St Christopher's Church
Round Green, Luton
The Bevington Organ
The organ is a two manual Bevington and Sons pipe organ. It was built in 1913 and belonged formerly to Downing College, Cambridge, where it was restored by Hill, Norman and Beard in 1953.
It
was purchased for
St Christopher’s in 1966 for the sum of £450 and was rebuilt
in the gallery at the west end of the Church by Messrs. Hill and Son
and Norman and Beard and Company.
Approximate
dimensions:
12’6” high x 9’ wide x 8’ deep.
Swell Organ
Gemshorn
4
Gamba 8
Liebich Gedact 8'
Couplers
Swell
Octave
Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal (2)
Great Organ
Octave
4'
Clarabel 8'
Open Diapason 8'
Pedal Organ
Bourdon 16'
The organ was declared open on the evening of October 28th 1966, by Miss Isobel Baillie C.B.E., one of the world’s leading Soprano singers.
Then followed a concert, with solo performances from Miss Baillie, George Blackmore, organist, and Basil Cuthbert, accompanist.
© Luton St Christopher 2008