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Details of Crystal Palace, Anerley Road, Upper Norwood, Penge, England

1857

Organ History
1854Built by Gray & Davison
Status
Destroyed
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

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
4656511-

I. Choir ( CC-a3 58 notes)
1.Bourdon16'
2.Gamba8'
3.Salicional8'
4.Voix céleste8'
5.Clarinet Flute8'
6.Gemshorn4'
7.Claribel Flute4'
8.Spitz Flute2'
9.Piccolo2'
10.MixtureIII
11.Cor Anglais and Bassoon8'
12.Trumpet8'
iSwell to Choir
iiOctave
II. Great ( CC-a3 58 notes)
13.Double Open Diapason16'
14.Double Dulciana16'
15.Open Diapason8'
16.Flautaà Pavillon8'
17.Claribel Flute8'
18.Flute Harinonic1ue8'
19.Quint5 1/3'
20.Flute Octaviante4'
21.Twelfth2 2/3'
22.Super-octave2'
23.Flageolet Harmonique2'
24.MixtureIV
25.FurnitureIII
26.CymbalV
27.Contra Trombone16'
28.Posaune8'
29.Trumpet Harmonique8'
30.Clarion4'
31.Octave Clarion2'
iiiSwell to Great
ivChoir to Great
vSolo to Great
III. Swell ( CC-a3 58 notes)
32.Bourdon16'
33.Open Diapason8'
34.Vox Humana8'
35.Keraulophon8'
36.Concert Flute8'
37.Octave4'
38.Flute Octaviante4'
39.Twelfth2 2/3'
40.Super-octave2'
41.MixtureIV
42.FurnitureIII
43.Piccolo Harmonique2'
44.Contra Fagotto16'
45.Cornopean8'
46.Oboe8'
47.Clarion4'
48.Echo Tromba8'
viOctave
viiSub-octave
IV. Solo ( CC-a3 58 notes)
49.Flute Harmonique8'
50.Flute Octaviante4'
51.Open Diapason8'
52.Corni di Bassetto8'
53.Grand Tromba8'
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
54.Contra Bass32'
55.Contra Bombarde32'
56.Open Diapason16'wood.
57.Open Diapason16'metal.
58.Violone16'
59.Bombarde16'
60.Octave8'
61.Twelfth5 1/3'
62.Super-octave4'
63.MixtureIV
64.Trumpet8'
65.Clarion4'
viiiSolo to Pedal
ixSwell to Pedal
xGreat to Pedal
xiChoir to Pedal

Palm Court

Organ History
1867Built by Bryceson Brothers
1868Moved from Paris Exhibition 1867, Paris, Île-de-France, France by Bryceson Brothers
Moved
Status
Moved
Sources
J. W. Hinton - “The Story of the Electric Organ” - Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton & Kent, 1909

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
21616-EP

I. Great (Electro-pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Open Diapason8'
2.Violin Diapason8'
3.Clarinet Diapason8'
4.Principal4'
5.Harmonic Flute4'
6.Orchestral Flute4'
7.Piccolo (Harmonic)2'
8.Horn8'
II. Swell (Electro-pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes)
9.Bourdon16'
10.Open Diapason8'
11.Flute Diapason8'
12.Principal4'
13.Cornopean8'
14.Oboe and Bassoon8'
Pedal (Electro-pneumatic CCC-E 29 notes)
15.Sub-Bass16'
16.Trombone16'

1920

Organ History
1920Rebuilt & enlarged by Walker
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
464-14P


List of Organists
W. T. Best (1826-1897)
1880-94Alfred J. Eyre (1853-1919)
1894-W. W. Hedgcock (1864-1932)
S. Gatty Sellars (1878-1947)
1957-80James Coward (1824-1880)

List of Assistant Organists
H. W. Weston (1865-1914)

List of Other Organists
1854A. Haupt (1810-1891)
1860W. J. Westbrook (1831-1894)
Richard Cooper (1860-)
Percy Rendell (1883-1942)
1911Arthur E. Sims (1879-1946)
1933-36F. W. Holloway (1873-1954)