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Details of Edinburgh University, Bristol Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

(Bristol Street)

Mc Ewan Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland

Class Room

Organ History
1855	Built by Hill
1907	Rebuilt by Hill
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

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	54	-	10	P

McEwan Hall - 1861

Organ History
1861	Built by Hill & Son
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	54	54	10	-

I. Choir ( CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Double Diapason	16'	wood.
2.	Open Diapason	8'	wood.
3.	Stopped Diapason	8'	wood.
4.	Dulciana	8'	metal.
5.	Salicional	8'	metal.
6.	Gamba	8'	metal.
7.	Gemshorn	8'	metal. (to tenor C)
8.	Suabe flute	4'	wood.
9.	Gemshorn	4'	metal.
10.	Piccolo	2'	wood and metal.
i	Pedal to Choir
ii	Swell to Choir
II. Great ( CC-g3 56 notes)
11.	Double Open Diapason	16'	metal. (to C)
12.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
13.	Stopped Diapason	8'	wood.
14.	Gamba	8'	metal.
15.	Principal	4'	metal.
16.	Harmonic Flute	4'	metal. (to C)
17.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	metal.
18.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
19.	Mixture	IV	metal.
20.	Trumpet	8'	metal.
21.	Clarion	4'	metal.
22.	Harmonic Mixture	XIV	(tenor C)
iii	Pedal to Great
iv	Choir to Great
v	Solo to Great
vi	Swell Unison to Great
vii	Swell Sub-octave to Great
viii	Swell Super-octave to Great
III. Swell ( CC-g3 56 notes)
23.	Bourdon	16'	wood.
24.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
25.	Stopped Diapason	8'	wood.
26.	Dulciana	8'	metal.
27.	Principal	4'	metal.
28.	Flute	4'	metal.
29.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
30.	Mixture	II
31.	Oboe	8'	metal.
32.	Horn	8'	metal.
33.	Clarion	4'	metal.
34.	Vox Humana	8'	metal.
35.	Contra Fagotto	16'	metal.
36.	Tremulant
IV. Solo ( CC-g3 56 notes)
37.	Hohl Flute	8'	wood.
38.	Flute d’Amour	8'	metal, lower octave, wood.
39.	Salicional	8'	metal. (to C)
40.	Flauto Traverso	4'	metal.
41.	Dolcean	4'	metal.
42.	Clarionet	8'	metal.
43.	Orchestral Oboe	8'	metal. (to G)
44.	Voix Humaine	8'
45.	Cor Anglais	16'	metal.
ix	Pedal to Swell
x	Solo to Swell
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
46.	Double Open Diapason	32'	wood.
47.	Open Diapason	16'	wood.
48.	Keraulophon	16'	metal.
49.	Violon	8'	wood.
50.	Fifteenth	4'	metal.
51.	Trombone	16'	wood.
52.	Trumpet	8'	metal.
53.	Mixture	III
54.	Violon 16
55.	Double Open Diapason	32'	metal.

McEwan Hall - 1896

Organ History
1896	Built by Robert Hope-Jones
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	46	-	26	EP

Reid School of Music

Organ History
1978	Built by Jürgen Ahrend Orgelbau
Status
Unknown
Sources
Uwe Pape - “Lexikon norddeutscher Orgelbauer. 1. Thüringen und Umgebung” - Pape Verlag, Berlin, 2019

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
2	21	-	-	-

List of Organists
	John Kitchen
1898-	Thomas H. Collinson (1858-1928)
1923-44	W. Greenhouse Allt (1889-1969)
1946	Herrick Bunney (1915-1997)