Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > Scotland > Glasgow > City Hall
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1853 | Built by Gray & Davison |
| 1855 | Enlarged by Gray & Davison |
| 1876 | Rebuilt by Gray & Davison |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| 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 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 57 | 56 | 10 | - |
| I. Choir | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lieblich Gedact | 16' | |
| 2. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 3. | Salicional | 8' | |
| 4. | Voix Celeste | 8' | |
| 5. | Stopped Diapason, Bass | 8' | |
| 6. | Clarionet Flute | 8' | |
| 7. | Octave | 4' | |
| 8. | Flute | 4' | |
| 9. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 10. | Celestina | 4' | |
| 11. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 12. | Trumpet | 8' | |
| 13. | Corno di Bassetto | 8' | |
| II. Great | |||
| 14. | Double Diapason | 16' | |
| 15. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 16. | Viola | 8' | |
| 17. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 18. | Octave | 4' | |
| 19. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | |
| 20. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 21. | Flute d’Amour | 4' | |
| 22. | Sifflote | 2' | |
| 23. | Mixture | IV | |
| 24. | Furniture | III | |
| 25. | Posaune | 8' | |
| 26. | Clarion | 4' | |
| 27. | Flute Harmonique | 8' | |
| 28. | Flute Octaviante | 4' | |
| i | Solo to Great | ||
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| iii | Swell to Great Sub-octave | ||
| iv | Swell to Great Octave | ||
| v | Choir to Great Sub-octave | ||
| III. Swell | |||
| 29. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 30. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 31. | Keraulophon | 8' | |
| 32. | Stopped Diapason, bass | 8' | |
| 33. | Clarionet Flute | 8' | |
| 34. | Octave | 4' | |
| 35. | Flute | 4' | |
| 36. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 37. | Flageolet | 2' | |
| 38. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 39. | Mixture | II | |
| 40. | Contra Fagotto | 16' | |
| 41. | Cornopean | 8' | |
| 42. | Oboe | 8' | |
| 43. | Vox Humaine | 8' | |
| 44. | Clarion | 4' | |
| 45. | Tremulant | ||
| vi | Solo to Swell | ||
| IV. Solo | |||
| 46. | Flute Harmonique | 8' | |
| 47. | Flute Octaviante | 4' | |
| 48. | Piccolo | 2' | |
| 49. | Clarionet | 8' | |
| 50. | Orchestral Oboe | 8' | |
| 51. | Tromba | 8' | |
| 52. | Carillons | ||
| Pedal | |||
| 53. | Contra Bourdon | 32' | |
| 54. | Open Diapason | 16' | |
| 55. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 56. | Principal | 8' | |
| 57. | Violoncello | 8' | |
| 58. | Bombarde | 16' | |
| vii | Choir to Pedal | ||
| viii | Great to Pedal | ||
| ix | Swell to Pedal | ||
| x | Solo to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Lewis |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 53 | - | 21 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1853-80 | Henry Albert Lambeth (1822-1895) |
| G. Holland Fox (1867-1948) | |
| Albert J. Gray (1871-) | |
| William Stewart Gibson (1876-) | |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| Allan Mc Gregor (1900-) | |