St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
The Project
The Project
New organ; 4 manuals, 67 stops, based on Father Willis pipework
The organ will incorporate 43 stops from an instrument which was built by Henry Willis in 1889 for Hampstead Conservatoire and moved to St Peter’s Church Brighton in 1910. This valuable pipework survived subsequent alterations and will be restored to authentic musical speech; the pitch, changed in 1956, will be meticulously stabilised at A=440. The College Chapel’s twin organ cases, designed by John Oldrid Scott, will be retained.