pipe organ stop - Mixture 2 Ranks - Keyboards and Pianos

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pipe organ stop – Mixture 2 Ranks. Condition is Used.

These are excellent pipes, full compass CC-C 61 notes, hence 122 pipes in all.

The greater part of them were originally part of a Swell Mixture III by J.J.Binns of Leeds.

The composition is as follows: 19-22 from CC 24 notes 15-19 from middle C (25) 12-15 from top D (51)
You will see those breaks set out in the various photographs, needless to say they will be carefully and separately packed. All pipes are in perfect condition with the exception of two that have slight dents, they both speak fine however. All pipes have correctly-fitted tuning slides.
The history of this stop is interesting. In 1994 this Mixture was part of a small two-manual organ set up in the South Transept of Chester Cathedral by (I believe) Hawkins of Wallsall to the design of the then cathedral organist Roger Fisher. He drew up the specification which included this mixture. It is bold and bright, with a higher-pitched treble than would be J.J.Binns practice, so some of the treble pipes are from other sources. Tonally everything matches. It speaks well on any pressure between 3 and 4″ wg. The organ was moved (by me) in 2002 to a church near Cheltenham. When it was decided some fifteen years later that the church no longer needed a pipe organ, the instrument came back to me.

If collection is difficult for you, I will happily pack these pipes up and send them providing that the purchaser undertakes to meet the cost of a courier. My guess: (at most) an additional 25.

Category: Musical Instruments:Keyboards and Pianos:Organs
Location: Hull