BIOS NATIONAL PIPE ORGAN REGISTER
INDEX No. (If known)

Survey Date 
1. Building Name
2. Address 
Town/Village 
County 
Postcode
Grid reference
3. Denomination/Secular/Domestic/Other (Specify)

4. Known Builders. Give name and address (as on nameplate) and date of work.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Maintained [ ] (Specify maintainer) 
Playable [ ] 
Unusable [ ]

5. Casework Architectural [ ] Pipe Rack [ ] Other (Specify)
Designer 
Position within building 
Date (Year) 
Remarks
 
6. Details of Departments, action and compass.
(Action type: TR, TP, EP, EL (for tracker, tubular, electro-pneumatic, 
electric) or specify.

Department Key Action Stop Action Enclosed (Y/N) Compass
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Pedalboard - Straight [ ] Flat [ ] Radiating [ ] Concave [ ] Other 
Tuning - Eq Tmp [ ] Other
Pitch (A=)
Blower - Electric [ ] Hand [ ] Other 

8. Console Description
Console Type - Attached [ ] Detached [ ] En fenetre [ ] Mobile [ ]
Stop type - Drawstop [ ] Tab [ ] Other 
Stop labels - Ivory [ ] Wood [ ] Metal [ ] Plastic [ ] Other 
Stop label text - Copperplate [ ] Gothic [ ] Roman [ ] Sans Serif [ ] Other

9. Couplers from Department at pitch to Department
 
 
 
 




10. Accessories (Combination pistons, balanced swell pedals etc)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

11. Stoplist (Give stop-knobs/keys as on console)
For each stop, give name, footage and any builder code/note; for mixture give 
name, ranks and composition. Wind pressures can be given if available. Include 
tremulants here. Add additional sheets (labelled) as necessary.

Department                Stopname                Footage/Ranks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 








12. Surveyor [ ] Organist [ ] Name 
Address 
 
Postcode
Tel

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