Portsmouth Guildhall

The first organ installed here was built by Gray & Davison in 1887 with 4 manuals and52 speaking stops. it was rebuilt by Binns in 1926 but sadly the Guildhall and the organ were destroyed by an incendiary bomb on the night of 10th January 1940.

The present organ was built by Compton in 1959 and is an extension organ containing 20 ranks (1616 pipes). The organ is contained within two chambers above the Proscenium Arch with the great and choir in the first chamber, and the swell and solo in the second.

The instrument also has a playback facility.

GREAT
Double Open Diapason	16
Bourdon	16
First Diapason	8
Second Diapason	8
Third Diapason	8
Hohl Flute	8
Lieblich Gedackt	8
Dulciana	8
Octave	4
Principal	4
Open Flute	4
Twelfth	2 2/3
Super Octave	2
Fifteenth	2
Mixture 19, 22	II
Mixture 12, 15, 19, 22	IV
Contra Posaune	16
Posaune	8
Clarion	4
Solo to Great
Swell to Great
Choir to Great

SOLO
Contra Viola	16
Concert Flute	8
Viola	8
Voile Celeste	8
Concert Flute	4
Piccolo	2
Double Clarinet (Tenor C)	16
Orchestral Oboe	8
Hautboy	8
Clarinet	8
Tuba	8
Octave Tuba	4
Tremulant
Solo Octave
Solo Sub Octave

SWELL
Contra Viola	16
Geigen	8
Rohr Flute	8
Viola	8
Voix Celeste	8
Octave Geigen	4
Stopped Flute	4
Octave Viola	4
Flautino	2
Violetta	2
Cymbale 15, 19, 22	III
Quartane 19, 22	II
Contra Hautboy	16
Trumpet	8
Hautboy	8
Clarinet	8
Clarion	4
Tremulant

PEDAL
Sub Bass (Polyphone to EEEE)	32
Contra Bass	16
Open Metal	16
Contra Viola	16
Sub Bass	16
Dulciana	16
Octave	8
Viola	8
Flute	8
Dulciana	8
Flute	4
Mixture	III
Harmonics of 32
Tuba Bass	16
Posaune	16
Hautboy	16
Tuba	8
Posaune	8
Clarion	4
Solo to Pedal
Solo Octave to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal

CHOIR
Contra Dulciana	16
Third Diapason	8
Hohl Flute	8
Lieblich Gedackt	8
Dulciana	8
Voc Angelica (TC)	8
Principal	4
Open Flute	4
Lieblich Flute	4
Dulcet	4
Vox Angelica	4
Dulcet Twelfth	2 2/3
Dulcet Fifteenth	2
Flautina	2
Tierce	1 3/5
Mixture 15, 19, 22	III
Posaune	8
Tremulant
Solo to Choir
Swell to Choir