Organ Biography > Organs > England > London > Westminster > Abbey
Details of Abbey, Westminster, London, England
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1596 | Built by John Chapington |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
1730
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1660 | Built by Bernard Smith |
| 1730 | Built by Schrider & Jordan |
| 1848 | Rebuilt by Hill |
| Status | |
| Rebuilt | |
| Sources | |
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 | 38 | 38 | 5 | - |
| I. Choir ( CC-F 54 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason | ||
| 2. | Hohl Flute | ||
| 3. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 4. | Principal | ||
| 5. | Flute | ||
| 6. | Cromorne | ||
| II. Great ( CC-F 54 notes) | |||
| 7. | Double Diapason | ||
| 8. | Open Diapason | ||
| 9. | Open Diapason | ||
| 10. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 11. | Principal | ||
| 12. | Principal | ||
| 13. | Stopped Flote | ||
| 14. | Twelfth | ||
| 15. | Fifteenth | ||
| 16. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 17. | Mixture | ||
| 18. | Double Trumpet | ||
| 19. | Posaune | ||
| 20. | Clarion | ||
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| III. Swell ( CC-F 54 notes) | |||
| 21. | Double Diapason | ||
| 22. | Open Diapason | ||
| 23. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 24. | Principal | ||
| 25. | Fifteenth | ||
| 26. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 27. | Contra Fagotto | ||
| 28. | Cornopean | ||
| 29. | Hautboy | ||
| 30. | Clarion | ||
| IV. Solo ( CC-G 56 notes) | |||
| 31. | Bourdon | 8 | |
| 32. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 33. | Harmonic Flute | 8 | |
| 34. | Tuba Mirabilis | 8 | |
| 35. | Vox humana | 8 | |
| 36. | Orchestral Oboe | 8 | |
| Pedal | |||
| 37. | Great Open Diapason | 32 | |
| 38. | Open Diapason | 16 | |
| ii | Great to Pedal | ||
| iii | Great octave to Pedal | ||
| iv | Choir to Pedal | ||
| v | Swell octave to Pedal | ||
1895
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1895 | Rebuilt by Hill |
| Status | |
| Rebuilt | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 78 | - | 22 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1549 | John Howe |
| 1562-69 | John Taylor |
| 1575-1606 | Henry Leeve |
| 1621-23 | John Parsons (-1623) |
| 1625-32 | Thomas Day (-1654) |
| 1642-44 | Thomas Warwick (-1644) |
| 1666-68 | Albertus Bryan (1621-1668) |
| 1668-79 | John Blow (1649-1708) |
| 1679-95 | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) |
| 1695-1708 | John Blow (1649-1708) |
| 1762-93 | Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793) |
| 1793-1802 | Samuel Arnold (1740-1802) |
| 1802-14 | Robert Cooke (1768-1814) |
| 1814-19 | George Ebenezer Williams (1783-1819) |
| 1819-31 | Thomas Greatorex (1758-1831) |
| 1831-82 | James Turle (1802-1882) |
| 1882-1919 | Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) |
| 1919-28 | Sydney H. Nicholson (1875-1947) |
| 1928-41 | Ernest Bullock (1890-1979) |
| 1963-81 | Douglas Guest (1916-1996) |
| 1988-99 | Martin Neary (1940-) |
| 1999 | Martin Baker (1967-) |
| 2000- | James O’Donnell |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Peter Holder | |
| Geoffrey Morgan | |
| 1774 | Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793) |
| 1800-05 | George Ebenezer Williams (1783-1819) |
| John Scott (1776-1815) | |
| 1819-31 | James Turle (1802-1882) |
| 1845-47 | C. E. C. Willing (1830-1904) |
| 1860-75 | Charles S. Jekyll (1842-1914) |
| 1875-82 | Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) |
| Frank J. Sawyer (1857-1908) | |
| 1889-1916 | Walter G. Alcock (1861-1947) |
| 1895-1904 | Wilfrid Ernest Sanderson (1878-1935) |
| 1899-1904 | T. J. Crawford (1877-1955) |
| F. Hubert Belton (1894-1975) | |
| Osborne Harold Peasgood (1902-1962) | |
| 1947-50 | Hugh Marchant (1916-) |
| 1967- | Timothy Farrell (1943-) |
| 1968 | David Bruce-Payne (1945-) |
| Stephen Cleobury (1948-2019) | |
| Harry Bicket (1961-) | |
| 1988-92 | Andrew Lumsden (1962-) |
| 1992-99 | Martin Baker (1967-) |
| 1999 | Robert Quinney (1976-) |
| Daniel Cook (1979-) | |
| 2004-13 | Robert Quinney (1976-) |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| Meirion Wynn Jones | |
| James Cryer | |
| Daniel Cook (1979-) | |
| 2007-08 | Benjamin Chewter (1983-) |
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