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Details of Cathedral, St. Alban’s, England

Abbey, St. Alban’s, England

Building History
1877Became cathedral
Organ History
Built by Bernard Smith
1820Moved from St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East, Billingsgate, City of London, London, England and added swell organ by John Byfield
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 800
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
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Organ History
1861Built by Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 800

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
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Organ History
1907Restored & enlarged by Abbott & Smith
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
449-12-

I. Choir ( CC-a3 58 notes)
Unenclosed (Pneumatic)
1.Open Diapason8' Abbott & Smith
2.Cone Gamba8' 
3.Dulciana8' Abbott & Smith
4.Gemshorn4' 
5.Wald Flute4' 
Enclosed (Pneumatic)
6.Lieblich Gedact8' 
7.Flautina2' 
8.Corno di Bassetto16' Abbott & Smith
9.Cremona8' 
iChoir Super-Octave  
iiChoir Sub-Octave  
iiiSwell to Choir  
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
10.Double Open Diapason16' 
11.Open Diapason I8' Abbott & Smith
12.Open Diapason II8' 
13.Open Diapason III8' 
14.Stopped Diapason8' 
15.Gamba8' 
16.Dulciana8' Abbott & Smith
17.Harmonic Flute4' 
18.Octave4' 
19.Fifteenth2' 
20.MixtureIII 
21.Posaune8' Abbott & Smith
22.Clarion4' Abbott & Smith
ivSwell to Great  
vChoir to Great  
viSolo to Great  
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
23.Lieblich Bourdon16' 
24.Open Diapason8' 
25.Violin Diapason8' Abbott & Smith
26.Rohr Gedact8' 
27.Viol d’Orchestra8' Abbott & Smith
28.Voix Celestes8'(tenor c)
29.Octave4' 
30.Fifteenth2' 
31.MixtureIII 
32.Double Trumpet16' 
33.Horn8' Abbott & Smith
34.Oboe8' 
35.Clarion4' Abbott & Smith
36.Tremulant  
viiSwell Super-Octave  
viiiSwell Sub-Octave  
IV. Solo ( CC-a3 58 notes)
Enclosed (Pneumatic)
37.Doppel Flöte8' 
38.Concert Flute4' 
39.French Horn8' 
40.Orchestral Oboe8' 
41.Cor Anglais8' 
Unenclosed (Pneumatic)
42.Tuba8' 
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-F 30 notes)
43.Sub-Bass32' Abbott & Smith
44.Harmonic Bass32' Abbott & Smith
45.Open Diapason16' 
46.Violone16' 
47.Bourdon16' 
48.Octave8' 
49.Bass Flute8' Abbott & Smith
50.Trombone16' 
ixGreat to Pedal  
xSwell to Pedal  
xiChoir to Pedal  
xiiSolo to Pedal  


List of Organists
1498Robert Fairfax (1464-1521)
c1529Henry Besteney
1820-31Thomas Fowler
1831-33Edwin Theodore Nicholls (1795-1863)
1833-37Thomas Fowler
1837-46Thomas Brooks
1846-55John Brooks
1855-58William Simmons
1858-79John Stocks Booth (1828-1879)
1880-1907George Gaffe (1849-1907)
1907-30Willie L. Luttman (1874-1930)
1918-19T. H. Croxall (1893-1958)
1930-37Cuthbert E. Osmond (1904-1937)
1936-37Kenneth F. Malcolmson (1911-)
1937-47Albert Tysoe (1884-1962)
1947-49A. Meredith Davies (1922-2005)
1951-57Peter Burton (1916-1957)
1958-78Peter Hurford (1930-2018)
1967-68Simon Preston (1938-2022)
1978-85Stephen Darlington (1952-)
1985-88Colin Walsh
1988-98Barry Rose (1934-)
1998-Andrew Lucas

List of Assistant Organists
1908-09John Cawley (1881-)
1913-18Alleyne Warren (1881-1945)
1921-30George C. Straker (1899-1973)
1936-39Sydney John Barlow (1919-1976)
1940-47Stanley Lord Milnes (1915-)
1945-51Frederick G. Carter (1913-)
1951-70John Henry Freeman (1908-)
Anthony Jennings (1945-1995)
1970-75Simon Lindley (1948-)
1975-76John Clough
1976-2001Andrew Parnell (1954-)
2001-08Simon Johnson
2008-Tom Winpenny

List of Organ Scholars
Alexander Woodrow (1986-)