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WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY PAGE 51St. John’s College, OxfordThe Organist: Daniel MoultThe Organ: 2008 Aubertin, III/35St. John’s is one of Oxford University’s most academically renowned (and wealthiest)colleges. The chapel was founded in 1557 and there has almost always been an organ inuse since that time. The new instrument was built by Bernard Aubertin of Jura, France in2008. It is one of only two current instruments by the firm in the UK (the other being atAberdeen University, Scotland). The organ is fully mechanical and is housed in four handplaned,plain oak cases decorated with carvings and gilding console en fenêtre.Stop List:I Positiv II Great III Recit PedalePortunal 8’ Portunal 16’ Traversiere 8’ Bourdon 16’Bourdon 8’ Montre 8’ Flute 4’ Octave 8’Montre 4’ Gambe 8’ Quinte 1 1/3 Bourdon 8’Flute 4’ Flute 4’ Cornet III Prestant 4Nazard 3’ Presetant 4’ Enclosed Mixture 2 + IIIFlageolet 2’ Flute 4’ Viole 8’ Buzene 16’Tierce 1 3/5 Doublette 2’ Unda-maris 8’ TC Sacqueboute8’Mixture III Mixture IV Salicet 4’Voix humaine 8’ Tompette 8’ Dulcimeau 8’Tremblant I & II Temblant IIIII/P III/II 1/II Pitch 400 by 20Appel Trompette 8’ Temperament Young 1/6Appel Buzene 16’Natural keys covered with ox bone,ebony sharps - I/II by shove couplerFlat pedal keyboard with radiatingsharps.The College and the ChapelSt. John’s College is a constituent college of the University of Oxfordwith approximately 390 undergraduates, 200 postgraduates and over100 academic staff. It was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White, amerchant. St. John’s is reputed to be the wealthiest in Oxford, with afinancial endowment of £313 million as of 2010. Although primarily aproducer of Anglican clergymen in the earlier periods of its history, St.John’s also gained a reputation for both law and medicine. Fellows andalumni have included Archbishop William Laud, Jane Austen’s fatherand brothers, and more recently, Tony Blair, former prime ministerof the United Kingdom. The college is situated on a single large site.Most of the college buildings are organized around seven quadrangles(quads). Not a part of the seven quads but owned by St. John’s sincethe 17th century is the Eagle and Child, the meeting place of theInklings writers, which included J.R.R. Tolkein and C.S. Lewis.