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St John the Baptist, Chipping Sodbury
 
Organ Console
Organ Pipes
 

The organ in this 12th Century Church in the center of Chipping Sodbury  was constructed by Vowles of Bristol in 1869 (check) and bears the makers nameplate just above the console.   It is situated on the left hand side of the Choir and behind an attractively decorated wood screen.   In form it is square with an integral console,  typical of a relatively small fully tracker instrumentof the period  and is probably in much the same condition as when it was built.    Although small, it speaks well into the Church and some of the flues and very pleasing on the ear (to my ear at least) 
 

Specification

SWELL
Hautboy  8
Fifteenth  2
Horn  8
Viol Orchestre  8
Principal  8
Open Diapason  8
Gamba  8
Leiblich Gedacht  8
Tremulant

Swell sub-Octave
Swell Octave 

PEDAL
Bourdon    16
Bass Flute  8

Richard Cawston services the organ.  There is currently no organist. 
 

 
GREAT
Twelth  2
Fifteenth
Rohr Flute  4
Dulciana  8
Open Diapason  8
Open Diapason  8 (Yes 2)
Clarabella  8
Leiblich Gedacht       8
Tremulant
Swell sub-Octave
Swell Octave

Swell to Pedals
Great to Pedals
Swell to Great

There is a central balanced swell pedal
Three combination levers on the Pedal Board
to each manual.
Action Tracker (and quite heavy).