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Details of St. Paul’s Cathedral, City of London, London, England

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England

Organ History
	Built by William Beton
Status
Unknown

1697

Organ History
1697	Built by Bernard Smith
Status
Rebuilt
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”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
2	-	-	-	-

1856

Organ History
1853	Built by Hill & Son
1856	Moved from Panopticon, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England by
	Moved to Victoria Rooms, Bristol, England by Bryceson Brothers
Status
Rebuilt
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”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	63	63	5	-

I. Choir
1.	Bourdon	16
2.	Gamba	8
3.	Open Diapason	8
4.	Stopped Diapason	8
5.	Octave	4
6.	Stopped Flute	4
7.	Octave Quint	2 2/3
8.	Super-octave	2
9.	Sesquialtera
10.	Flageolet	2
11.	Bassoon Bass
12.	Clarionet Treble	8
13.	Trumpet	8
II. Great
14.	Double Open Diapason	16
15.	Open Diapason	8
16.	Open Diapason, No. 2	8
17.	Stopped Diapason	8
18.	Salicional	8
19.	Octave	4
20.	Wald Flute	4
21.	Octave Quint	2 2/3
22.	Super-octave	2
23.	Sesquialtera
24.	Mixture
25.	Furniture
26.	Trumpet	16
27.	Posaune	8
28.	Trumpet	8
29.	Clarion	4
i	Swell to Great
ii	Choir to Great
III. Swell
30.	Bourdon	16
31.	Open Diapason	8
32.	Salicional	8
33.	Stopped Diapason	8
34.	Octave	4
35.	Suabe Flute	4
36.	Octave Quint	2 2/3
37.	Super-octave	2
38.	Sesquialtera
39.	Cornopean	8
40.	Trumpet	8
41.	Hautboy	8
42.	Clarion	4
IV. Solo
43.	1. Grand Tuba Mirabilis	8
44.	2. Do. Clarion	4
45.	Piccolo	2
46.	Doublette	2
47.	Vox Angelica	8
48.	Claribel	8
49.	Harmonic Flute	4
50.	Krum Horn	8
51.	Vox Humana	8
Pedal
52.	Double Open Diapason	32
53.	Open Diapason	16
54.	Open Diapason	16
55.	Bourdon	16
56.	Octave	8
57.	Octave Quint	5 1/3
58.	Super-octave	4
59.	Sesquialtera	2 2/3
60.	Trombone	16
61.	Octave Trombone	8
62.	Drums
iii	Pedal to Choir
iv	Pedal to Swell
v	Pedal to Solo
63.	Pedal to Great

1874

Organ History
1874	Built by Willis
Status
Rebuilt
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”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	52	52	9	-

I. Choir ( CC-A 58)
1.	Bourdon	16
2.	Open Diapason	8
3.	Dulciana	8
4.	Violoncello	8
5.	Claribel Flute	8
6.	Lieblich Gedact	8
7.	Flute harmonique	4
8.	Principal	4
9.	Flageolet	2
10.	Corno-di-Bassetto	8
11.	Cor Anglais	8
II. Great ( CC-A 58)
12.	Double Diapason	16
13.	Open Diapason	8
14.	Open Diapason	8
15.	Claribel Flute	8
16.	Quint	5 1/3
17.	Flute harmonique	4
18.	Principal	4
19.	Octave Quint	2 2/3
20.	Super Octave	2
21.	Fourniture
22.	Mixture
23.	Trombone	16
24.	Tromba	8
25.	Clarion	4
i	Solo to Great
ii	Choir to Great
iii	Swell sub-octave to Great
iv	Swell to Great
v	Swell octave to Great
III. Swell ( CC-A 58)
26.	Contra Gamba	16
27.	Open Diapason	16
28.	Lieblich Gedact	8
29.	Salicional	8
30.	Vox Angelica	8
31.	Principal	4
32.	Fifteenth	2
33.	Echo Cornet
34.	Contra Posaune	16
35.	Cornopean	8
36.	Hautboy	8
37.	Clarion	4
IV. Solo ( CC-A 58)
38.	Flute Harmonic	8
39.	Concert Flute	4
40.	Corno-di-Bassetto	8
41.	Oboe	8
42.	Tuba Major	8
43.	Clarion	4
Pedal ( CC-F 30)
44.	Double Open Diapason	32
45.	Open Diapason	16
46.	Violone	16
47.	Violoncello	8
48.	Octave	8
49.	Mixture
50.	Contra Posaune	32
51.	Grand Bombard	16
52.	Clarion	8
vi	Swell to Pedal
vii	Great to Pedal
viii	Choir to Pedal
ix	Solo to Pedal

