Wimborne Minster, Dorset - Organ pipes - Woodmansterne postcard c.1990s

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• Picture / Image:  The Organ Pipes, Wimborne Minster - an organ has been used at the minster since at least 1408..
• Publisher:  Woodmansterne Publications
• Postally used:  no - message but not posted
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Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, /'w?mb?rn/) is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. The town has a population of 15,174 (according to the 2011 Census) and is situated at the confluence of the River Stour and River Allen, five miles north of Poole, on the Dorset Heaths. The town is also recognised as part of the South East Dorset conurbation.

The Mayor of Wimborne is currently Andy Hampton.^[1] The town and its administrative area is served by eleven councillors and one from the nearby ward of Cranfield.^[2] Wimborne is twinned with Valognes, France and Ochsenfurt, Germany.^[3][4]

The architecture of Wimborne is regarded as one of the foremost collections of 15th, 16th and 17th-century buildings in Dorset. Local planning has restricted the construction of new buildings in areas such as the Corn Market and the High Street, resulting in the preservation of almost all of the original buildings. The most interesting examples of English architecture include the centuries-old Wimborne Minster, the Town Hall, the Priest's House Museum and dozens of original 16th, 17th and 18th-century fronted shops and pubs. The town is also home to the Tivoli Theatre, a 1930s art deco cinema and theatre.

Wimborne Minster, known locally as the Minster, is the parish church of Wimborne, Dorset, England. The Minster has existed for over 1300 years and is recognised for its unusual chained library (one of only four surviving chained libraries in the world^{[citation needed]}). The Minster, a former monastery and Benedictine nunnery, is the resting place of King Ethelred of Wessex.

The organ was originally built in 1664 by Robert Hayward, of Bath. There are a number of ranks of pipes, still functioning in the present instrument, which date from this time. Originally, the organ stood upon a screen which separated the nave from the choir. However, in 1856 the organist at that time (Mr. F. Blount) removed the instrument and re-sited it in the south choir aisle. J. W. Walker & Sons rebuilt and enlarged the organ in 1866 and carried out further work in 1899, when a new case to house the Choir Organ was provided. This was designed by Walter J. Fletcher, F.R.I.B.A. In 1965, a major rebuilding and re-designing of the instrument took place, the work again being undertaken by J. W. Walker & Sons. Perhaps the most striking feature of the present instrument is the Orchestral Trumpet, which is mounted horizontally above the front pipes. The current specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

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