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Toccata from Symphony No. 5 in F by Charles-Marie Widor performed by Jonathan Scott on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, UK. Filmed September 2018. For full specification and information about this important instrument see below. Film & Sound by Tom Scott Please visit: THE ORGAN OF MANCHESTER TOWN HALL CAVAILLÉ-COLL, PARIS 1877 & 1893 T.C. LEWIS, BRIXTON 1912 JARDINE, MANCHESTER 1970 This organ was originally built with three manuals and pedals by the celebrated French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1877. Cavaillé-Coll returned to enlarge the instrument and added a fourth solo manual in 1893. The organ was rebuilt and further enlarged with the addition of a fifth manual by T.C. Lewis in 1912. A minor rebuild took place by Jardine Organ Builders in 1970 which provided a new console. The organ contains the largest body of Cavaillé-Coll pipework in the UK and despite years of neglect it remains one the finest and most important musical instruments in Britain. The organ became unreliable for concerts in the late 1990's and large parts of the instrument are unplayable due to collapsing pipework, perished leatherwork or mechanical/electrical failure. The Grade I listed Town Hall is currently closed for a 330 million pound restoration until 2024 which will require the temporary removal and storage of this instrument. SPECIFICATION Pedal Soubasse 32 Cavaillé-Coll (1893) Great Bass 16 Lewis Contre Bass 16 Cavaillé-Coll Principal 16 GO Cavaillé-Coll Bourdon 16 GO Cavaillé-Coll Octave 8 GO Cavaillé-Coll/Lewis (was Violoncelle) Flute Bass 8 Cavaillé-Coll Bourdon 8 GO Cavaillé-Coll Flute 4 Lewis Contra Bombarde 32 Lewis Bombarde 16 Cavaillé-Coll Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll Man. I Choir (Enclosed) Principal 8 Cavaillé-Coll Salicional 8 Cavaillé-Coll Unda Maris 8 TC Cavaillé-Coll Cor de Nuit 8 Cavaillé-Coll Flute Douce 4 Cavaillé-Coll Octavin 2 Cavaillé-Coll Carillon I-III Cavaillé-Coll Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll Clarinette 8 Cavaillé-Coll Voix Humaine 8 Cavaillé-Coll Tremulant Man. II Great Principal 16 Cavaillé-Coll Bourdon 16 Cavaillé-Coll Diapason 1 (Montre 8) Cavaillé-Coll Diapason 2 8 Cavaillé-Coll/Lewis (was Violoncelle) Flute Harmonique 8 Cavaillé-Coll Bourdon 8 Cavaillé-Coll Gambe 8 Cavaillé-Coll Prestant 4 Cavaillé-Coll Quinte 2 2/3 Cavaillé-Coll Doublette 2 Cavaillé-Coll Plein-Jeu V-VII Cavaillé-Coll (harmonic mixture) Basson 16 Cavaillé-Coll Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll Clairon 4 Cavaillé-Coll Man. III Swell (Enclosed) Bourdon 16 Cavaillé-Coll Diapason 8 Cavaillé-Coll Flute Harmonique 8 Cavaillé-Coll Viole de Gambe 8 Cavaillé-Coll Voix Celeste 8 TC Cavaillé-Coll Prestant 4 Cavaillé-Coll Flute Octaviante 4 Cavaillé-Coll Plein-Jeu III-V Cavaillé-Coll (harmonic mixture) Basson 16 Cavaillé-Coll Basson-Hautbois 8 Cavaillé-Coll Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll Clairon 4 Cavaillé-Coll Tremulant Man. IV Solo (Enclosed) Diapason Stentor 8 Lewis Rohr Gedact 8 Lewis Nazard 2 2/3 Jardine Grosse Clarinet 8 Lewis Tremulant Man. IV Solo (Unenclosed) Diapason 8 Cavaillé-Coll Flute Harmonique 8 Cavaillé-Coll Flute Harmonique 4 Cavaillé-Coll Musette 8 Cavaillé-Coll Tromba 8 Lewis Tuba 8 Lewis (original CC chamades revoiced) Tuba Clarion Lewis (original CC chamades revoiced) Man. V Echo Viole d’Orchestre 8 Lewis Echo Dulciana 8 Lewis Viole Celeste 8 TC Lewis Philomel 8 Lewis Viole Cornet V Lewis Tremulant Couplers Swell to Pedal Swell to Great Swell to Choir Swell octave Swell suboctave Swell unison off Choir to Great Choir to Pedal Choir octave Choir suboctave Choir unison off Great to Pedal Solo to Pedal Echo to Pedal Solo to Great Solo to Swell Echo to Swell Solo Octave Solo Sub Octave Solo Unison Off Echo Octave Echo Sub Octave Echo Unison Off
