All Saints', Hordle with St. Andrew's,
Tiptoe
Lymington,
Hampshire
Music
All Saints', Hordle with St. Andrew's,
Tiptoe
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| Bellringers All Saints has a peal of eight bells, some of which date back to the 16th/17th centuries. The band meets in the tower on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm for practice. In addition, the team of ringers is well-versed in the use of hand-bells, and these are heard at sundry occasions throughout the year, especially at Christmas in services or charity fund-raising at local shopping venues. New volunteers always welcome - to help keep the bells ringing. If you would like to join the team of bellringers (and do some keep-fit for free!), contact us with your details. Choir Organs
At Hordle, following the consecration of the present church building in 1872, £45 was collected towards the cost of the new organ which was built in 1873 by Thomas C. Lewis of London. The decorative casework followed about four years later and was designed by John Francis Bentley who, until he started to work on plans for the building of Westminster Cathedral, was known as the "Gothic Architect". It is not known if the front display of 21 pipes - all dummies - were added at this time or were of earlier origin. The wind for the organ was supplied by means of a hand pump until 1933, when the church was wired for electricity and an electric blower fitted. As time went on, this blower apparently became unable to cope and in 1974 was replaced. Earliest records indicate that there were six speaking stops on the Great, four on the Swell and one Pedal stop. In 1972, a 4ft Flute was added, reportedly to the Great but evidence suggests it was probably to the Swell: the swell box has at some time been made larger (to house an extra rank of pipes) by bringing the front forward a few inches. The National Pipe Organ Register and the British Organ Archive (The British Institute of Organ Studies) both list the organ and confirm that the Swell was originally limited to stops of 8ft pitch only, based on evidence from the notebooks of two observers, Frank Haycraft in the 1930s and Charles Drane in 1949. In 1987, the instrument
was given a complete overhaul by Bishop & White of
Wimborne. At the same time, the Pedalboard action was
electrified and this enabled 8ft and 4ft extensions to be
added to the Pedal department, the additional pipes being
provided by the former Great 4ft Flute which itself was
replaced by a new Twelfth. The Open Diapason and Mixture
were added to the Swell, and the Geigen Principal moved
to its rightful place In 1998, the organ's 125th anniversary, A.K. Bishop was commissioned to replace the very heavy mechanical action to the manuals with a new one of electro-pneumatic design. The resulting improvements to touch have lived up to expectation and have been very well received. This change of action also presented the opportunity to provide Octave and Sub-Octave couplers to the Swell, considerably adding to the range of tone colours available and further enhancing the organ both as a recital instrument and in its primary role of providing musical accompaniment in the varied styles of worship today at Hordle Parish Church. In 2000, the blower was replaced with a larger reconditioned unit to meet the demands of the new specification. SPECIFICATION (from 1998): Great (56 notes) Swell (56 notes) Pedals (30 notes) Swell to Great Two Great Composition
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