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Details of Cathedral, Norwich, England

1690

Organ History
1690	Built by Renatus Harris
1759	Repaired by John Byfield
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 741
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
3	20	-	-	-

1834

Organ History
1834	Rebuilt by Bishop & Sons
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 741
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
3	22	22	3	T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-f3 59 notes)
1.	Dulciana		(tenor c)
2.	Stopped Diapason
3.	Principal
4.	Stopped Flute
5.	Fifteenth
6.	Cremona		(tenor f)
II. Great (Tracker GG-f3 59 notes)
7.	Open Diapason
8.	Open Diapason
9.	Stopped Diapason
10.	Clarabella
11.	Principal
12.	Twelfth
13.	Fifteenth
14.	Tierce
15.	Sesquialtera
16.	Trumpet
i	Swell to Great
III. Swell (Tracker C-f3 42 notes)
17.	Open Diapason
18.	Stopped Diapason
19.	Principal
20.	Hautboy
21.	Trumpet
Pedal
22.	Open Diapason	21 ²/₃'	(to GGG)
ii	Great to Pedal
iii	Choir to Pedal

Organ History
1899	Norman & Beard
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 741

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
5	64	63	11	P/EP

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
1.	Lieblich Bourdon	16'
2.	Open Diapason	8'
3.	Stopped Diapason	8'
4.	Bell Gamba	8'
5.	Dulciana	8'
6.	Nason Flute	4'
7.	Harmonic Gemshorn	4'
8.	Piccolo	2'
9.	Corno di Bassetto	8'
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
10.	Double Open Diapason	16'
11.	Open Diapason I	8'
12.	Open Diapason II	8'
13.	Open Diapason III	8'
14.	Hohl Flute	8'
15.	Stopped Diapason	8'
16.	Principal	4'
17.	Flute Harmonique	4'
18.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
19.	Fifteenth	2'
20.	Mixture	III
21.	Double Trumpet	16'
22.	Tromba	8'
23.	Clarion	4'
ii	Swell to Great
iii	Choir to Great
iv	Solo to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
24.	Bourdon	16'
25.	Open Diapason I	8'
26.	Open Diapason II	8'
27.	Lieblich Gadacht	8'
28.	Salicional	8'
29.	Voix Celeste	8'
30.	Principal	4'
31.	Lieblich Flute	4'
32.	Fifteenth	2'
33.	Mixture	III
34.	Contra Fagotto	16'
35.	Horn	8'
36.	Oboe	8'
37.	Clarion	4'
38.	Cor Anglais	8'
39.	Tremulant
v	Swell Octave
IV. Solo ( CC-c4 61 notes)
Enclosed (Pneumatic)
40.	Flute Harmonique	8'
41.	Viola	8'
42.	Flute Harmonique	4'
43.	Orchestral Oboe	8'
Unenclosed (Pneumatic)
44.	Tuba Mirabilis	8'
V. Echo (Electro-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
45.	Sub-Bass	16'
46.	Contra Viola	16'
47.	Gamba	8'
48.	Zauber Flöte	8'
49.	Unda Maris	8'
50.	Vox Angelica	8'
51.	Viola	4'
52.	Harmonic Piccolo	2'
53.	Harmonic Trumpet	8'
54.	Cornet	VI
55.	Vox Humana	8'
56.	Gongs
57.	Tremulant
vi	Echo Octave
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-G 32 notes)
58.	Double Open Diapason	32'
59.	Open Diapason (wood)	16'
60.	Open Diapason (metal)	16'
61.	Dulciana	16'
62.	Bourdon	16'
63.	Violoncello	8'
64.	Bass Flute	8'
65.	Trombone	16'
66.	Trumpet	8'
vii	Choir to Pedal
viii	Great to Pedal
ix	Swell to Pedal
x	Solo to Pedal
xi	Echo to Pedal

List of Organists
1424	Thomas Wath
1445	John Skarlette
1542	Thomas Grewe
1560-85	Edmund Inglott
1583	Thomas Morley (1557-1604)
1585-97	Henry Baker
1593	William Baker
1598-1608	William Cobbold (1559-1639)
1608-21	William Inglott (1554-1621)
1621-c1630	Richard Gibbs
1660-69	Richard Ayleward (1626-1669)
1664-66	Thomas Gibbs
1670-89	Thomas Pleasants (1648-1689)
1689-1721	James Cooper (-1721)
1721-49	Humphry Cotton (-1749)
1749-1808	Thomas Garland (1731-1808)
1808-09	John Beckwith (1750-1809)
1809-19	J. Charles Beckwith (1788-1819)
1819-77	Zechariah Buck (1798-1879)
1877-81	Francis Edward Gladstone (1845-1928)
1881-85	Frederick C. Atkinson (1841-1896)
1886-1928	Frank Bates (1856-1936)
1928-66	Heathcote Statham (1889-1973)
1959-60	Gerald Hendrie (1935-)
1967-70	Brian Runnett (1935-1970)
1971-94	Michael Nicholas (1938-)
1994-95	David Cooper (1949-)
1996-2012	David Dunnett
2012-	Ashley Grote

List of Assistant Organists
	Tom Primrose
	Julian Thomas
	Frederick Diggle
	Ben Giddens
1815-19	Zechariah Buck (1798-1879)
-1845	George A. Löhr (1821-1897)
1846-59	A. R. Gaul (1837-1913)
	Thomas Wolsey White (1825-1870)
1855-77	Edward Bunnett (1834-1923)
	Frederick C. Atkinson (1841-1896)
	George Gaffe (1849-1907)
	Arthur H. Mann (1850-1929)
1895	Charles Henry Duffield (1871-1939)
	Herbert J. Dawson (1870-1936)
	A. Miller Potts (1872-)
	Philip Chignell (1872-1951)
1898	Frank Staverton Beeching (1871-1963)
1903-05	Alfred Heath (1882-)
1905-10	Claude Alan Forster (1888-)
1906-	R. J. Maddern-Williams (1885-1955)
1907-08	Nelson Victor Edwards (1888-1974)
1910-14	W. Greenhouse Allt (1889-1969)
1942-59	Charles Joseph Romaine Coleman (1879-1959)
	Bernard T. Burrell (1922-)
1978-	Malcolm Archer (1952-)
1983-90	Adrian Lucas (1962-)
1990-97	Neil Taylor
1997-2001	Katherine Dienes-Williams (1970-)

List of Organ Scholars
	William Dore (1963-)
	James Mooney-Dutton (1985-)

List of Other Organists
1901-02	Charles Joseph Romaine Coleman (1879-1959)
1908-19	Edward Bunnett (1834-1923)