The Church of St Aidan, Leicester

The Eminent organ in St Aidan's Church is a 3 manual tabstop instrument with 54 speaking stops, full divisional and general pistons, alterable voicing and, as with all Eminent organs, voiced note-by-note for the Church, which was designed by Basil Spence, including a fascinating open fretwork bell tower.

Great Organ

16 Double Diapason
8 Open Diapason
8 Stopped Diapason
8 Dulciana
4 Principal
4 Flute
2
2/3 Twelfth
2 Fifteenth
Mixture IV
Sharp Mixture III
Cornet V
8 Trumpet
4 Clarion
Tremulant
Swell to Great
Choir to Great

  Swell Organ (enclosed)

8 Open Diapason
8 Chimney Flute
8 Echo Gamba
8 Voix Celeste
8 Voix Humana
4 Principal
4 Rohr Flute
2 Fifteenth
1
1/3 Larigot
Mixture III
Scharf III
16 Contra Fagotto
8 Cornopean
8 Oboe
4 Clarion
Tremulant

  Choir Organ (enclosed)

16 Bourdon
8 Stopped Diapason
8 Salicional
4 Gemshorn
4 Flute
2
2/3 Nazard
2 Harmonic Piccolo
1
3/5 Tierce
1 Sifflote
Mixture III
8 Orchestral Trumpet
8 Tuba
8 Clarinet
Tremulant
Swell to Choir

Pedal Organ

32 Contra Bourdon
16 Open Diapason
16 Bourdon
16 Subbass
8 Octave
8 Bass Flute
4 Choral Bass
Mixture III
32 Contra Bombarde
16 Trombone
16 Fagotto
8 Trumpet
4 Schalmei
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Great & Pedal Combinations Coupled

  Registration Aids

8 independent memories for piston settings
8 thumb pistons for each of Swell, Choir and Great & Pedal
8 General thumb pistons
Reversible thumb pistons for Ch to Ped, Gt to Ped, Sw to Ped,
Sw to Gt, Sw to Ch, Ch to Gt
Stop sequencer system with 16 pages and 8 steps per page
Sequencer Advance thumb piston in Swell key slip
Setter and General Cancel thumb pistons

  Audio

14 Audio Channels

Console finished in light oak

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