St. Peter's Church

Organ

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The construction of this organ was made possible by a bequest and so the organ will be called the Fred and Hannah Coope Memorial Organ.

The organ which stood in the previous church on this site was built about 90 years ago by Wadsworth and Company. The original name plate has been preserved and is kept inside the new organ. The old instrument consisted of:
Great Organ C-A 58 notes (7 stops)
Swell Organ C-A 58 notes (10 stops)
Choir Organ C-A 58 notes (5 stops)
Pedals C-F 30 notes (3 stops)
It had tubular pneumatic action. The new organ incorporates several of the stops from the old instrument; and 542 pipes out of the total 826 are old.

The stop list is as follows:

Great Organ	C-G	56 notes
Open Diapason	8'
Stopped Diapason	8’	(20 bass pipes old, rest new)
Principal	4’	(old, lengthened to correct pitch)
Fifteenth	2’	(old, lengthened to correct pitch)
Mixture	19, 22, 26	(III Ranks, new)
Coupler - Swell to Great
Swell Organ	C-G	56 notes
Salicional	8’	(old)
Gedackt	8’	(old)
Flute	4’	(old - wood)
Fifteenth	2’	(old, lengthened to correct pitch)
Sesquialtera	(II Ranks)	12th
		(old lengthened to correct pitch)
		17th (new)
Cromorne	8’	(old, revoiced)
Tremulant
Pedals
Subbass	16’	(old - wood)
Faggotto	16’	(new)
Couplers (by hitch-down pedals)	Swell to Pedal;
	Great to Pedal
Balanced Swell Pedal

Wind Pressure: 56mm.

Oak and Ash case and panelling. Carved pipe shades by Derek Riley depicting scenes relating to St. Peter.

The organ’s playing action is all mechanical, the manual keyboards having "suspended" tracker action. The pitch is A=440; the tuning system is equal temperament.

The instrument was constructed in Charsfield near Woodbridge, Suffolk by Roger Pulham and Colin Lockwood in 1988. The panelling to the case was made by Robert Cubitt Ltd. of Ipswich. The new pipes and repairs to the old were carried out by F.J. Rogers Ltd. of Leeds.

Installation began in September 1988. The final adjustments, and installation of the pipe shade carving were carried out in the summer of 1990. The consultant to the church was Michael Sayer.

The design and voicing were by Roger Pulham.

St. Peter's Church

Organ

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