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Details of Chapel Royal (St. James), Westminster, London, England

1710

Organ History
1710	Built by Christopher Schrider
1819	Removed
Status
Destroyed
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

1866

Organ History
1866	Built by Hill
1900	Modified by Hill
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	27	-	6	P

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Open Diapason	8'	Metal.
2.	Dulciana	8'	(Gamut g)
3.	Lieblich Gedact	8'	Wood.
4.	Gemshorn	4'	Metal.
5.	Suabe Flute	4'	Wood.
6.	Clarionet	8'	(Tenor C)
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes)
7.	Open Diapason	8'	Metal.
8.	Cone Gamba	8'	Metal.
9.	Stopped Diapason and Clarabella	8'	Wood.
10.	Principal	4'	Metal.
11.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	Metal.
12.	Fifteenth	2'	Metal.
13.	Mixture	II	Metal.
14.	Trumpet	8'	Metal.
ii	Swell to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes)
15.	Lieblich Bourdon	16'	Wood.
16.	Open Diapason	8'	Metal.
17.	Keraulophon	8'	Metal.
18.	Stopped Diapason	8'	Wood.
19.	Principal	4'	Metal.
20.	Celestina	4'	Metal.
21.	Fifteenth	2'	Metal.
22.	Mixture	III	Metal.
23.	Horn	8'	Metal.
24.	Oboe	8'	Metal.
iii	Super-Octave
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-f 30 notes)
25.	Open Diapason	16'	Wood.
26.	Bourdon	16'	Wood.
27.	Violon	8'	Wood.
iv	Great to Pedal
v	Choir to Pedal
vi	Swell to Pedal

1925

Organ History
1925	Built by Hill, Norman & Beard
Sources
The Musical Times 985

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	30	26	12	P

I. Choir
1.	Gamba	8'
2.	Dulciana	8'
3.	Gedackt	8'
4.	Lieblich Flute	4'
5.	Clarinet	8'
6.	Tromba	8'
7.	Tremulant
i	Super-Octave
ii	Unison Off
iii	Sub-Octave
iv	Swell to Choir
II. Great
8.	Open Diapason I	8'
9.	Open Diapason II	8'
10.	Hohl Flute	8'
11.	Octave	4'
12.	Harmonic Flute	4'
13.	Tromba	8'
v	Swell to Great
vi	Choir to Great
III. Swell
14.	Contra Gamba	16'
15.	Open Diapason	8'
16.	Viol d’Amour	8'
17.	Rohr Flute	8'
18.	Vox Angelica	8'
19.	Gemshorn	4'
20.	Suabe Flute	4'
21.	Dulciana Mixture
22.	Contra Faggoto	16'	Units [SW:FG]
23.	Horn	8'
24.	Oboe	8'
25.	Tremulant
vii	Super-Octave
viii	Unison Off
ix	Sub-Octave
Pedal
26.	Sub-Bourdon	32'	Units [PD:BD]
27.	Open Diapason	16'
28.	Dulciana	16'	Units [PD:DL]
29.	Bourdon	16'	Units [PD:BD]
30.	Dolce	8'	Units [PD:DL]
31.	Bass Flute	8'	Units [PD:BD]
32.	Contra Faggoto	16'	Units [SW:FG]
x	Swell to Pedal
xi	Great to Pedal
xii	Choir to Pedal

Unit	Division	Rank	Footage	Pipes	I. Choir	II. Great	III. Swell	Pedal
PD:DL	Pedal	Dulciana	16					16, 8
PD:BD	Pedal	Bourdon	32					32, 16, 8
SW:FG	Swell	Faggoto	16				16	16

List of Organists
1660-76	Christopher Gibbons (1615-1676)
1660-82	Edward Lowe (1610-1682)
1676-1708	John Blow (1649-1708)
1682-95	Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
1697-1704	Francis Pigott (-1704)
1704-07	Jeremiah Clarke (1669-1707)
1707-27	William Croft (1678-1727)
1708-36	John Weldon (1676-1736)
1727-55	Maurice Greene (1696-1755)
1736-37	Jonathan Martin (1715-1737)
1737-58	John Travers (1703-1758)
1756-83	James Nares (1715-1783)
1758-79	William Boyce (1710-1779)
1779-96	Thomas Dupuis (1733-1796)
1780-1805	Edmund Ayrton (1734-1808)
1782	John Stanley (1713-1786)
	Charles Wesley (1757-1834)
1783-1802	Samuel Arnold (1740-1802)
1796-1822	Charles Knyvett (1752-1822)
1802-36	John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)
1822-67	George T. Smart (1776-1867)
1836-38	Thomas Attwood (1765-1838)
1838-56	John Bernard Sale (1779-1856)
1856-76	George Cooper (1820-1876)
1876-91	Charles S. Jekyll (1842-1914)
1891-1902	William Creser (1844-1933)
1902-16	Walter G. Alcock (1861-1947)
1917-19	Charles Harford Lloyd (1849-1919)
1919-54	Stanley Roper (1878-1953)
1954-74	W. Harry Gabb (1909-1995)
1957-58	John Anthony Birch (1929-2012)
1974-79	Timothy Farrell (1943-)
1979-2000	Richard Popplewell (1935-2016)
2000-	Andrew Gant (1963-)
2004-07	Joseph Nolan

List of Assistant Organists
	Huw Williams
	Martin Noble
1704-07	William Croft (1678-1727)
	Charles Stroud (1705-1726)
	Jonathan Battishill (1738-1801)
1803-	Charles Smith (1786-1856)
	Thomas W. Henshaw (1780-1868)
1905-16	Stanley Roper (1878-1953)
	R. M. Armitage (1898-1954)

List of Other Organists
1817	William Hawes (1785-1846)

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