Organ in Hall of Balruddery Mansion, Dundee, Scotland
Balruddery mansion, the rural residence of Mr. J. Martin White, stands in a fair country seven miles to the west of Dundee. The grounds of the mansion are a dream of sylvan beauty, with the broad bosom of the River Tay within the vision and beyond that the blue line of the Fife shore.
The organ is the work of three hands. It was originally built by Casson; the most notable characters in the voicing are due to Thynne; and it remained for Mr. Hope-Jones to entirely reconstruct it with his electric action, stop-keys, double touch, pizzicato touch and some of his new stops. The console is movable, connected with the organ by a cable about one inch thick, containing about 1,000 wires, enabling the player to hear the organ as the audience hears it.
Referring to the view of the hall on page 167, the Great organ is in the chamber behind the pipes seen in the upper gallery. The Swell and Solo organs are in the attic above, and the sound of these can be made distant by shutting the Swell shutters, or brought near by opening them. The pedal pipes are put upside down so that their open ends may be toward the music room.
SPECIFICATION.
Three manuals, CC to a|3|, 58 notes. Pedal CCC to F, 30 notes.
PEDAL ORGAN (G STOPS).
FEET. FEET.
Open Diapason 16 Principal 8
"Great" Bourdon 16 (Partly from 16 feet
"Swell" Violone 16 open.)
Ophicleide 16 Couplers:
(First and second touch, Great to Pedal.
partly from Tuba.) Swell to Pedal.
"Swell" Viola 8 Solo to Pedal.
GREAT ORGAN (9 STOPS).
In swell box No. 2, except the Open Diapason, Clarabel and Sourdine.
FEET. FEET.
Bourdon 16 Principal 4
Open Diapason 8 Zauber Flöte 4
Clarabel 8 Piccolo 2
Sourdine 8 Mixture, 5 ranks
Gedackt 8
Couplers: Swell to Great (first and second touch).
" Swell to Great Sub-Octave.
" Swell to Great Super-Octave.
" Solo Unison to Great (first, second, and pizzicato touch).
" Solo to Super-Octave to Great.
5 Composition Pedals.
SWELL ORGAN (10 STOPS).
In Swell Box No. 1.
FEET. FEET.
Violone 16 Geigen Principal 4
Geigen Open 8 Horn 8
Violes d' Orchestre 8 Oboe 8
Harmonic Flute 8 Violes Celestes (Tenor C) 8
Echo Salcional 8 Vox Angelica (Tenor C) 8
Couplers: Sub-Octave and Super-Octave.
" Solo to Swell (second touch).
" Great to Swell (second touch).
5 Composition Pedals.
SOLO ORGAN (5 STOPS).
In Swell Box No. 2.
FEET. FEET.
Harmonic Flute Tuba Mirabilis
(8 inches wind) 8 (8 inches wind) 8
Violoncello 8 Cor Anglais 8
Clarionet 8
Couplers: Sub-Octave; Super-Octave.
GENERAL ACCESSORIES.
Three Pedal Studs p, f, ff.
Sforzando Pedal f, ff.
Stop Switch (Key and Pedal).
Tremulant (Swell and Solo).