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Details of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Lincoln, England

1442

Organ History
1442Possibly built by Mynhamber
Status
Unknown

1826

Organ History
1826Built by William Allen of London
1851Enlarged by Charles Allen of London
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 735
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
33133-T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-f3)
1.Stopped Diapason  
2.Dulciana  
3.Viol di Gamba  
4.Principal  
5.Flute  
6.Fifteenth  
II. Great (Tracker GG-f3)
7.Large Open Diapason  
8.Small Open Diapason  
9.Stopped Diapason  
10.Clarabella  
11.Principal  
12.Twelfth  
13.Fifteenth  
14.Cornet (tenor)IV 
15.Sesquialtera (bass)III 
16.Trumpet (tenor)  
17.Trumpet (bass)  
III. Swell (Tracker G-f3)
18.Double Diapason  
19.Open diapason  
20.Stopped Diapason  
21.Principal  
22.Flute  
23.Twelfth  
24.Fifteenth  
25.Hautboy  
26.Horn  
Pedal (Tracker CCC-G 30 notes)
27.Sub-bourdon32' 
28.Open Diapason16' 
29.Principal8' 
30.Twelfth5 1/3' 
31.Fifteenth4' 
32.Sesquialtera  
33.Trombone16' 

1898

Organ History
1898Built 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 735

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
458-18-

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
1.Lieblich Bourdon16' 
2.Viola da Gamba8' 
3.Dulciana8' 
4.Hohl Flöte8' 
5.Lieblich Gedacht8' 
6.Gemshorn4' 
7.Concert Flute4' 
8.Piccolo Harmonique2' 
9.Cor Anglais16' 
10.Corno di Bassetto8' 
iSwell to Choir  
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
11.Double Open Diapason16' 
12.Open Diapason I8' 
13.Open Diapason II8' 
14.Open Diapason III8' 
15.Stopped Diapason8' 
16.Claribel Flute8' 
17.Flute Harmonique4' 
18.Principal4' 
19.Twelfth2 2/3' 
20.Fifteenth2' 
21.MixtureIII 
22.Trombone16' 
23.Tromba8' 
24.Clarion4' 
iiSolo to Great  
iiiSwell to Great  
ivChoir to Great  
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
25.Double Open Diapason16' 
26.Open Diapason I8' 
27.Open Diapason II8' 
28.Salicional8' 
29.Vox Angelica8'(Tenor C)
30.Lieblich Gedacht8' 
31.Lieblich Flöte4' 
32.Principal4' 
33.Fifteenth2' 
34.MixtureIII 
35.Double Trumpet16' 
36.Trumpet8' 
37.Oboe8' 
38.Clarion4' 
39.Vox Humana8' 
40.Tremulant  
vSwell Super-Octave  
viSwell Sub-Octave  
IV. Solo ( CC-a3 58 notes)
Enclosed (Pneumatic)
41.Gamba8' 
42.Voix Celeste8' 
43.Claribel Flute8' 
44.Harmonic Flute8' 
45.Orchestral Oboe8' 
46.Orchestral Clarinet8' 
Unenclosed (Pneumatic)
47.Tuba8' 
48.Tuba Clarion4' 
viiSolo Sub-Octave  
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-F 30 notes)
49.Double Open Diapason32' 
50.Open Diapason (wood)16' 
51.Open Diapason (metal)16' 
52.Violone16' 
53.Bourdon16' 
54.Octave8' 
55.Violoncello8' 
56.Super-Octave4' 
57.Contra Posaune32' 
58.Ophicleide16' 
59.Clarion8' 
viiiSolo to Pedal  
ixSwell· to Pedal  
xGreat to Pedal  
xiChoir to Pedal  


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-1490John Davy
1490-John Warcup
1506-08Leonard Pepir
1508-18Thomas Ashwell (1478-1513)
1518-24John Watkins
1524-c1528John Gilbert
1528-37Robert Dove
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1539-41James Crowe
1541-62Thomas Appilby (1500-1562)
1563-72William Byrd (1543-1623)
1572-95Thomas Butler
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1599-1616Thomas Kingston
1616-John Wanless
1660-63Thomas Mudd
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1670-74John Reading (1645-1692)
1693Thomas Hecht (-1734)
1693-1704Thomas Allinson (-1704)
1703-John Reading (1677-1764)
1705-21George Holmes (1681-1721)
1721-41Charles Murgatroyd (-1741)
1741-56William Middlebrook (-1756)
1756-84Lloyd Raynor
1784-94John Hasted
1794-1850George Skelton
1850-95John M. W. Young (1822-1897)
1870William Thomas Freemantle (1849-1931)
1895-1930George J. Bennett (1863-1930)
1931-66Gordon Slater (1896-1979)
1966-86Philip Marshall (1921-2005)
1986-88David Flood (1955-)
1988-2003Colin Walsh
2003-Aric Prentice

List of Assistant Organists
Julian Thomas
Thomas Butler
Stephen Bullamore
1593-94John Hilton (1560-1608)
1857-58William J. Young (1835-1913)
-1864W. H. Wish
-1881E. C. Owston (1855-)
W. R. Pullein (1865-1945)
1893-94Frank Pullein (1871-1954)
1895-99Edgar C. Robinson (1877-1953)
1899-1903Harry Smith Trevitt (1878-1979)
Frederick D. L. Penny (1896-)
1922-26William Wells Hewitt (1898-1966)
1926-30Edward Francis Reginald Woolley (1895-1954)
1931-36Willis Grant (1907-1981)
1936-Clifford Hewis (1910-)
1975-92Roger Bryan
1992-93James Vivian (1974-)
1992-93Andrew Post
1994-99Jeffrey Makinson
1999John Hosking (1976-)
1999-2003Simon Morley
2005-07Richard Apperley (1982-)
2008-11Benjamin Chewter (1983-)
2011-14Claire Innes-Hopkins
2014-19Hilary Punnett

List of Other Organists
c1822Benjamin Whall (1780-1855)
J. T. Bavin (1869-1937)
2003-14Charles Harrison
2015-Jeffrey Makinson