Redundant Pipe Organ                                                    M0190

 

William Sweetland 1883

 

Vale Royal  Methodist Church

1 London Rd.  Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1BX 

 

NPOR  N17884

 

2 manuals and pedals

27 speaking stops

 

Electro pneumatic key and stop actions

 

Built by William Sweetland, with additions in 1906.

 

The church must downsize, and the organ will become redundant.

 

The console is at ground level at the east end, while the organ itself is housed in the organ loft at the west end of the building above the church entrance - from where its striking en chamade trumpets speak down the length of the church.

Dimensions

Width – c.6 metres

Depth – c.4 metres

Height to highest point – c. 6metres plus.

 

The organ is well maintained and used occasionally for concerts.

 

Pedal

Open Wood Bass         16             

Open Metal                  16             

Bourdon                       16

Bass Flute                    8

Principal                       8             

Gedact                         8             

Super Octave               4

 

Great

Open Diapason            8             

Dulciana                       8             

Lieblich Gedact            8             

Principal                       4             

Harmonic Flute 4             

Twelfth             2 2/3             

Fifteenth                       2             

Quartane                      II          19.22             

Trumpet                       8

 

 

 

 

 

Swell

Bourdon                       16             

Open Diapason            8           

Clear Flute                   8             

Salicional                      8          Tc             

Voix Celeste                 8          Tc             

Gemshorn                     4            

Piccolo                         2          

Mixture                        III        15.19.22             

Contra Oboe                16             

Cornopean                   8             

Oboe                           8             

Tremulant

 

Accessories

5 thumb pistons to each manual
Thumb pistons for unison couplers
5 toe pistons to Pedal
Toe pistons for Sw-Gt, Gt-Pd
Great and Pedal pistons coupled

 

Blowing Discus - 3hp  

The blower and bellows are at either side of the organ.

 

Inspection is invited. Please give several days notice.

 

Interested parties should get in touch with the church contact.

 

Buyer makes all arrangements for dismantling, packing and transport.

 

Care is taken to provide accurate information but seller is not responsible for errors.

 

 

Church Contact:

Colin Evans

Tel. 01892 545 835

Email: evans at colinandjenny.co.uk