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The pipe organ in Sheffield Cathedral
was built by N.P. Mander Ltd of London in 1966 and
incorporated some pipe-work from an 1877 Father Willis organ,
originally in St Paul's Church Bow Common, London. In 1997 it became apparent that major work would be
needed to keep this instrument in working order and the following
year it became clear
that this instrument could not continue to be used and that
it should be replaced with a new organ.
The Cathedral's long-term plan was
(and continues to be) that it should install the finest quality pipe
organ and therefore it was deemed not sensible to spend large amounts of
money repairing the Mander organ. So, in 1998, the Cathedral
installed a "state of the art" digital organ as a temporary measure.
In 2006 Phoenix Organs were chosen to
rebuild this instrument, replacing
the electronics and amplifiers but making use of the draw-stop
console and speakers. The updated instrument was
commissioned during February and March 2006 and the specification of the Phoenix
Organ in the Cathedral is given below.
| Great Organ |
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Swell Organ(Enclosed) |
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Choir Organ
(Enclosed) |
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| Bourdon |
16 |
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Bourdon |
16 |
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Quintaton |
16 |
| Open Diapason
1 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
8 |
| Open Diapason
2 |
8 |
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Rohr Flute |
8 |
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Chimney Flute |
8 |
| Hohl Flute |
8 |
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Flute
Traversiere |
8 |
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Bourdon |
8 |
| Flute
Harmonique |
8 |
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Voix Celestes |
8
(II) |
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Unda Maris
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8 (II) |
| Principal |
4 |
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Principal |
4 |
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Quinte |
51/3 |
| Wald Flute |
4 |
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Open Flute |
4 |
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Principal |
4 |
| Quinte |
22/3 |
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Octave |
2 |
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Spitz Flute |
4 |
| Fifteenth |
2 |
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Mixture
(Tierce) |
III |
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Nazard |
22/3 |
| Mixture |
VI |
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Mixture |
V |
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Piccolo |
2 |
| Double Trumpet
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16 |
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Contra Fagotto |
16 |
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Tierce |
13/5 |
| Trumpet
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8 |
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Trumpet |
8 |
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Larigot |
11/3 |
| Clarion |
4 |
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Oboe |
8 |
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Septieme |
11/7 |
| Swell to
Great |
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Vox Humana |
8 |
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Mixture |
IV |
| Choir to
Great |
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Clarion |
4 |
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Corno di
Bassetto |
8 |
| Solo to
Great |
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Tremulant |
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Tremulant |
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Octave |
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Octave |
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Unison Off |
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Unison Off |
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Sub Octave |
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Sub Octave |
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Solo to
Swell |
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Swell to
Choir |
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Solo to
Choir |
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| Pedal Organ |
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Solo Organ(Enclosed) |
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| Sub Bass |
32 |
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Violon-basse |
16 |
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| Montre |
16 |
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Harmonic Flute |
8 |
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| Soubasse |
16 |
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Gamba |
8 |
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| Violone |
16 |
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Violes
Celestes |
8(II) |
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| Flute |
16 |
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Concert Flute |
4 |
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| Quinte |
102/3 |
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Grand Cornet |
V |
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| Principal
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8 |
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Cor Anglais |
8 |
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| Bass Flute |
8 |
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Tuba Mirabilis
(unenc) |
8 |
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| Tierce |
62/5 |
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Tremulant |
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| Quinte |
51/3 |
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Octave |
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| Septieme |
44/7 |
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Unison Off |
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| Flute |
4 |
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Sub Octave |
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| Open Flute |
2 |
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| Mixture |
IV |
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Stop
control |
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| Contra
Bombarde |
32 |
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Eight thumb pistons to each of
Great, Swell, Choir and Solo
Eight toe pistons to Swell and to Pedal
(switchable to general pistons)
Eight memories for the departmental pistons
10 thumb and 4 toe reverser pistons
Sixteen general Thumb pistons with 99 memory levels
Stop Sequencer (operates with generals) |
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| Bombarde |
16 |
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| Clarion |
8 |
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| Shawm |
4 |
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| Great to
Pedal |
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| Swell to
Pedal |
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| Choir to
Pedal |
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Controls |
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| Solo to
Pedal |
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Phoenix Control Pistons
and LCD Display for selecting piston memory, temperament,
tuning, transposer, volume, reverberation (level and time),
and voicing. |
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| Grt & Ped
pistons coupled |
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| Pedal Divide |
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The new Phoenix installation includes
20 independent sound channels and amplifiers, a digital
reverberation system and will make use of
the 28 speaker units at the East-end and 8 speakers at the West-end
of the Cathedral. The organ includes a Pedal Divide
feature. When this is engaged, below the divide point pedal
division stops but not the manual to pedal couplers play and from the divide point upwards only
manual to pedal couplers play. The divide
point may be selected at the console (BB, C or C#).
The
Cathedral web-site
gives details of services and includes a tour of the building.
The
Cathedral Choir web-site gives full details of the musical life
of the Cathedral.
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