The Chapel Organ

It seems somehow fated that an organ Kenneth Tickell was involved with renovating and re-installing during his first years in organ-building should have been the one whose replacement stood on the shop floor when he died suddenly in 2014. The current organ, which turned out to be his last, is a beautiful instrument, suited to a wide range of musical styles, and exquisite in its case decoration (including the Downing griffin, if you look carefully enough!).

Throughout the 2024-25 academic year we celebrated ten years of this magnificent instrument with a series of recitals and other events. We began our celebrations on Alumni Day with an exhibition in the Chapel and an organ demonstration by the Director of Music and Senior Organ Scholar; this was followed by a recital later in Michaelmas from a former Organ Scholar and members of the Chapel Choir, and in April we held a special thanksgiving Evensong with over 50 former members of the Chapel Choir filling the Chapel with glorious music.

Specification

Great

Open Diapsaon

Stopped Diapason

Gamba

Principal

Fifteenth

Furniture IV

Tremulant

8

8

8

4

2

1 1/3
Swell

Gedackt

Salicional

Principal

Chimney Flute

Gemshorn

Sesquialtera II

Hautboy

Trumpet

Tremulant

8

8

4

4

2

2 2/3

8

8
Pedal

Sub Bass

Open Flute

Bassoon

16

8

16
Couplers

Swell to Great

Swell to Pedal

Great to Pedal

  
Tracker key action    
Electric stop action    
Slider soundboard    

Chapel Organ renovations