Organ in St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester

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This late 18th-century instrument from the church of Image in the City of London was moved to Gloucester in 1831 by Gray & Davidson, who installed it in St Nicholas. The original builder is unknown, though both John Snetzler and George Pike England have been suggested. There are seven stops on the great organ and four on the swell, which is controlled by a nag's-head mechanism, plus a pedal bourdon. Only the eight pipes in the outer towers of the casework speak; the decorated ones in the centre are wooden dummies. St Nicholas was declared redundant a few weeks after this photograph was taken, and the following year (1972) the organ was again moved to the nearby city church of St Mary de Lode, where it can be seen in Philip Halling's photo Image, having undergone further restoration in 2004.

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