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Details of Brompton Oratory, Brompton Road, Kensington, London, England

Building History
1880Tempory iron building
1884New building finished

Tempory organ

Organ History
1880Built by Bishop
1885Moved to St. Patrick’s (R.C.) Cathedral, Wyndham Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Status
Moved
Sources
The National Pipe Organ Register

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
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Organ History
1858Built by Bishop & Starr
1880Moved to storage by Bishop & Starr
1884Installed in new building by Bishop & Starr
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

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
4485710T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-a3 58 notes)
1.Bourdon (bass)16'
2.Sub-Dulciana (tenor)16'
3.Open Diapason (tenor)8'
4.Dulciana8'
5.Stopped Diapason (bass)8'
6.Metallic Flute (tenor)8'
7.Viol di Gamba (tenor)8'
8.Principal4'
9.German Flute4'
10.Hohl flute4'
11.Fifteenth2'
12.Piccolo2'
13.Dulciana mixtureIII
14.Bassoon (bass)8'
15.Bassoon (tenor)8'
16.Cremona (tenor)8'
iSwell to Choir
II. Great (Tracker CC-a3 58 notes)
17.Sub Open Diapason16'metal.
18.Open Diapason8'
19.Bell Diapason8'
20.Clarabella8'
21.Stop Diapason8'
22.Principal4'
23.Wald Flute4'
24.Harmonic Flute8'
25.Twelfth2 2/3'
26.Fifteenth2'
27.Block Flute2'
28.SesquialteraIV
29.MixtureIII
30.Posaune8'
31.Clarion4'
iiSolo to Great
iiiSwell to Great
ivChoir to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-a3 58 notes)
32.Double Diapason16'
33.Bell Diapason8'
34.Salicional8'
35.Stopped clarionette Flute8'
36.Principal8'
37.Keraulophon4'
38.Fifteenth2'
39.SesquialteraIII
40.MixtureIII
41.Contra Fagotto16'
42.Cornopean8'
43.Hautboy8'
44.Clarion4'
45.Tremulant
vSolo to Swell
IV. Solo (Tracker CC-a3 58 notes)
46.Tuba8'
47.Flute Harmonique8'
48.Octave Tuba4'prepared
Pedal (Tracker CCC-e 29 notes)
49.spare32'prepared
50.Open Diapason16'metal.
51.Open Diapason16'wood.
52.Violon16'
53.Bourdon16'
54.Principal8'
55.Stopped flute8'
56.Fifteenth4'
57.SesquialteraII
58.MixtureII
59.Bombardone16'
60.Clarion8'
viSolo to Pedal
viiSwell to Pedal
viiiGreat to Pedal
ixChoir to Pedal
xPedal octave
Organ History
1904Rebuilt by Walker
1914Rebuilt by Walker
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
456-14-


List of Organists
35 yearsWilliam Pitts (1829-)
1882-93Thomas Wingham (1846-1893)
-1893Ernest O. Kiver (1864-1945)
1893-1935Arthur Barclay (1869-1943)
1899-1935Edward d’Evry (1869-1950)
1936-77Ralph Downes (1904-1993)
1977-99Patrick Russill
1999-2011John Mc Greal
2011-Matthew Martin (1976-)

List of Assistant Organists
1893-99Edward d’Evry (1869-1950)
1943-45Alan Hooper (1922-)
Neil Wright (1956-)

List of Organ Scholars
Joseph Beech (1994-)