St. Mary, Great Shefford

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St. Mary, Great Shefford

J.W. Walker, 1873 · Great Shefford, Berkshire, England

About

Great Shefford is a village in West Berkshire, about 20 miles south of Oxford. St. Mary's Church is largely a late Norman church and has a round tower — one of two in Berkshire.

The organ is a 1 manual instrument, built in 1873 by Joseph Walker and installed in the church in 1888. Not much history is known about this instrument, other than it having an overhaul in 1979 and an electric blowing supply replacing a previous hand pump. The tone quality of each stop is beautiful and it was very likely originally designed to accompany a small choir. The 'Keraulophon', 'Dulciana' and 'Wald Flute Treble' begin from Tenor C and the 'Stopped Diapason Bass' stop is used to complete the bottom octave.

All of the pipes other than the bottom half of the manual Open Diapason (which resides in the façade) and pedal Bourdon are enclosed. Originally it would have been controlled by a 'ratchet swell', however at some point this has been removed and replaced with a balanced swell pedal to the side, which was not functional at the time of recording.

Technical Information

  • Sample and bit rate: 48kHz, 24 Bit
  • 6 Channels (3 Perspectives — Close, Main, Rear)
  • Software required: Hauptwerk v4.2+
  • Manual Compass C–g³
  • Pedal Compass C–c¹

Memory Requirements (Lossless)

  • 24 Bit, 1 perspective: 3.5 GB
  • 16 Bit, 1 perspective: 2.5 GB
  • 24 Bit, 3 perspectives: 5.8 GB
  • 16 Bit, 3 perspectives: 3.6 GB

Allow approximately 5 GB on top of these figures for minimum computer RAM requirements.

Virtual Console

Console Left Jamb Right Jamb Settings

Photos

Console Church View Church and River Lambourn Church from Graveyard Round Tower East Window South Door Column Carving South Door Stained Glass Stone Carving of Christ

Specification

Manual

  • Open Diapason 8
  • Stopped Diapason Bass 8
  • Wald Flute Treble 8 (T.C.)
  • Keraulophon 8 (T.C.)
  • Dulciana 8 (T.C.)
  • Flute 4
  • Fifteenth 2

Pedal

  • Bourdon Bass 16
  • Pedal Coupler

Purchase

£18

Once you place your order, a download link will be emailed to the email you entered under contact details.

Order

As an introductory offer, until the 7th of September, when purchasing the St. Mary, Portsea sample set, you will receive a discount code to get this St. Mary, Great Shefford sample set for a reduced price of £5, down from £18.