Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > London > Westminster > Westminster Aquarium
Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London, England
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Built by Henry Jones | |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 48 | 48 | 7 | - |
| I. Choir ( CC-c4 61 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 2. | Dulciana | 8' | metal. |
| 3. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | wood. |
| 4. | Octave Keraulophon | 4' | metal. |
| 5. | Harmonic Flute | 4' | metal. |
| 6. | Piccolo | 2' | wood and metal. |
| 7. | Hautbois | 8' | metal. |
| 8. | Clarionet | 8' | metal. |
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| II. Great ( CC-c4 61 notes) | |||
| 9. | Double Diapason | 16' | metal. |
| 10. | Open Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 11. | Harmonic Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 12. | Gamba | 8' | metal. |
| 13. | Gedact | 8' | wood and metal. |
| 14. | Octave | 4' | metal. |
| 15. | Harmonic Flute | 4' | metal. |
| 16. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | metal. |
| 17. | Fifteenth | 2' | metal. |
| 18. | Octavine Harmonic | 2' | metal. |
| 19. | Mixture | III | metal. |
| 20. | Mixture | II | metal. |
| 21. | Contra Posaune | 16' | metal. |
| 22. | Posaune | 8' | metal. |
| 23. | Trumpet | 8' | metal. |
| 24. | Clarion | 8' | metal. |
| 25. | Spare Slide | prepared | |
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| iii | Choir to Great | ||
| iv | Great octave | ||
| III. Swell ( CC-c4 61 notes) | |||
| 26. | Double Diapason | 16' | wood and metal. |
| 27. | Open Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 28. | Gamba | 8' | metal. |
| 29. | Salicional | 8' | metal. |
| 30. | Voix Celeste | 8' | metal. |
| 31. | Gedact | 8' | wood and metal. |
| 32. | Harmonic Flute | 4' | metal. |
| 33. | Principal | 4' | metal. |
| 34. | Octave | 2' | metal. |
| 35. | Mixture | III | metal. |
| 36. | Contra Fagotto | 16' | metal. |
| 37. | Horn | 8' | metal. |
| 38. | Harmonic Trumpet | 8' | metal. |
| 39. | Orchestral Oboe | 8' | metal. |
| 40. | Clarion | 4' | metal. |
| 41. | Voix Humaine | 8' | metal. |
| 42. | Spare Slide | prepared | |
| 43. | Tremulant | ||
| Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 44. | Double Open Diapason | 32' | wood. |
| 45. | Great Unison | 16' | wood. |
| 46. | Bass Gamba | 16' | metal. |
| 47. | Bourdon | 16' | wood. |
| 48. | Bass Flute | 8' | wood. |
| 49. | Violoncello | 8' | wood. |
| 50. | Trombone | 16' | wood. |
| 51. | Bassoon | 8' | metal. |
| 52. | Spare slide | prepared | |
| v | Swell to Pedal | ||
| vi | Great to Pedal | ||
| vii | Choir to Pedal | ||
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1886- | J. Mortimer Dudman (1863-1912) |
| 1886- | H. C. Tonking (1863-1926) |