The Chapel Organ

It seems somehow fated that an organ Kenneth Tickell was involved with renovating and re-installing during his first years in organ-building should have been the one whose replacement stood on the shop floor when he died suddenly in 2014. The current organ, which turned out to be his last, is a beautiful instrument, suited to a wide range of musical styles, and exquisite in its case decoration (including the Downing griffin, if you look carefully enough!).

Specification

Great	Open Diapsaon Stopped Diapason Gamba Principal Fifteenth Furniture IV Tremulant	8 8 8 4 2 1 1/3
Swell	Gedackt Salicional Principal Chimney Flute Gemshorn Sesquialtera II Hautboy Trumpet Tremulant	8 8 4 4 2 2 2/3 8 8
Pedal	Sub Bass Open Flute Bassoon	16 8 16
Couplers	Swell to Great Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal
Tracker key action
Electric stop action
Slider soundboard

David Lowe, Director of College and Chapel Music [email directorofmusic@dow.cam.ac.uk] is always happy to meet prospective choral and organ scholars to discuss musical opportunities at Downing College.

The completed organ in the Chapel; the original watercolour concept sketch by Kenneth Tickell; view of the Chapel interior by Tim Rawle.