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Details of City Temple (Congregational), Holborn Viaduct, City of London, London, England

(Holborn Viaduct)

Organ History
	Built by Forster & Andrews
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
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	32	32	6	T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Violin Diapason	8'	metal.
2.	Lieblich Gedact	8'	wood.
3.	Dulciana	8'	metal.
4.	Flauto Traverso	4'	metal.
5.	Flautino	2'	metal.
6.	Clarionet	8'	metal.
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
7.	Double Open Diapason	16'	metal.
8.	Open Diapason Major	8'	metal.
9.	Open Diapason Minor	8'	metal.
10.	Hohlflote	8'	wood.
11.	Principal	4'	metal.
12.	Harmonic Flute	4'	metal.
13.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	metal.
14.	Fifteenth	2'
15.	Mixture	V	metal.
16.	Posaune	8'	metal.
17.	Clarion	4'	metal.
ii	Swell to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
18.	Lieblich Bourdon	16'	wood.
19.	Open Diapason	8'	wood and metal.
20.	Gamba	8'	wood and metal.
21.	Viol d’Amour	8'	metal.
22.	Principal	4'	metal.
23.	Harmonic Piccolo	2'	metal.
24.	Mixture	III	metal.
25.	Horn	8'	metal.
26.	Oboe	8'	metal.
27.	Clarion	3'	metal.
iii	Swell Octave
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
28.	Large Open Diapason	16'	wood.
29.	Bourdon	16'	wood.
30.	Quint	10 ²/₃'	wood.
31.	Violoncello	8'	wood.
32.	Trombone	16'	wood and metal.
iv	Swell to Pedals
v	Great to Pedals
vi	Choir to Pedals

1919

Organ History
1919	Enlarged by Rutt
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	47	-	10	T/P

1923

Organ History
1923	Rutt
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
The Musical Times 970

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	54	-	24	-

List of Organists
1876-93	Ebenezer Minshall (1845-1933)
1915-28	Allan Brown (1884-1969)
1957-	Eric Thiman (1900-1975)

List of Assistant Organists
1928-29	Lillie Aileen Brandsden (1905-)
	Kenneth John Dearle Abbott (1919-2002)

List of Other Organists
1906-13	William Henry Brown (1882-)
	Spencer Shaw (1897-1965)

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