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Details of Leeds Town Hall, Victoria Square, Leeds, England

Victoria Hall, Leeds, England

Organ History
1859Built by Gray & Davison
1898Restored by Abbott & Smith
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
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I. Choir ( CC-c4 61 notes)
1.Sub-dulciana16'
2.Open Diapason8'
3.Rohrflote (tenor)8'metal.
4.Stopped Diapason, Bass (bass)8'wood.
5.Salicional8'
6.Viol di Gamba (tenor)8'
7.Octave4'
8.Suabe Flute4'
9.Flute Harmonic4'
10.Twelfth2 2/3'
11.Fifteenth2'
12.Ottavina2'wood.
13.Dulciana MixtureV
14.Euphone16'
15.Trumpet8'
16.Clarion4'
iEcho to Choir
II. Swell ( CC-c4 61 notes)
17.Bourdon16'
18.Open Diapason8'
19.Stopped Diapason (tenor)8'
20.Stopped Diapason (bass)8'
21.Keraulophon (tenor)8'
22.Harmonic Flute (tenor)8'
23.Octave4'
24.Gemshorn4'
25.Wood Flute4'
26.Twelfth2 2/3'
27.Fifteenth2'
28.Piccolo2'
29.SesquialteraIV
30.MixtureIII (1')
31.Contra Fagotto16'
32.Trumpet8'
33.Cornopean8'
34.Oboe8'
35.Vox Humana8'
36.Clarion4'
37.Tremulant
III. Great ( CC-c4 61 notes)
Front
38.Double Diapason, open16'metal.
39.Open Diapason8'
40.Spitz Gamba8'
41.Stopped Diapason8'
42.Octave4'
43.Wald Flute4'
44.Twelfth2 2/3'
45.Fifteenth2'
46.Quint MixtureIV
47.Tierce MixtureV
48.Trumpet8'
49.Clarion4'
iiSolo to Great
iiiSwell to Great Super-octave
ivSwell to Great Unison
vSwell to Great Sub-octave
viSwell to Choir
viiChoir to Great Unison
Back
50.Bourdon16'
51.Flute à Pavillon8'
52.Viola8'
53.Flute Harmonic8'
54.Quint5 1/3'
55.Octave4'
56.Flute Octaviante4'
57.Piccolo Harmonic2'
58.CymbalIII
59.FurnitureIV
60.Contra Trombone16'
61.Trombone8'
62.Trumpet Harmonic8'
63.Tenor Trombone4'
IV. Solo ( CC-c4 61 notes)
64.Bourdon8'
65.Concert Flute, Harmonic8'
66.Piccolo, Harmonic4'
67.Ottavina, Harmonic2'
68.Clarinet8'
69.Oboe8'
70.Cor Anglais and Bassoon8'
71.Tromba8'
72.Ophicleide8'
viiiGreat to Solo
ixSolo Super-octave
xSolo Sub-octave
xiEcho to Solo
Echo ( CC-c4 61 notes)
73.Bourdon16'wood.
74.Dulciana8'metal.
75.Lieblich Gedact8'wood.
76.Flute Traverso4'wood.
77.Flute d’Amour4'metal.
78.Dulciana MixtureIVmetal.
79.Carillons
80.Tremulant
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
81.Sub-bass, open32'metal.
82.Contra Bourdon32'wood.
83.Open Diapason16'metal.
84.Open Diapason16'wood.
85.Violon16'wood.
86.Bourdon16'wood.
87.Quint, open10 2/3'wood.
88.Octave8'
89.Violoncello8'
90.Twelfth5 1/3'
91.Fifteenth4'
92.MixtureV
93.Contra Bombard32'
94.Bombard16'
95.Fagotto16'
96.Clarion8'
xiiSwell to Pedal
xiiiChoir to Pedal
xivGreat to Pedal
xvSolo to Pedal


List of Organists
1860-97William Spark (1823-1897)
1872Alfred Broughton (1853-1895)
1898-1917Herbert A. Fricker (1868-1943)
Norman Ewart Strafford (1889-1957)
1976-Simon Lindley (1948-)

List of Other Organists
1895-1901William Storeton-West (1864-1953)