 8
Stopped Diapason - 8
Flute - 4
Piccolo - 2
Clarionet - 8
Pedal:
Open Bass - 16
Sub Bass - 16
Flute - 8 prepared for
Principal - 8 prepared for
Trombone - 16 prepared for
Couplers:
Swell to Great
Swell to Choir
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Pedal Octave
Compass:
Manual - C - g''' 56 notes
Pedal - C - f' 30 notes
Accessories:
3 combination levers to Great
3 combination levers to Swell
Great to Pedal toe lever
Lever swell
Detached, reversed console
Electric blowing
Gerhardt Schmidt (1715) cost £600, for St. Paul's Church, Bedford bought by the United Brethren (Moravians) from St. Paul's, for £50 in 1832
Trustam & Son, Bedford, 1876, rebuilt and enlarged
Brindley & Foster, 1888, overhauled and relocated in new east-end apse
In recent decades, the organ has undergone considerable alteration including the addition of a Wurlitzer Diaphone. It was unplayable in July 2008 having been supplanted by an electronic in the 1990's. The chapel was due for closure in October 2008
Great:
Double Open Diapason - 16 prepared for
Open Diapason I - 8
Open Diapason II - 8
Stopped Diapason - 8
Principal - 4
Harmonic Flute - 4
Twelfth - 2 2⁄3
Fifteenth - 2
Mixture - III
Trumpet - 8
Swell:
Bourdon - 16
Open Diapason - 8
Echo Dulciana - 8
Gedact - 8
Keraulophon - 8
Voix Celeste - 8
Principal - 4
Fifteenth - 2
Mixture - III
Oboe - 8
Cornopean - 8
Tremulant
Choir:
Dulciana - 8
Stopped Diapason - 8
Flute - 4
Piccolo - 2
Clarionet - 8
Pedal:
Open Bass - 16
Sub Bass - 16
Flute - 8 prepared for
Principal - 8 prepared for
Trombone - 16 prepared for
Couplers:
Swell to Great
Swell to Choir
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Pedal Octave
Compass:
Manual - C - g''' 56 notes
Pedal - C - f' 30 notes
Accessories:
3 combination levers to Great
3 combination levers to Swell
Great to Pedal toe lever
Lever swell
Detached, reversed console
Electric blowing
