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Details of St. Michael’s (Chester Square), Belgravia, Westminster, London, England

(Belgravia)


Organ History
1847Built by T. J. Robson
Status
Unknown
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877.

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
336375-

I. Choir ( CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Dulciana8 
2.Viol di Gamba8 
3.Stopped Diapason, Treble8 
4.Stopped Diapason, Bass8 
5.Principal4 
6.Flute4 
7.Fifteenth2 
8.Furniture1 1/3 
9.Bassoon Throughout8 
10.Clarionet and Corno di Bassetto8 
iSwell to Choir  
II. Great ( CC-g3 56 notes)
11.Double Stopped Diapason16 
12.Open Diapason8 
13.Stopped Diapason8 
14.Principal4 
15.Flute4 
16.Twelfth2 2/3 
17.Fifteenth2 
18.Piccolo2 
19.Sesquialtera1 1/3 
20.Mixture2/3 
21.Trumpet8 
22.Clarion4 
iiSwell to Great  
III. Swell ( CC-g3 56 notes)
23.Double Dulciana16 
24.Open Diapason8 
25.Stopped Diapason8 
26.Principal4 
27.Celestina4 
28.Twelfth2 2/3 
29.Fifteenth2 
30.Mixture1 1/3 
31.Double Bassoon16 
32.Horn8 
33.Hautboy8 
34.Clarion4 
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
35.Open Diapason16 
36.Stopped Diapason16 
37.Trombone16 
iiiPedal Octave  
ivGreat to Pedal  
vChoir to Pedal  

Organ History
1899Built by Hope-Jones
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912.
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921.

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
435-26EP



List of Organists
1846John Hopkins (1822-1900)
Charles Garland Verrinder (1834-1904)
Walter H. Sangster (1835-1899)
1861Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Franklin Taylor (1843-1919)
1889-96Edward Naylor (1867-1934)
E. G. Mercer (1873-1926)
1902-22T. J. Crawford (1877-1955)
1923-49Reginald Goss-Custard (1877-1956)
1948-G. J. Metzler (1896-1957)
1953-Guy H. Eldridge (1904-1976)

List of Assistant Organists
1900Charles Edgcome Richards (1880-1956)
Edgar Smith (1878-)