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

(Victoria Square)

Victoria Hall, Leeds, England

Organ History
1859Built by Gray & Davison
1898Restored by Abbott & Smith
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 195
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
4899315-

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)