Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | St. Michael’s-Cornhill, City of London, London, England

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Details of St. Michael’s-Cornhill, City of London, London, England

Organ History
c1555	Repaired by Thomas Howe
Sources
The Musical Times 943

1684

Organ History
1684	Built by Renatus Harris
1790	Rebuilt by Green
1849	Rebuilt by Robson
1868	EP action by Bryceson
Status
Rebuilt
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
3	35	35	6	T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Dulcian	8'
2.	Viol di Gamba	8'
3.	Stopped Diapason	8'
4.	Principal	4'
5.	Flute	4'	Metal.
6.	Fifteenth	2'
7.	Bassoon	8'
8.	Clarionet	8'
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
9.	Double Open Diapason	16'	Metal.
10.	Large Open Diapason	8'
11.	Open Diapason	8'
12.	Stopped Diapason	8'
13.	Principal	4'
14.	Wald Flute	4'
15.	Twelfth	3'
16.	Fifteenth	2'
17.	Sesquialtera	IV (2')
18.	Mixture	IV (1')
19.	Trumpet	8'
20.	Clarion	4'
ii	Swell to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
21.	Double Open Diapason	16'
22.	Open Diapason	8'
23.	Dulcian	8'
24.	Stopped Diapason	8'
25.	Principal	4'
26.	Fifteenth	2'
27.	Piccolo	2'
28.	Sesquialtera	III (1 ³/₅')
29.	Mixture	II (²/₃')
30.	Oboe	8'
31.	Horn	8'
32.	Clarion	4'
Pedal (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
33.	Open Diapason	16'
34.	Stopped Diapason	16'
35.	Trombone	16'
iii	Great to Pedal
iv	Choir to Pedal
v	Swell to Pedal
vi	Pedal octave

1885

Organ History
1885	Rebuilt by Hill
1901	Rebuilt by Hill
1914	Rebuilt by Hill
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	38	-	8	P

1926

Organ History
1926	Rushworth & Dreaper
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	45	-	15	-

List of Organists
	Matthew Morley
1684-99	Isaac Blackwell (-1699)
1699-1704	Walter Holt
1704-23	Philip Hart (1674-1749)
1723-34	Obadiah Shuttleworth (1675-1735)
1734-36	Joseph Kelway (1702-1782)
1736-68	William Boyce (1710-1779)
1768-81	Theodore Aylward (1730-1801)
1781-1810	Richard Stevens (1757-1837)
1810-49	George William Arnull (-1852)
1849-75	Richard Limpus (1824-1875)
1875-91	Edward H. Thorne (1834-1916)
1891-1900	W. John Reynolds (1861-1922)
1900-16	George F. Vincent (1855-1928)
1916-66	Harold Darke (1888-1976)
1966-79	Richard Popplewell (1935-2016)
1979-	Jonathan Rennert
	Lee Ward (1968-)

List of Assistant Organists
	James Hills
	Jonathan Bunney
	Alistair Reid
	Robert Smith
	John Hatton
	Ross Cobb
	James Cryer
	Nigel Thomas
	Andrew Lucas
	Ducan Ferguson
	Adrian Lenthall
c1865	F. Haydn Blackbee (1847-1925)
	Herbert Thorne (1861-1940)
1930-32	Ena Margaret Barrett (1907-1996)
	Myron D. Casner (1908-1992)
	David Patrick (1934-)

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