1900

Organ History
1900	Rebuilt by Willis
Status
Rebuilt
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912.
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
5	76	-	26	-

List of Organists
1530-47	John Redford (1491-1547)
1547-	Philip ap Rhys
1551-82	Sebastrian Westcott (-1582)
1573	Henry Mudd
1582-90	Thomas Giles
c1591-92	Thomas Morley (1557-1604)
1598	Thomas Harrold
1622-c1638	John Tomkins (1586-1638)
1638-66	Albertus Bryan (1621-1668)
1687-93	John Blow (1649-1708)
1687-99	Isaac Blackwell (-1699)
1695-1707	Jeremiah Clarke (1669-1707)
	Jane Wren (1676-1702)
1707-18	Richard Brind (-1718)
	Charles King (1687-1748)
1718-55	Maurice Greene (1696-1755)
1755-96	John Jones (1728-1796)
1796-1838	Thomas Attwood (1765-1838)
1838-72	John Goss (1800-1880)
1872-88	John Stainer (1840-1901)
1888-1916	George Martin (1844-1916)
1916-27	Charles Macpherson (1870-1927)
1927-36	Stanley Marchant (1883-1949)
1936-67	J. Dykes Bower (1905-1981)
1968-90	Christopher Dearnley (1930-2000)
1990-2004	John Scott (1956-2015)
2004-07	Malcolm Archer (1952-)
2008-	Simon Johnson
2011	Simon Hogan

List of Assistant Organists
1805	Joseph Hart (1794-1844)
	Charles Stokes (1784-1839)
1838-43	George Cooper (1783-1843)
1843-76	George Cooper (1820-1876)
1876-88	George Martin (1844-1916)
1888-95	William Hodge (1861-1895)
1888-95	Herbert Hodge (1869-1947)
1895-1916	Charles Macpherson (1870-1927)
1916-27	Stanley Marchant (1883-1949)
1917-19	Reginald Yarrow (1874-1961)
1927-46	Douglas Hopkins (1902-1992)
1946-74	W. Harry Gabb (1909-1995)
1956-58	Derek Holman (1931-)
1958-66	Richard Popplewell (1935-2016)
1974-88	Barry Rose (1934-)
1985-90	John Scott (1956-2015)
1990-98	Andrew Lucas
1998-2007	Huw Williams
2008-14	Timothy Wakerell
2014-17	Peter Holder
2018-	William Fox

List of Organ Scholars
	Andrew Shenton
	Martin Cooke
	Gareth Green
	Stuart Nicholson
1975	John Dexter
1978	Ian Sadler
1979-82	Simon Lole (1957-)
1980-84	Roger Sayer
1980-85	Andrew Lucas
	Mark Blatchly (1960-)
1989	Lee Ward (1968-)
1990	David Whitehead
1992	Fraser Simpson
1992-2000	Richard Moorhouse
1993	Huw Williams
1997	Simon Johnson
	Lionel Fothrington (1973-)
1998-2000	Benjamin Nicholas
2000	Nicholas Chalmers
2001-03	Thomas Corns
2003-05	Ducan Ferguson
2005	James Kennerly
2006-08	James Mc Vinnie
2008-10	Tim Harper
2010	Donald Hunt
2012	Richard Moore
2014	Rachel Mahon
2016	Joseph Beech (1994-)
2017	Nicholas Freestone
2018	James Orford

List of Other Organists
c1614	Martin Peerson (1571-1650)
c1624-1637	Adrian Batten (1585-1637)
1812	William Hawes (1785-1846)
1953-56	Gerald Wheeler
1966-67	Timothy Farrell (1943-)
1967-74	Christopher Herrick (1942-)
1978-85	John Scott (1956-2015)
1985-90	Andrew Lucas
1990-91	Martin Baker (1967-)
2000-06	Mark Williams
2006-08	Tom Winpenny

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