All Saints' and St. Nicholas' Churches
Church of England
Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London E14
The Organ at All Saints' Church, Poplar
The Organ in All Saints’ is one of the loveliest in London containing some delightful flute, string and diapason pipework and marvellous fiery reeds.
The organ was installed in All Saints in 1953 by the East End organ builder, Noel Mander as part of war damage refurbishments. Much of the pipework, by the South-London firm of Hunter had previously stood in Clapton Congregational Church although the choir organ section was new by Mander. The organ and choir gallery, designed by the church architect of the time (Cecil Brown) is sited high on the West Wall of the Church. The status of All Saints’ as a Civic Church (Poplar Borough offices had been located in Newby Place) was marked by the royal coat of arms now to be seen on the organ gallery, but which was originally positioned on the capital over the altar.
The organ, which comprises three manuals plus pedals with electro-pneumatic action, is presently maintained by Martin Cross Organ Builder of Grays, Essex.
Specification of the Organ
Great Organ
Double open diapason
16’
Large open diapason
8’
Small open diapason
8’
Wald flute
8’
Principal
4’
Harmonic flute
4’
Twelfth
2.2/3’
Fifteenth
2’
Mixture
3 rks
Trumpet
8’
Clarion
4’
Swell Organ
Lieblich bourdon
16’
Open diapason
8’
Stopped diapason
8’
Gamba
8’
Salicional
8’
Celeste
8’
Principal
4’
Flute
4’
Flageolet
2’
Mixture
3rks
Contra fagotto
16’
Cornopean
8’
Oboe
8’
Clarion
4’
Tremulant
Choir Organ
Tremulant
Viol d’amour
8’
Dulciana
8’
Lieblich Gedacht
8’
Suabe flute
4’
Nazard
2.2/3’
Piccolo
2’
Tierce
1.3/5’
Musette
8’
Trumpet
8’
Clarion’
4’
Pedal Organ
Open wood
16’
Open metal
16’
Bourdon
16’
Lieblich bourdon
16’
Octave
8’
Flute
8’
Flute
4’
Trombone
16’
Trumpet
8’
Accessories
Usual couplers
5 pistons to each manual
5 toe pistons to pedal
3 reversable thumb and toe pistons to couplers
Balanced swell pedal
Radiating concave pedal board
The Organ
These photographs show the console and the organ pipes