Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | St. Mary-Abbot’s (Kensington Parish Church), Church Street, Kensington, London, England

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Details of St. Mary-Abbot’s (Kensington Parish Church), Church Street, Kensington, London, England

Organ History
1716	Built by Christopher Schrider
1730	Added swell by John Harris
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

1872

Organ History
1872	Built by Hill
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	38	38	5	-

I. Choir ( CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Open Diapason	8'	Metal.
2.	Dulciana	8'	Metal.
3.	Gedact	8'	Wood.
4.	Gemshorn	4'	Metal.
5.	Wald Flute	4'	Wood.
6.	Flautina	2'	Metal.
7.	Clarionet	8'	Metal.
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great ( CC-g3 56 notes)
8.	Double Diapason	16'	Wood and metal.
9.	Open Diapason, No. 1	8'	Wood and metal.
10.	Open Diapason, No. 2	8'	Wood and metal.
11.	Gamba	8'	Wood and metal.
12.	Stopped Diapason	8'	Wood.
13.	Principal	4'	Metal.
14.	Harmonic Flute	4'	Metal.
15.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	Metal.
16.	Fifteenth	2'	Metal.
17.	Mixture	IV	Metal.
18.	Posaune	8'	Metal.
19.	Clarion	8'	Metal.
ii	Swell to Great
III. Swell ( CC-g3 56 notes)
20.	Bourdon	16'	Wood.
21.	Open Diapason	8'	Metal.
22.	Salicional	8'	Metal.
23.	Stopped Diapason	8'	Wood.
24.	Principal	4'	Metal.
25.	Suabe Flute	4'	Wood.
26.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	Metal.
27.	Fifteenth	2'	Metal.
28.	Mixture	IV	Metal.
29.	Horn	8'	Metal.
30.	Oboe	8'	Metal.
31.	Clarion	4'	Metal.
Pedal ( CCC-F 30 notes)
32.	Sub-Bourdon	32'	Wood.
33.	Open Diapason	16'	Wood.
34.	Violone	16'	Wood.
35.	Bourdon	16'	Wood.
36.	Principal	8'	Metal.
37.	Fifteenth	4'	Metal.
38.	Trombone	16'	Wood.
iii	Great to Pedal
iv	Choir to Pedal
v	Swell to Pedal

1892

Organ History
1892	Restored by Hill
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	46	-	9	EP

1924

Organ History
1924	Hill, Norman & Beard
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	51	-	20	-

List of Organists
	Henry Whitney
1840-47	Olivia Buckley (1799-1847)
1871	Hamilton Clarke (1840-1912)
1872-	George Bird (1811-1894)
1872-1915	Henry R. Bird (1842-1915)
	Arthur J. Barth (1850-1905)
1916-	Frederick Gregson Shuttleworth (1866-1942)
	Wilfrid Elmar Smith (1916-)
1942-	Glanville Hopkins (1877-1963)

List of Assistant Organists
1885	Herbert Hodge (1869-1947)
1890-1916	Frederick Gregson Shuttleworth (1866-1942)
1916-	William G. Ross (1881-1928)
1916-18	Henry H. Wingfield (1893-1965)

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