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Details of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, St. James, Westminster, London, England

(Trafalgar Square, St. James)

Organ History
1538Built by John Howe
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 943
Organ History
1663Built by Ralph Dallam
Moved to St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, England
Status
Unknown

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
178--

Great ( GG-d3 52 notes)
1.Open Diapason  
2.Stopped Diapason  
3.Principal  
4.Twelfth  
5.Fifteenth  
6.CornetIII 
7.Trumpet (bass)  
8.Trumpet (tenor)  
Organ History
1667Built by Bernard Smith
Status
Unknown
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
Organ History
1726Built by Christopher Schrider
1854Moved to Parish Church, Wotton-under-Edge, England
Status
Moved
Sources
The Musical Times 124
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
3----
Organ History
1854Built by Bevington
Rebuilt and enlarged by Hill
Status
Rebuilt
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 124
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
343435T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Double Open Diapason16' 
2.Bourdon16'wood.
3.Open Diapason8'metal.
4.Dulciana8'(tenor C)
5.Keraulophon8'metal.
6.Claribel8'wood.
7.Stopped Diapason8'bass, wood.
8.Principal4'metal.
9.Flute4'wood.
10.Flautina2'metal.
11.Clarionet8'(tenor C)
12.Bassoon16' 
iSwell to Choir  
II. Great (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
13.Double Open Diapason16' 
14.Open Diapason, No. 18' 
15.Open Diapason, No. 28' 
16.Stopped Diapason8' 
17.Principal4' 
18.Harmonic Flute4' 
19.Twelfth2 2/3' 
20.Fifteenth2' 
21.MixtureIV 
22.Posaune8' 
23.Clarion4' 
iiSwell to Great  
III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
24.Double Open Diapason16' 
25.Open Diapason8' 
26.Dulciana8'(tenor c)
27.Stopped Diapason8'wood.
28.Principal4'metal.
29.Flute4'wood.
30.Twelfth2 2/3'metal.
31.Fifteenth2'metal.
32.MixtureII 
33.Oboe8' 
34.Horn8' 
35.Double Trumpet16' 
36.Clarion4' 
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
37.Great Open Diapason16'wood.
38.Bourdon16'wood.
39.Bass Flute8'wood.
40.Principal8'metal.
41.Fifteenth4'metal.
42.Great Trombone16'metal.
43.Clarion8'metal.
iiiGreat to Pedal  
ivChoir to Pedal  
vSwell to Pedal  
Organ History
1912Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
339-12P


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1782-93Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793)
1793-1814Robert Cooke (1768-1814)
1814-54Thomas Forbes Walmisley (1783-1866)
1855W. T. Best (1826-1897)
Henry W. A. Beale (1831-)
-1857Oliver May (1814-1894)
1857-99W. H. Adams (1820-1914)
1878-82Frederick Albert Bridge (1841-1918)
1899-1924W. J. Kipps (1866-1938)
1920-24Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
1924-35A. W. Goldsborough (1892-1964)
1935-38John Alden (1900-1976)
1938-46Drummond Wolff (1916-2004)
1949-67John Churchill
Robert William Vincent (1941-)
1967-68Eric Harrison
1968-77Robert Vincent
1977-89Christopher Stokes
1989-96Mark Stringer
1996-2001Paul Stubbings
2001-08Nick Danks
2009-Andrew Earis

List of Assistant Organists
1935-36Drummond Wolff (1916-2004)
1941Howard Stephens (1921-)
1971-72Nigel Allcoat (1950-)

List of Organ Scholars
1994-96John Hosking (1976-)

List of Other Organists
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