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Middlewich URC Organ

Organ specification provided by Harold Critchley, photos by Brian Buckley

The organ was built in 1892 by Alex Young & Sons of Manchester. The instrument consists of two 56 note manuals and a 30 note 'Straight' pedal board, there is a centrally mounted balanced swell pedal and five composition pedals - two for the Swell combination and three for the Great.

Swell Stops		Great Stops		Pedal Stops		Couplers
Geigen Principal	4'	Principal	4'	Bourdon	16'	Swell Octave
Voix Celestes	8'	Harmonic Flute	4'	Open Diapason	16'	Swell Sub Octave
Cornopean	8'	Gamba	8'			Swell to Pedal
Oboe	8'	Clarinet	8'			Swell to Great
Salicional	8'	Dulciana	8'			Great to Pedal
Violin Diapason	8'	Hohl Flute	8'			Pedal Octave
Lieblich Bourdon	16'	Open Diapason	8'	Tremulant
Mixture	2 Rank

The organ retains it original tracker action and contains more than 900 pipes.

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