Father Willis Organ Specification

Detailed Specification of the Lincoln Cathedral ‘Father’ Willis Organ

Pedal (Low C to high f1; 30 pedals)

  1. Double Open Diapason 32 A, wood*
  2. Open Wood 16 A*
  3. Open Metal 16*
  4. Violone 16
  5. Bourdon 16
  6. Dulciana 16 1960
  7. Octave 8 A, wood
  8. Violoncello 8
  9. Dulciana 8 (1960)*
  10. Super Octave 4
  11. Contra Posaune 32*
  12. Ophicleide 16*
  13. Clarion 8*

Choir (Low C to high a3; 58 keys)

  1. Lieblich Bourdon 16
  2. Open Diapason 8 (1960)
  3. Lieblich Gedeckt 8
  4. Dulciana 8
  5. Viola da Gamba 8
  6. Hohl Flöte 8
  7. Gemshorn 4
  8. Concert Flute 4
  9. Nazard 2 2/3 (1960)
  10. Piccolo Harmonique 2
  11. Tierce 1 3/5 (1960)
  12. Mixture III (1960): 22.26.29
  13. Cor Anglais 16
  14. Corno di Bassetto 8
  15. Tremulant (1998)

Choir to Great

Choir to Pedal

Great (key and stop action EP) (Low C to high a3; 58 keys)

  1. Double Open Diapason 16
  2. Open Diapason I 8
  3. Open Diapason II 8
  4. Open Diapason III 8
  5. Stopped Diapason 8
  6. Claribel Flute 8
  7. Principal 4
  8. Flute Harmonique 4
  9. Twelfth 2 2/3
  10. Fifteenth 2
  11. Mixture III 12.19.22
  12. Trombone 16
  13. Tromba 8
  14. Clarion 4

Great to Pedal

Great Reeds on Choir

Great to Solo

Swell (Low C to high a3; 58 keys; enclosed)

  1. Double Open Diapason 16*
  2. Open Diapason I 8*
  3. Open Diapason II 8 Voce Umana 8*
  4. Lieblich Gedeckt 8*
  5. Salicional 8*
  6. Vox Angelica 8 TC*
  7. Principal 4*
  8. Lieblich Flöte 4*
  9. Fifteenth 2*
  10. Mixture III 12.19.22*
  11. Double Trumpet 16*
  12. Trumpet 8*
  13. Oboe 8*
  14. Vox Humana 8*
  15. Clarion 4*
  16. Tremulant*

Swell to Pedal

Swell to Great

Swell to Choir

Swell octave

Swell suboctave

Swell unison off

Solo (Low C to high a3; partially enclosed)

  1. Claribel Flute 8 (unenclosed)
  2. Gamba 8
  3. Voix Celéste 8 TC
  4. Harmonic Flute 4
  5. Orchestral Oboe 8
  6. Orchestral Clarinet 8
  7. Tremulant
  8. Tuba 8 (unenclosed)
  9. Tuba Clarion 4 (unenclosed)

Solo to Pedal

Solo to Choir

Solo to Great

Solo to Swell

Solo Octave

Solo Sub Octave

Solo Unison Off

Full complement of general and divisional combinations.

[Correct at June 2023]