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FRIDAY, 11 MAY PAGE 27All Saints Margaret StreetThe Organist: James PerkinsThe Organ: 1910 Harrison & Harrison, IV/65All Saints’ organ is a superb four-manual Harrison and Harrison instrument with65 speaking stops, built in 1910 to a specification drawn up by Walter Vale. Itretains the best of the pipe work of its predecessor, the original and considerablysmaller Hill organ. Though as big as those found in most cathedrals, it is perfectlytailored to All Saints’ smaller dimensions - powerful, but not excessively so,sounding intimate when played quietly, and monumental when loud. Harrisonrebuilt it in 1957, replacing the tubular pneumatic action with electropneumatic.Electrical blowers replaced the hydraulic blowing plant. The tonalchanges made to 10 stops in 1957 - like those made to many other organs at thattime - altered the tone of the instrument, to a very limited extent, to a more ‘classical’sound. Therefore, when the organ next required major restoration work, thedecision was taken to try to restore the sound nearer to that of 1910: to return itto an ‘Edwardian Romantic’ organ. The completed restoration was celebrated with two inauguration concerts in March 2003.Stop List:Pedal Choir Great SwellDouble Open Wood 32’ Contra Dulciana 16’ Double Open Diapason 16’ Bordun 16’Open Wood 16’ Open Diapason 8’ Large Open Diapason 8’ Open Diapason 3’Large Open Diapason 16’ Leiblich Gedeckt 8’ Small Open Diapason 8’ Flauto Traverso 8’Small Open Diapason 16’ Echo Clarabella 8’ Stopped Diapason 8’ Echo Gamba 8’Sub Bass 16’ Salicional 8’ Harmonic Flute 8’ Voix Célestes (tenor c) 8’Dulciana 16’ Vox Angelica (tenor c) 8’ Octave 4’ Principal 4’Octave Wood 8’ Spitzflöte 4’ Octave Quint 2 2/3 Suabe Flöte 4’Principal 8’ Lieblich Flöte 4’ Super Octave 2 Fifteenth 2’Flute 8’ Lieblich Piccolo 2’ Mixture (12).14.19.22 III-IV Mixture 15.19.22 IIIVioloncello 8’ Sesquialtera 12.17 II Harmonics 17.19.21.22 IV Oboe 8’Fifteenth 4’ Mixture 15.19.22 III Double Trumpet 16’ XIV TremulantOphicleide 16’ Cornopean 8’ Trumpet 8’ Contra Fagotto 16’Trumpet 16’ Tuba 8’ Clarion 4’ Horn 8’Cor Anglais 16’ Clarion 4’Posaune 8’Clarion 8’Octave Clarion 4’AccessoriesEight general pistons and general cancelEight foot pistons to the Pedal OrganEight pistons to the Choir OrganEight pistons to the Great OrganEight pistons to the Swell OrganFour pistons to the Solo OrganReversible pistons: I - III, IV, VIII, XIIReversible foot pistons: II, XIII; 1, 12, 13Eight piston memory levelsBalanced expression pedals: Choir, Great Reeds, Swell, SoloThe actions are electro-pneumaticThe manual compass is 61 notes; the pedal 30 notes.CouplersI Choir to PedalI Great to PedalIII Swell to PedalIV Solo to PedalV TremulantVI OctaveVII Sub OctaveVIII Swell to ChoirIX Solo to ChoirX Reeds on ChoirXI Choir to GreatXII Swell to GreatXIII Solo to GreatXIV TremulantXV OctaveXVI Sub OctaveXVII Solo to Swell