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Details of St. Mungo’s (Presbyterian) Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland


Organ History
1798Built
1879Built by Willis
1903Enlarged by Willis
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 725

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
4575716-

I. Choir ( CC-c 61 notes)
Unenclosed
1.Contra Gamba16' 
2.Gamba8' 
3.Echo Gamba8' 
4.Claribel Flute8' 
5.Octave Gamba4' 
6.Harmonic Flute4' 
7.Harmonic Piccolo2' 
Enclosed
8.Tuba8' 
9.Clarionet8' 
10.Orchestral Oboe8' 
11.Vox Humana8' 
iSwell to Choir  
iiChoir Sub-Octave  
iiiSwell Super-Octave  
II. Great ( CC-c 61 notes)
12.Double Open Diapason16' 
13.Open Diapason I8' 
14.Open Diapason II8' 
15.Open Diapason III8' 
16.Claribella8' 
17.Principal4' 
18.Harmonic Flute4' 
19.Twelfth2 2/3' 
20.Fifteenth2' 
21.SesquialteraIV 
22.Double Trumpet16' 
23.Trumpet8' 
24.Clarion4' 
ivSwell to Great  
vChoir to Great  
viSolo to Great  
viiSolo to Great Sub-Octave  
viiiSolo to Great Super-Octave  
III. Swell ( CC-c 61 notes)
25.Lieblich Bourdon16' 
26.Open Diapason8' 
27.Lieblich Gedact8' 
28.Salicional8' 
29.Vox Angelica8' 
30.Lieblich Flöte4' 
31.Principal4' 
32.Fifteenth2' 
33.MixtureIII 
34.Contra Hautboy16' 
35.Cornopean8' 
36.Hautboy8' 
37.Clarion4' 
ixSwell Sub-Octave  
xSwell Super-Octave  
IV. Solo ( CC-c 61 notes)
38.Lieblich Bourdon16' 
39.Open Diapason8'Wood.
40.Harmonic Flute8' 
41.String Gamba8' 
42.Concert Flute4' 
43.Harmonic Piccolo2' 
44.Cor Anglais8' 
45.Corno di Bassetto8' 
46.Tuba8' 
xiSwell Sub-Octave  
xiiSwell Super-Octave  
Pedal ( CCC-G 32 notes)
47.Double Open Diapason32' 
48.Open Diapason16'Wood.
49.Open Diapason16'Metal.
50.Violone16'Metal.
51.Bourdon16' 
52.Bass Flute8' 
53.Violoncello8' 
54.Principal8' 
55.MixtureIII 
56.Trombone16' 
57.Clarion8' 
xiiiGreat to Pedal  
xivSwell to Pedal  
xvChoir to Pedal  
xviSolo to Pedal  

Organ History
1913Enlarged by Willis
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
457-16P



List of Organists
1879-99A. L. Peace (1844-1912)
1897-1929Herbert Walton (1869-1929)
1929-36R. H. Clifford-Smith (1903-1991)
1936-64Wilfred J. Emery (1904-1964)
1965-John R. Turner
2010-12Ian Simcock
2012-14Richard Pratt
2014-Andrew Forbes (1993-)