Penrhos College , Colwyn Bay , North Wales, UK
4 manuals and pedals
Solid state switching (key and stop)
The original organ was designed in 1927 by Dr. Harold Darke and built by Rushworth & Dreaper with electro-pneumatic stop and key action. It was converted to solid state action by Rushworth & Dreaper in 1972. In 1984 a Positive Division was added.
After closure of the Penrhos building the instrument was placed in storage.
It is considered to be a very fine Rushworth instrument and is offered as a gift to an appropriate home.
The organ occupied two chambers, each about 12 feet deep on either side of the hall, as shown. The visible display pipes are dummy .
Stop List
Positive ( unencl )
Newly refurbished 7 stop soundboard with new electric stop motors c.1984.
Pipework (except Larigot ) from Silcoates School , Wakefield .
Rohr Flute 8
Flute Creuse 4
Fifteenth 2
Sesqialtera 12/17
Larigot 1 1/3 Spotted metal. New from George Sixsmith.
Mixture III 15/19/22
Trompette 8 French Trompette . Very nasal but quite strong.
Probably needed higher wind.
Choir (encl)
Stopped Diapason 8
Concert Flute 4
Clarinet 8
Tuba (8" wind) 8
Swell (encl)
Open Diapason 8
Lieblich Gedeckt 8
Salicional 8
Voix Celeste 8
Principal 4
Bassoon 16
Closed Horn 8
Open Diapason I 8
Open Diapason II 8
Clabella 8
Flute 4 Ex Nave Organ, Bradford cathedral. Nice chiff .
Principal 4
Fifteenth 2 Added by Kay Arthur, replacing 8' Dulciana in 1972
Mixture III 22/26/29? Spotted metal. Break back every C# .
Very bright. On clamped slide.
Open Diapason 16
Bourdon 16
Flute Bass 8
Couplers:
Swell Octave
Choir Octave
Choir Sub Octave
Positive Octave
Positive Sub Octave
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Organ Contact:
Rev Christopher Deakin
The Parsonage
Upton Magna
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4TZ
Tel. 01743 709 030
Email: deaks@fsmail.net
Graham Jones
Tel. 01704 876 134
Methodist Organ Advisory Service