The organ now at St. Bartholomew's, where it supersedes one purchased by subscription in 1731, was originally built by George England in 1760 for the Church of St. Stephen, Walbrook. Considerable work was there done upon it by Messrs. William Hill and Son in 1872, viz: | I. | | The pipes of Great and Choir stops were replanted, CC pipes over the GG grooves, and the compass altered to CC to G throughout. | | II. | | The following alterations were made in the Great organ: | Open Diapason (ii) extended from gamut G to CC.
Mixture replaced by new pipes where required.
New Trumpet inserted, and the old one transferred to Swell. | | Choir. | Dulciana (new) C (grooved).
Keraulophon (new) C (grooved).
Clarinet CC. | | Swell. | New soundboard (CC to G), swell-box and new action.
New Bourdon, 16 feet.
Cornet made into 12 and 15 feet.
New mixture—four ranks.
German Flute revoiced.
Old Great organ Trumpet arranged to form Double Trumpet from tenor C.
All stops, except German Flute and Double Trumpet, carried down to CC. | | Pedal. | Bourdon, new, 16 feet.
Open Diapason, 16 feet (compass arranged CCC to F thirty notes).
Trombone, new, 16 feet | | Couplers. | New, Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Choir.
New keyboards.
New Pedal keyboard.
New Drawstop knobs.
New additional bellows.
Five new Composition Pedals (three to Great organ, and two to Swell organ). |
Specification of the instrument after the above-mentioned work was done. | Great Organ, CC to G. | | Open Diapason (i) | 8 | feet | | Open Diapason (ii) | 8 | " | | Stopped Diapason | 8 | " | | Principal | 4 | " | | Twelfth | 22/3 | " | | Fifteenth | 2 | " | | Nason Flute | 4 | " | | Furniture. | | Sesquialtra. | | Trumpet | 8 | " | | Clarion | 8 | " | | | Swell Organ, CC to G. | | Bourdon | 16 | feet | | Open Diapason | 8 | " | | German Flute | 8 | " | | Stopped Diapason | 8 | " | | Principal | 4 | " | | Twelfth | 22/3 | " | | Fifteenth | 2 | " | | Double Trumpet (C) | 16 | " | | Trumpet | 8 | " | | Oboe | 8 | " | | Clarion | 4 | " | | Choir Organ, CC to G. | | Dulciana | 8 | feet | | Keraulophon (C grooved) 8 | " | | Stopped Diapason | 8 | " | | Principal | 4 | " | | Flute | 4 | " | | Fifteenth | 2 | " | | French Horn tenor F# | 8 | " | | Vox Humana | 8 | " | | Clarinet | 8 | " | | | Pedal Organ, CCC to F. | | Open Diapason | 16 | feet | | Bourdon | 16 | " | | Trombone | 16 | " | | | Couplers. | | Swell to Great. | | Swell to Choir. | | Swell to Pedal. | | Great to Pedal. | | Choir to Pedal. | | | Three Composition Pedals to Great. | | Two Composition Pedals to Swell. | In 1886 the organ was purchased from St. Stephen's, Walbrook, for St. Bartholomew-the-Great, where a new case was made for it, the original being retained at St. Stephen's, for the sake of the carving, attributed to the famous Grinling Gibbons. Several alterations were then made in the instrument to adapt it to its new position, and at the present time the specification is as follows: | Great Organ, CC to G. | | Open Diapason (i) | 8 | feet | | Open Diapason (ii) | 8 | " | | Stopped Diapason | 8 | " | | Principal | 4 | " | | Wald-Flute | 4 | " | | Twelfth | 22/3 | " | | Fifteenth | 2 | " | | Mixture (4 ranks). | | Furniture (3 ranks). | | Trumpet | 8 | " | | Clarion | 4 | " | | | Swell Organ, CC to G. | | Bourdon | 16 | feet | | Open Diapason | 8 | " | | German Flute | 8 | " | | Stopped Diapason | 8 | " | | Vox Angelica | 8 | " | | Principal | 4 | " | | Fifteenth | 2 | " | | Mixture (4 ranks). | | Double Trumpet | 16 | " | | Trumpet | 8 | " | | Oboe | 8 | " | | Clarion | 4 | " | | Choir Organ, CC to G. | | Dulciana | 8 | feet | | Keraulophon | 8 | " | | Hohl Flute | 8 | " | | Gamba | 8 | " | | Suabe Flute | 4 | " | | Fifteenth | 2 | " | | French Horn | 8 | " | | Clarinet | 8 | " | | Vox Humana | 8 | " | | | Pedal Organ, CCC to F. | | Open Diapason | 16 | feet | | Bourdon | 16 | " | | Trombone | 16 | " | | | Couplers. | | Swell to Great. | | Swell to Choir. | | Great to Pedal. | | Choir to Pedal. | | Swell to Pedal. | | | Five Combination Pedals. |
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