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Details of City Hall, Glasgow, Scotland

1853

Organ History
1853Built by Gray & Davison
1855Enlarged by Gray & Davison
1876Rebuilt by Gray & Davison
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
4575610-

I. Choir
1.Lieblich Gedact16'
2.Open Diapason8'
3.Salicional8'
4.Voix Celeste8'
5.Stopped Diapason, Bass8'
6.Clarionet Flute8'
7.Octave4'
8.Flute4'
9.Fifteenth2'
10.Celestina4'
11.SesquialteraIII
12.Trumpet8'
13.Corno di Bassetto8'
II. Great
14.Double Diapason16'
15.Open Diapason8'
16.Viola8'
17.Stopped Diapason8'
18.Octave4'
19.Twelfth2 2/3'
20.Fifteenth2'
21.Flute d’Amour4'
22.Sifflote2'
23.MixtureIV
24.FurnitureIII
25.Posaune8'
26.Clarion4'
27.Flute Harmonique8'
28.Flute Octaviante4'
iSolo to Great
iiSwell to Great
iiiSwell to Great Sub-octave
ivSwell to Great Octave
vChoir to Great Sub-octave
III. Swell
29.Bourdon16'
30.Open Diapason8'
31.Keraulophon8'
32.Stopped Diapason, bass8'
33.Clarionet Flute8'
34.Octave4'
35.Flute4'
36.Fifteenth2'
37.Flageolet2'
38.SesquialteraIII
39.MixtureII
40.Contra Fagotto16'
41.Cornopean8'
42.Oboe8'
43.Vox Humaine8'
44.Clarion4'
45.Tremulant
viSolo to Swell
IV. Solo
46.Flute Harmonique8'
47.Flute Octaviante4'
48.Piccolo2'
49.Clarionet8'
50.Orchestral Oboe8'
51.Tromba8'
52.Carillons
Pedal
53.Contra Bourdon32'
54.Open Diapason16'
55.Bourdon16'
56.Principal8'
57.Violoncello8'
58.Bombarde16'
viiChoir to Pedal
viiiGreat to Pedal
ixSwell to Pedal
xSolo to Pedal

1903

Organ History
1903Lewis
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
453-21-


List of Organists
1853-80Henry A. Lambeth (1822-1895)
G. Holland Fox (1867-1948)
Albert J. Gray (1871-)
William Stewart Gibson (1876-)

List of Other Organists
Allan Mc Gregor (1900-)