The New Pipe Organ in St. Peter's Formby

On Sunday February 24th 2002 the new pipe organ in St. Peter's Church was dedicated by the Vicar, Revd. Paul Ormrod. The organ was built by Principal Pipe Organs of York (Geoffrey Coffin). The Consultant was Ian Bell who also designed the case. The instrument has 21 stops and mechanical key action. The Inaugural Recital was given by Professor Ian Tracey, Organist of Liverpool Cathedral.

Specification

	Great Organ			Swell Organ			Pedal Organ
**	Open Diapason	8		Open Diapason	8		Sub Bass	16
@	Stopped Diapason	8		Leiblich Gedeckt	8		Bass Flute (From Sub Bass)	8
	Principal	4	@	Salicional	8		Trombone	16
*	Open Flute (Tapered)	4		Vox Angelica (C13)	8
	Fifteenth	2		Principal	4		Great to Pedal
*	Mixture (22.26.29)	III	*	Flageolet	2		Swell to Pedal
*	Sesquialtera (12.17)	II	*	Nineteenth (From Mixture)	1 1/3
*	Trumpet	8	*	Mixture (15.19.22)	II-III
			**	Contra Fagotto	16
	Swell to Great			Cornopean	8
				Tremulant

* New pipework (F. Booth & Son, Leeds)
** New and re-constructed pipework (F. Booth & Son, Leeds)
@ Stock pipework

Number of pipes 1,312

Compass of manuals CC-A (58 notes)
Compass of pedals CCC-F (30 notes)

Mechanical action to manual keyboards
Electro-pneumatic action to pedals
Electro-magnetic action to drawstops

Bi-level solid state piston capture system (A. J. & L. Taylor Ltd. Bury)
5 programmable thumb pistons on Great (with duplicated toe pistons)
5 programmable thumb pistons on Swell (with duplicated toe pistons)
8 General programmable pistons

Wind pressure Manuals 3 1/8 inches w.g. Pedals 4 inches w.g.
Winding Schwimmer controls

The wall aperture aids sound egress into the nave directed by west and east facing vertical louvres fitted to the Swell Box

Mechanical Swell Pedal

Pitch C=523.3
Tuning: Equal temperament

Organ case design by Ian Bell, using existing decorative carvings as elevated pipe shades.

Organ Builder: Principal Pipe Organs of York (Geoffrey Coffin)
Consultant: Ian Bell