Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Exeter > Cathedral
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1665 | Built by John Loosemore |
| Rebuilt & enlarged by Speechly | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 31 | 31 | 6 | T |
| I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gamba | 8' | metal. |
| 2. | Lieblich Gedact | 8' | wood and metal. |
| 3. | Dulciana | 8' | metal. |
| 4. | Wald Flute | 4' | wood. |
| 5. | Gemshorn | 4' | metal. |
| 6. | Corno di Bassetto | 8' | metal. |
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| II. Great (Tracker GG,FF-f3 58 notes) | |||
| 7. | Double Diapason | 16' | wood and metal. |
| 8. | Open Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 9. | Open Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 10. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | wood and metal. |
| 11. | Clarabella | 8' | wood. |
| 12. | Principal | 4' | metal. |
| 13. | Flute Harmonique | 4' | metal. |
| 14. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | metal. |
| 15. | Fifteenth | 2' | metal. |
| 16. | *Mixture | II | metal. |
| 17. | *Mixture | III | metal. |
| 18. | Trumpet | 8' | metal. |
| 19. | Clarion | 4' | metal. |
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 54 notes) | |||
| 20. | Double Diapason | 16' | wood and metal. |
| 21. | Open Diapason | 8' | metal. |
| 22. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | wood and metal. |
| 23. | Salicional | 8' | metal. |
| 24. | Octave | 4' | metal. |
| 25. | Mixture | III | metal. |
| 26. | Cornopean | 8' | metal. |
| 27. | Oboe | 8' | metal. |
| 28. | Clarion | 4' | metal. |
| Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 29. | Open Diapason | 32' | metal. |
| 30. | Open Diapason | 16' | metal. |
| 31. | Bourdon | 16' | wood. |
| iii | Swell to Pedal | ||
| iv | Great to Pedal, GG | ||
| v | Great to Pedal, CC | ||
| vi | Choir to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Rebuilt by Willis |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 57 | - | 13 | P |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1584-86 | Matthew Godwin (1568-1586) |
| 1591 | Arthur Cooke |
| 1591-1601 | Arthur Cock (-1604) |
| 1609-40 | John Lugg (1587-1655) |
| 1611-44 | Edward Gibbons (1568-1650) |
| 1665-74 | Theodore Coleby |
| 1674-c1688 | Henry Hall (1655-1707) |
| 1686 | Peter Passmore |
| c1686-93 | John White |
| 1694-1741 | Richard Henman |
| 1741-53 | John Silvester |
| 1753-77 | Richard Langdon (1730-1803) |
| 1777-1803 | William Jackson (1730-1803) |
| 1804-35 | James Paddon (1768-1835) |
| 1835-41 | S. S. Wesley (1810-1876) |
| 1842-76 | Alfred Angel (1816-1876) |
| 1876-1919 | Daniel J. Wood (1849-1919) |
| 1919-27 | Ernest Bullock (1890-1979) |
| 1928-33 | Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994) |
| 1933 | A. W. Willcocks |
| 1933-52 | Alfred Wilcock (1887-1953) |
| 1953-57 | Reginald Moore (1910-1968) |
| 1957-72 | Lionel Dakers (1924-2003) |
| 1973-98 | Lucian Nethsingha (1936-2021) |
| 1999-2016 | Andrew Millington (1952-) |
| 2016- | Timothy Noon |
| OA | Walter Hoyle (1873-) |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Edward Roberts West | |
| 1856 | H. G. Halfyard (1835-) |
| 1861-68 | Graham Clarke |
| 1861-69 | William Pinney (1845-1906) |
| -1880 | Edward Vinnicombe (1847-1915) |
| 1881-83 | Ernest Slater (1860-1936) |
| 1899 | Frederick Gandy Bradford (1887-1962) |
| 1900-06 | Arnold D. Culley (1867-1947) |
| 1906-18 | F. J. Pinn (1877-1927) |
| T. Washington Metcalfe (1884-) | |
| 1929-37 | W. Harry Gabb (1909-1995) |
| 1937-40 | John Hind (1916-1984) |
| 1945-46 | John Hind (1916-1984) |
| 1946-48 | Edgar S. Landen (1923-) |
| 1951-54 | Howard Stephens (1921-) |
| 1956-61 | Stuart Marston Smith |
| 1961-69 | Christopher Gower (1939-) |
| 1969-2010 | Paul Morgan |
| 2010-16 | David Davies |
| 2016- | Timothy Parsons |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| David Thorne (1951-) | |
| 1993-95 | Benjamin Frost |
| 2016 | Edward Jones |
| 2018 | Hamish Fraser |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| Thomas Washington-Metcalfe (1884-) | |
| 1994-2016 | Stephen Tanner |