St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church, 159 Ellison Road, Streatham, London SW16 5DE
St.
Bartholomew's has a very fine two manual pipe organ built by
F.H. Browne and
Sons of Canterbury in 1972, and enlarged by them in 1985 and 2005.
The instrument was built high in the gallery, each side of the window depicting
Christ the King (as depicted on each page on this web site) at the west end of
the church.
The
instrument provides ample resources for leading a
capacity congregation in hymn singing, as well as
providing the tonal colours necessary to choral singing
in the parish. It is also occasionally used as a solo
and a concerto instrument.
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61 key manuals
30 note concave and radiating pedal-board
Solid state electric action throughout#
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Swell |
Great |
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Open Diapason |
8' |
Double Dulciana |
16' |
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Lieblich Gedact |
8' |
Open Diapason |
8' |
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Salicional* |
8' |
Claribel |
8' |
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Principal |
4' |
Dulciana |
8' |
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Fifteenth |
2' |
Principal |
4' |
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Larigot |
1 1/3' |
Flute* |
4' |
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Mixture |
II |
Twelfth |
2 2/3' |
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Double trumpet |
16' |
Fifteenth |
2' |
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Trumpet |
8' |
Sesquialtera# |
III |
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Oboe# |
8' |
Trumpet (Swell)# |
8' |
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Tremulant# |
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Swell Octave |
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Pedal |
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Resultant Bass** |
32' |
Bass Flute |
8' |
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Bourdon |
16' |
Fifteenth |
4' |
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Dulciana |
16' |
Octave Flute |
4' |
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Principal |
8' |
Trumpet |
16' |
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Clarion |
8' |
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Couplers |
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| Swell to Pedal | General thumb pistons to Swell pedal pistons# | ||
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Thumb
Pistons
Six Great
Six Swell
Six General#
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal#
Swell to Great
Swell Trumpet on Great#
General Cancel#
Toe Pistons
Six Pedal
Six Swell
Great to Pedal
Balanced Swell pedal
Multi-level piston capture system#
Variable Tremulant#
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1985 additions ** 1996 alteration
# 2005 addition/alteration
The church also has a Chappell piano that is frequently used at services, and has additional rehearsal facilities in the refurbished Church Hall. An improved, new and sophisticated sound system was installed in May 2005.