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SATURDAY, 19 MAY PAGE 73St. Botolph’s Aldgate, LondonThe Organist Tom BellThe Organ:1704 Harris – 2006 Goetze & Gwynn, III/21It can be argued thatthis is England’s oldestsurviving churchorgan. Although thereare older pipes andcases, this is the oldestcollection of pipes intheir original positionson their original windchests. It looks as ifthe organ dates fromshortly before 1704-5,when Renatus Harriswas paid for the Trumpet and Echos. In 1744 the organ was stored while the newchurch by George Dance was being built, and was restored by John Byfield theElder, who replaced the Great Larigot and Tierce with a Furniture. The organ was rebuilt by Hill in 1866, Bishop in 1898 and Manderin 1966. Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund, which is playing a central role in restoring our classical organ heritage, it has nowbeen restored as far as possible to its original disposition. It had previously been possible to appreciate it in the Mander restorationof 1966. At that time most of the Victorian additions were removed, though more tonal additions were made which in 2006seem inappropriate, and a mechanism introduced which had started to become unreliable. The restoration project of 2005/6 wasundertaken by Goetze and Gwynn.Stop List:Great Chair Swell Pedal*Open Diapason 8’ *Stop Diapason 8’ Open Diapason 8’ Bourdon 16’*Stop Diapason 8’ *Principal 4’ *Stop Diapason 8’ Bass Flute 8’*Principal 4’ *Flute 4’ Cornet IVTwelfth 2 2/3’ *Bassoon 8’ Trumpet 8’*Fifteenth 2’ Vox Humana 8’ Hautboy 8’*Sexquialtra IVFurnitureIIICornet treble VTrumpet 8’Pedal couplers for Great and ChoirTremulantDrum (tuned to D)Great and Choir GG C AA D - d3 (52notes)Echo/Swell c1 - d3 (27 notes)Pedal C D - d1 (26 notes)* indicates pipes which are largely original