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    Joseph Hart, Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, (1809)
    Samples by Lavendar Audio
    Keeble, John: Diapason Movement in FmDownload
    Four-parts on one manual, Grave tempo, no expression. As basic as early English music gets. Registration: Great Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4'. [2:35] HW2>3
    Thorley, Thomas: Flute PieceDownload
    Two parts, two flutes (Stopped Diapason [B&T] + Flute 4'), one manual. +2dB, Kellner Temperament. [1:6] HW2>3
    Battishill, Jonathan: Voluntary in B FlatDownload
    From Book II of Old English Organ Music. Sturdy Moderato march contrasting manuals and featuring a transition from "box half open" to "box open" near the end. Registration: SW Open Diapason 8' + Viol di Gamba 8' + Gedact Bass + Treble 8' + Principal 4' + Mixture II coupled to GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' + Fifteenth 2'. 0dB output volume. [1:53] HW2>3
    Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn, [attributed]Download View Lyrics
    Two variations. The first has the Chorale in the Pedal (coupled from the Swell Oboe 8'), other voices are on the Great - Stop Diapason 8' (Treble and Bass) + Principal 4' + Twelfth 2 2/3' + Fifteenth 2'. The second, ornamented chorale is on the Great Cremona 8' + Stop Diapason 8' (Treble and Bass) + Flute 4' + Twelfth 2 2/3'; other voices are on the Swell Gedact (Bass and Treble) + Viola di Gamba 8' coupled to PD Bourdon 16. Temperament: Young. Impulse reverberation added. There is also a dry version. [3:44] HW2>3
    Reger, Max: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend', Op. 67, No. 9Download View Lyrics
    Simple 4-part setting in 12/8 meter with Chorale in the Soprano. Registration: Swell Gedackt Bass + Treble 8' + Viol di Gamba 8' coupled to Great: Stop Diapason Bass + Treble 8' + Dulciana 8' + Flute 4' and to Pedal Bourdon 16'. -2dB output volume. [1:27] HW2>3
    Reger, Max: Melodia, Op. 59, No. 11Download
    The wandering melody is on the Great, with two wandering voices on the Swell and support from the Pedal, which occasionally joins the fray. Temperament: Roetha_Lehmann_Bach. Dynamics more or less as imagined by the composer. Impulse reverberation added. Registration: SW Open Diapason 8' + Gedact 8' (Bass and Treble) + Principal 4' coupled to GT Open Diapason 8' + Stop Diapason (Treble and Bass) + Flute 4' and to PD Bourdon 16'. SW Principal 4' subtracted and Viol di Gamba 8' added at end. [2:36] HW2>3
    Wesley, Samuel: HornpipeDownload
    Marked "Vivace" this concerto movement is in 3/2 meter and alternates between the two manuals. More about its origins here. Registration: SW Open Diapason 8' + Octave 4' + Mixture II coupled to Stopped Diapason 8' (B&T) + Octave 4'. Vallotti-Young Temperament [1:26] HW2>3
    Buxtehude, Dietrich: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211Download View Lyrics
    Slightly melismatic treatment of the chorale, the ending reminds one that J. S. Bach did not spring out of nowhere. He was firmly in the German Lutheran tradition. Demonstrates the Swell shades of this sample set. No reverberation added, Weckmeister 3 temperament. Registration: SW Oboe 8' + Viol di Gamba 8' + Principal 4'; GT Stop Diapason (Treble and Bass) + Flute 4'; PD Bourdon 16'. [1:39] Midi file available. HW2>3
    Dupuis, Thomas Sanders: Fugue in E minorDownload
    Workmanlike 3-voice fugue with the editor's attempt at demonstrating swell box opening on the last page. Registration: SW Gedact 8' (B&T) + Principal 4' + Mixture II coupled to GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' + Fifteenth 2' (Mixture III added at end, and Pedal Bourdon 16 with SW-PD coupler). 2 dB, MeanTone-ModifiedSixthComma. [2:35] HW2>3
