Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Organ Restoration

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Organ Restoration

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Organ Restoration

The Liverpool Philharmonic organ, originally made by well-known Liverpool instrument manufacturer Rushworth and Dreaper and installed at the Hall in 1939, has been restored to its former glory by another Liverpool-based business, Henry Willis & Sons Ltd, over a two-year period.

The organ restoration was supported by the Rushworth Foundation, a long-standing supporter of Liverpool Philharmonic which promotes the legacy of the Rushworth family music business and its support for music and the arts for over a century.

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Organ Specification
Rushworth & Dreaper 1939 and 1983, David Wells Organ builders 2004,
Henry Willis & Sons Ltd 2022

Pedal Organ (14)
Double Open Wood 32
Open Wood 16
Open Diapason 16
Bourdon 16
Salicional 16
Octave Wood 8
Bass Flute 8
Octave Flute 4
Mixture 6rks
Contre Bombarde (Harmonics) 32
Trombone 16
Posaune 16
Tromba 8
Clarion 4

Great Organ (14)
Double Open Wood 32
Double Open Diapason 16
Open Diapason No.1 8
Open Diapason No.2 8
Open Diapason No.3 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Octave Diapason    4
Principal 4
Twelfth 2 ^2/3Fifteenth 2
Mixture 4rks
Contra Posaune 16
Posaune 8
Octave Posaune 4

Swell Organ (14+1)
Bourdon 16
Open Diapason 8
Lieblich Gedact 8
Viola da Gamba 8
Voix Celeste 8
Geigen Principal 4
Lieblich Flute 4
Fifteenth 2
Mixture 4rks
Contra Oboe 16
Oboe 8
Tremolo
Double Trumpet 16
Trumpet 8
Clarion 4

Choir Organ (15+1)
Contra Salicional 16
Diapason 8
Flute Harmonique 8
Salicional 8
Viola d'Orchestre 8
Viole Celeste 8
Flute Octaviante 4
Salicet 4
Octave Viol 4
Octave Celeste 4
Nazard 2 ^2/3Piccolo 2
Salicetina 2
Tierce 1 ^3/5Cornet des Violes 3rks
Tremolo

Solo Organ (9+1)
Cor Anglais 16
Cor Anglais 8
Clarinet 8
Trompette 8
Octave Trompette 8
Tremolo
Contra Posaune             (Gt.) 16
Posaune                            (Gt.) 8
Posaune Clarion            (Gt.) 4
Tuba Mirabilis 8

Couplers (29)
Choir to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Solo to Pedal
Tenor Solo to Pedal
Choir to Great 16
Choir to Great
Choir to Great 4
Swell to Great 16
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 4
Solo to Great 16
Solo to Great
Solo to Great 4
Swell to Choir 16
Swell to Choir
Swell to Choir 4
Choir Sub Octave
Choir Unison Off
Choir Octave
Swell Sub Octave
Swell Unison Off
Swell Octave
Solo Sub Octave
Solo Unison Off
Solo Octave
Great & Pedal Combinations Coupled
Bass Toe Pistons Exchange

Accessories
0-8 General Pistons
0-8 Thumb pistons to Swell *
(* Duplicated by Toe Pistons)
0-8 Thumb pistons to Great
0-8 Thumb pistons to Choir & Solo
0-8 Toe pistons to Pedal
(Multi memory levels)
Full Organ Piston
Safe Coupler piston
Sequencer (with 999 positions)
Stepper (with + - in every keyslip*)
(*Duplicated by Toe Pistons)

Expression Pedals
Swell
Great & Pedal
Choir & Solo
(All exchangeable by switches)
General Crescendo Pedal

Reversible Pistons
Solo to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Solo to Swell
Great to Pedal
Choir to Great
Swell to Great
Solo to Great
Choir to Pedal
Swell to Choir