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Details of Minster (Collegiate Church of St. John), Beverley, England

Organ History
1769	Built by Snetzler
1846	Enlarged by Hill
1884	Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill
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
4	56	56	9	T/P

I. Choir (Tracker CC-a3)
1.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
2.	Stopped Diapason	8'	metal. Snetzler
3.	Dulciana	8'	metal.
4.	Gamba	8'	metal.
5.	Flute	4'	wood.
6.	Principal	4'	metal.
7.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
8.	Sesquialtera	III	metal.
9.	Cremona	8'	metal.
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Tracker CC-a3)
10.	Double Open Diapason	16'	metal.
11.	Diapason I	8'	metal.
12.	Diapason II	8'	metal.
13.	Diapason III	8'	metal.
14.	Stopped Diapason	8'	metal. Snetzler
15.	Clarabella	8'	wood.
16.	Wald Flute	4'	wood.
17.	Principal	4'	metal.
18.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	metal.
19.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
20.	Sesquialtera	III	metal.
21.	Mixture	IV	metal.
22.	Grand Posaune	8'	metal.
23.	Clarion	4'	metal.
ii	Solo to Great
iii	Swell to Great
iv	Choir Octave to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3)
24.	Bourdon	16'	wood.
25.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
26.	Stopped Diapason	8'	metal. Snetzler
27.	Gemshorn	8'	metal.
28.	Keraulophon	8'	metal.
29.	Vox Angelica	8'	metal.
30.	Celestina	4'	wood.
31.	Gemshorn	4'	metal.
32.	Principal	4'	metal.
33.	Nazard	2 ²/₃'	metal.
34.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
35.	Sesquialtera	IV	metal.
36.	Double Bassoon	16'	metal.
37.	Oboe	8'	metal.
38.	Horn	8'	metal.
39.	Trumpet	8'	metal.
40.	Clarion	4'	metal.
v	Swell Octave
IV. Solo (Pneumatic CC-a3)
41.	Hohl Flute	8'	wood.
42.	Lieblich Flute	4'	metal.
43.	Flageolet	2'	wood.
44.	Orchestral Oboe	8'	metal.
45.	Vox Humana	8'	metal.
46.	Cor Anglais	8'	metal.
47.	Tuba Mirabilis	16'	metal.
48.	Tuba Mirabilis	8'	metal.
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-F)
49.	Double Open Diapason	32'	wood.
50.	Open Diapason	16'	wood.
51.	Violone	16'	metal.
52.	Violoncello	8'	wood.
53.	Bass Flute	8'	woodl.
54.	Principal	8'	metal.
55.	Fifteenth	4'	metal.
56.	Grand Posaune	16'	metal.
vi	Solo to Pedal
vii	Swell to Pedal
viii	Great to Pedal
ix	Choir

Organ History
1916	Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill
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
4	63	-	19	P

List of Organists
1769-76	Matthias Hawdon (1732-1787)
1779-1818	George Lambert (-1818)
1818-74	George J. Lambert (1794-1880)
	G. French Flowers (1811-1872)
1874-75	Langdon Colborne (1835-1889)
1875-76	Arthur H. Mann (1850-1929)
1876-1933	John Camidge (1853-1939)
1934-38	Herbert Kennedy Andrews (1904-1965)
1938-56	John Long (1908-)
1956-61	David Ingate
1962-66	Peter Fletcher (1936-)
1967-2009	Alan Spedding (1938-2014)
1996-2010	Colin Wright

List of Assistant Organists
	James Archer
1939-42	Gordon Reynolds (1921-1995)
1948-50	Wallace Ross (1920-2010)
1967-69	G. Geoffrey Pearce
1990-93	Andrew Dibb
	Marcus Wibberley (1981-)

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