    Reger, Max: Jesu, meine Zuversicht, Op. 67, No. 20Download View Lyrics
    Chorale on GT Cremona 8'; SW Gedackt (Bass + Treble) 8' + Viol di Gamba 8' coupled to PD Bourdon 16', Repeat: GT Open Diapason 8' + Stop Diapason (Treble + Bass) 8' + Flute 4' + Twelfth 2-2/3'; SW adds Double Diapason 16'. Ending: GT Open Diapason 8' + Flute 4' + Cremona 8'; SW add SW Principal 4'. +2dB, 100% speed, Young Temperament. [1:18] HW2>3
    Stanley, John: Voluntary in G minorDownload
    Two movements: Adagio (SW Open Diapason 8' + Gedact 8' (B&T) + Principal 4' + Mixture II coupled to GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' + Fifteenth 2') and Andante (SW withdraw Open Diapason); Pedal Bourdon 16' ad lib (with GT-PD coupler for last Organ Point and ending), [3:50] HW2>3
    Boyce, William: Voluntary in A minorDownload
    [Prelude (Largo):] SW Double Diapason 16' + Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' + Mixture II coupled to GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' + Fifteenth 2'; Fugue (Moderato) Open Diapason 8' + Gedact 8' (B & T) + Viol di Gamba 8' + Principal 4' + Mixture II coupled to GT Stopped Diapason 8' (T & B) + Principal 4' + Fifteenth 2'; Ending (Slow): SW add Double Diapason 16' , GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' + Fifteenth 2' + Mixture III + Trumpet 8'. Pedal Bourdon 16' added to last chord, which also has been respaced. Temperament: 1/8 comma. [2:50] HW2>3
    Boyce, William: Voluntary in CDownload
    Two sections: [Largo] (SW Open Diapason 8' + Viol di Gamba 8' + Gedact 8' (B&T) coupled to GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' and to PD Bourdon 16' + GT/PD 8') and Fugue [Moderato] (Gedact (B&T) + Principal 4' + Mixture II coupled to GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4' + Twelfth 2-2/3' + Fifteenth 2'and to PD Bourdon 16'. Brad Lehman temperament. [2:28] HW2>3
    Roseingrave, Thomas: Voluntary in G minorDownload
    The suggested tempo of quarter=60 seemed at odds with instruction energico, hence it's a little faster. Registration SW Mixture II coupled to GT Stopped Diapason 8' (T & B) + Principal 4' + Fifteenth 2'. [2:7] HW2>3
    Goodwin, William: Trumpet VoluntaryDownload
    Two movements, Adagio: GT Open Diapason 8' + Principal 4'; and [Allegro Moderato]: GT Trumpet 8'; SW Open Diapason 8' + Gedact (B&T) 8' + Principal 4' + Mixture II. PD Bourdon 16' used at end of each movement. 2dB output volume, 1/10 Comma Temperament. [3:48] HW2>3
    Bennett, John: AdagioDownload
    Part of a voluntary, this piece features chains of suspensions, a lovely duet between the upper two voices, some chromaticism and a grand ritard, a pleasing piece for learning legato control. Registration: GT Open Diapason 8' + Dulciana 8' + Stopped Diapason 8' (B&T). Vallotti-Young temperament. Blower background noise was suppressed. [2:19] HW2>3
    Dupuis, Thomas Sanders: Trumpet VoluntaryDownload
    RH GT Trumpet; LH and relief SW Open Diapason 8' + Gedact Bass + Principal 4' + Mixture II, coupled to PD Bourdon 16' at end. 5dB output volume, Young Temperament. [2:29] HW2>3
    James, John: Voluntary in A minorDownload
    Two movements: Adagio and Moderato. Equal Temperament. [2:43] HW2>3
    Boyce, William: Voluntary in D minorDownload
    Two sections [Not Fast] and Fugue [Moderato]. Kirnberger 3 Temperament. [2:45] HW2>3
    Bennett, John: Voluntary in FDownload
    Adagio on SW Open Diapason 8' + Gedact Bass 8' + Viol di Gamba 8'; Allegro on GT Open Diapason 8' + Octave 8' + Fifteenth 2'; relief on SW to which has been added Principal 4' and Mixture II, and then is coupled to GT; Adagio adds SW Oboe 8' (box closed somewhat) and GT Mixture III. SW is also coupled down to PD Bourdon 16'. Valotti-Young Temperament, +4dB output volume. [4:29] HW2>3