St Alban's Anglican Church
3 Pembroke Street, Epping

Létourneau 1981, Op. 2 (2/18 mechanical)

From SOJ August/September 1980, October/November 1981, Autumn 2000:

The organist of St Alban's and organ consultant, David Rumsey, wrote in the SOJ at the time of the organ's installation (SOJ October/November 1981) that "several features of the church and the demands made on its musical resources made the specification something of a challenge: the church is reasonably spacious, it has generally fairly full congregations, and enjoys a thriving musical programme. The primarily liturgical uses intended for the organ (which include a substantial component of traditional organ music) and budgetary considerations led to the following tonal design:

Hauptwerk Prinzipal Hohlflöte Oktave Flöte Mixtur IV Trompete Brustwerk (enclosed) Gedackt Rohrflöte Nazard Prinzipal Tierce Quinte Scharff III Pedal Subbass Prinzipal Bourdon Oktave Fagott Couplers Brustwerk/Great Brustwerk/Pedal Hauptwerk/Pedal Tremulants Manuals Pedal

8 8 4 2 1-1/3 8 8 4 2-2/3 2 1-3/5 1-1/3 2/3 16 8 8 4 16

Mechanical action
Compass 56/30

Flat/parallel pedalboard

This design has several special features: the Prinzipal 8' of the Great is of hammered metal (70% tin); there is flexible wind and French suspended action; the Brustwerk scalings are made quite full in order to tonally balance the Great; and the Trompete 8' of the Great is constructed in the French classical Dom Bedos manner. The organ is being placed in a newly constructed (west) gallery."

Photos: Josh Ryan (Sept 2010)


Two small photos: source unknown