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Samuel Green (1740-96)
Chamber organ c.1792
Mahogany, brass | 404.0 x 261.6 x 132.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 551
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Organ with walnut case and 23 gilded show pipes (some of them dummy pipes), a rectangular keyboard with twelve stops: open diapason (8), stopped diapason bass (GGG to TF#) (8), stopped diapson treble (8), dulciana (from T.G. only) (8), principal bass (4), principal treble (4), flute (4), twelfth (2, 2/3), fifteenth (2), sesquialtera bass (3rks), sesquialtera treble (3rks), fourniture (2rks). No pedals.
Provenance
Made for 5th Earl of Scarbrough in 1792 for Sandbeck Park, Yorkshire. Given to Queen Elizabeth II by 11th Earl of Scarbrough, 1959 and installed in the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, June 1962, after the previous organ had been badly damaged during the bombing of the Second World War. Installed in Kensington Palace Chapel in 2002.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Mahogany, brass
Measurements
404.0 x 261.6 x 132.0 cm (whole object)
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