The Organ up to 2025

Organ built and installed by Messrs Wadsworth & Bro. of Manchester in 1902.
Enlarged and renovated by Messrs Henry Willis & Sons Ltd of London in 1957.
Renovated by Midland Organ Builders of Nottingham in 1978.

The Wadsworth Organ
The Wadsworth Organ
SPECIFICATION up to 2025  
Compass of ManualsCC to G4½ octaves
Pedal OrganCCC to F2½ octaves
GREAT ORGANFEETSWELL ORGAN (enc)FEET
Bourdon16Open Diapason8
Open Diapason No. 18Rohr Flute8
Open Diapason No. 28Gamba8
Stopped Diapason8Voix Célestes8
Principal4Gemshorn4
Wald Flute4Cornet Mixture3 rks
Fifteenth2Contra Oboe16
Mixture2 rksCornopean8
Trumpet8Clarionet8
  Tremulant 
PEDAL ORGANFEETCHOIR ORGAN (enc)FEET
Open Diapason16Lieblich Gedact8
Bourdon16Dulciana8
Principal8Nason Flute4
Bass Flute8Nazard2⅔
  Flautino2
  Tierce1⅗
 ACCESSORIES
6Couplers:
 Great-Pedal Swell-Pedal Choir-Pedal
 Swell-Great Choir-Great Swell-Choir
3Combination Pedals to Great
3Combination Pedals to Swell
1Reversible Pedal, Great to Pedal
2Balanced Swell and Choir Pedals
2Swell Octave and Swell Sub Octave

The organ specification was compiled from programmes of services for the opening of the organ after renovation – Sunday November 3rd 1957 and Sunday January 14th 1979 – with corrections from inspection in 2011, and then rearranged into a conventional listing order.  The Great Organ Stopped Diapason 8 appears to have been described as Claribel Flute 8 in the programmes.

The specification is listed on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Further Information

The List of Organists and the Choirs section give information about the organists.