Census ID | HKG2014 |
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Location | Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Music |
Builder | Taylor and Boody, Op. 69 |
Specs | I/5 |
Action | Mechanical |
HKG2014 is a five-rank continuo organ built by Taylor and Boody for the Department of Music at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2014. The specs and case design of Op. 69, which incorporates the University’s logo, were worked out with Project founder, Prof. David Francis Urrows.
The specs are:
Manual |
Gedackt 8′ Rohrflöte 4′ Nasat 2 2/3′ (from c1) Principal 2′ Regal 8′ |
This was Taylor and Boody’s first installation in Hong Kong. The builder’s website has a page for the organ: http://www.taylorandboody.com/opus_pages/opus_69/organ_photo_gallery.html
The organ was dedicated at a concert held in St. John’s Cathedral on 24 November 2014. The organists were Douglas O’Neill and David Francis Urrows.
A YouTube clip of Prof. Urrows playing G.P. Cima’s Canzona quarta: la Pace at the concert can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMwHC4kNiug
HKG2014, plan for carvings and decoration with the HKBU logo.
Prof. Urrows (Project founder) attempts to play HKG2014 on its custom-designed trolley.
Manual and stop levers. HKG2014.
View into the case, HKG2014.