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Details of Minster, Southwell, England

Collegiate Church, Southwell, England

Building History
1884Became cathedral
Organ History
Built by Father Smith
1766Rebuilt by Snetzler
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

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
31717-T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-d3 56 notes)
1.Stopped Diapason
2.Dulciana ( Gamut G)
3.Principal
4.Flute
5.Fifteenth
II. Great (Tracker GG-d3 56 notes)
6.Open Diapason
7.Stopped Diapason
8.Principal
9.Twelfth
10.Fifteenth
11.SesquialteraIII
12.Trumpet
13.CornetV(Middle c1)
III. Swell (Tracker G-d3 44 notes)
14.Open Diapason
15.Stopped Diapason
16.Principal
17.Fifteenth
Organ History
1892Built by Bishop
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

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
4545410P

I. Choir
1.Lieblich Bourdon16'
2.Open Diapason8'
3.Stopped Diapason8'
4.Viol di Gamba8'
5.Dulciana8'
6.Principal4'
7.Flauto Traverso4'
8.Piccolo2'
9.Clarinet8'
iSwell to Choir
II. Great
10.Double Diapason16'
11.Open Diapason I8'
12.Open Diapason II8'
13.Stopped Diapason8'
14.Clarabella8'
15.Principal4'
16.Harmonic Flute4'
17.Twelfth2 2/3'
18.Fifteenth2'
19.MixtureIV
20.Double Trumpet16'
21.Trumpet8'
22.Clarion4'
iiSwell to Great
iiiChoir to Great
ivSolo to Great
III. Swell
23.Double Open Diapason16'
24.Open Diapason8'
25.Stopped Diapason8'
26.Viola8'
27.Vox Angelica8'
28.Voix Celestes8'
29.Principal4'
30.Flautina2'
31.MixtureIV
32.Contra Fagotto16'
33.Oboe8'
34.Cornopean8'
35.Trumpet8'
36.Vox Humana8'
37.Clarion4'
38.Tremulant
vSwell Octave
viSolo to Swell
IV. Solo
39.Harmonic Flute8'
40.Concert Flute4'
41.Orchestral Oboe8'
42.Tuba8'
Pedal
43.Doubole Open Diapason32'
44.Contra Bourdon32'
45.Open Diapason16'
46.Bourdon16'
47.Violone16'
48.Quint10 2/3'
49.Principal8'
50.Violone8'
51.Flute8'
52.Fifteenth4'
53.Bombarde16'
54.Trumpet8'
55.Clarion4'
viiGreat to Pedal
viiiSwell to Pedal
ixChoir to Pedal
xSolo to Pedal


List of Organists
1499Lawrence Pepys
1519George Vincent
1568George Thetford
1582-83John Mudd
1584-86Thomas Foster
1586-94William Colbecke
1594-96John Beeston
1596Edward Manestie
1622-28Francis Dogson
1628-61John Hutchinson
1661-90Edward Chappell
1690-99G. Chappell
1699-1718William Popely (-1718)
1718-54William Lee (-1754)
1755-64Edmund Ayrton (1734-1808)
1764-1818Thomas Spofforth (1742-1826)
1818-35Edward Heathcote (1787-1835)
1835-41Frederick Gunton (1813-1888)
Charles Noble (1812-1885)
1841-57Chappell Batcheler (1822-1884)
1857-72Herbert S. Irons (1834-1905)
1872-76Cedric Bucknall (1849-1921)
1876-79William Weaver Ringrose (1839-1884)
1879-88Arthur Marriott (1854-1935)
1888-1917Robert W. Liddle (1864-1917)
1918-29Harry W. Tupper (1871-1929)
1929-46G. T. Francis (1884-1946)
1946-56Robert Ashfield (1911-2006)
1956-59David Lumsden (1928-)
1959-88Kenneth Beard (1927-2010)
1989-2016Paul Hale
2016-17Simon Hogan
2017-Paul Provost

List of Assistant Organists
Oswald Steele
-1861W. D. Hall
-1868E. D. Hoe
1870H. Nicholson (1853-1922)
-1885G. Fletcher (1862-)
1889-98Alfred Winterbotham (1872-1955)
1897-1902L. F. Baguley (1880-1938)
William Whitehead (1877-)
1903-04Sydney H. F. Wéalé (1880-1943)
1958-94Peter Wood
1994-2002Philip Rushforth
2002-08Simon Bell
2008-12Philip White-Jones
2012-19Simon Hogan
2019-Jonathan Allsopp

List of Organ Scholars
1992-93Matthew Halls
1994David Soar
1995-96David Gostick
1997-98Thomas Wiggall
1998-99Anthony Smith
1999-2000Matthew O’Donovan
2000-01Christopher Bucknall
2001-02Oliver Lallemant
2002-03Charles Sega
2003Stephen Moore
2004Emma Gibbins
2005-06Simon Earl
2006-07Daniel Battle
2007Richard Moore
2008Peter Holder
2009-11Jonathan Turner
2011-13Hilary Punnett
2013-15David Quinn
2015-17Edward Turner
2017Joe Watson
2018Anthony Gray
2018Benjamin Mills
2019-James Furniss-Roe