Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > London > Westminster > St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields
Details of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, England
(Trafalgar Square, St. James)
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1667 | Built 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” , 1877. | |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1726 | Built by Christopher Schrider |
| Moved to Parish Church, Wotton-under-Edge, England by | |
| Status | |
| Moved | |
| Sources | |
| Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877. | |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1854 | Built by Bevington |
| Rebuilt and enlarged by Hill | |
| Status | |
| Rebuilt | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 43 | 43 | 5 | - |
| I. Choir ( CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Double Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 2. | Bourdon | 16 | |
| 3. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 4. | Dulciana | 8 | |
| 5. | Keraulophon | 8 | |
| 6. | Claribel | 8 | |
| 7. | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| 8. | Principal | 4 | |
| 9. | Flute | 4 | |
| 10. | Flautina | 2 | |
| 11. | Clarionet | 8 | |
| 12. | Bassoon | 16 | |
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| II. Great ( CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
| 13. | Double Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 14. | Open Diapason, No. 1 | 8 | |
| 15. | Open Diapason, No. 2 | 8 | |
| 16. | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| 17. | Principal | 4 | |
| 18. | Harmonic Flute | 4 | |
| 19. | Twelfth | 2 2/3 | |
| 20. | Fifteenth | 2 | |
| 21. | Mixture | ||
| 22. | Posaune | 8 | |
| 23. | Clarion | 4 | |
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| III. Swell ( CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
| 24. | Double Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 25. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 26. | Dulciana | 8 | |
| 27. | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| 28. | Principal | 4 | |
| 29. | Flute | 4 | |
| 30. | Twelfth | 2 2/3 | |
| 31. | Fifteenth | 2 | |
| 32. | Mixture | ||
| 33. | Oboe | 8 | |
| 34. | Horn | 8 | |
| 35. | Double Trumpet | 16 | |
| 36. | Clarion | 4 | |
| Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 37. | Great Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 38. | Bourdon | 16 | |
| 39. | Bass Flute | 8 | |
| 40. | Principal | 8 | |
| 41. | Fifteenth | 4 | |
| 42. | Great Trombone | 16 | |
| 43. | Clarion | 8 | |
| iii | Great to Pedal | ||
| iv | Choir to Pedal | ||
| v | Swell to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 39 | - | 12 | P |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Wearne | |
| 1714-36 | John Weldon (1676-1736) |
| 1736-81 | Joseph Kelway (1702-1782) |
| 1782-93 | Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793) |
| 1793-1814 | Robert Cooke (1768-1814) |
| 1814-54 | Thomas Forbes Walmisley (1783-1866) |
| 1855 | W. T. Best (1826-1897) |
| H. W. A. Beale (1831-) | |
| -1857 | Oliver May (1814-1894) |
| 1857-99 | W. H. Adams (1820-1914) |
| 1878-82 | Frederick Albert Bridge (1841-1918) |
| 1899-1924 | W. J. Kipps (1866-1938) |
| 1920-24 | Martin Shaw (1875-1958) |
| 1924-35 | A. W. Goldsborough (1892-1964) |
| 1935-38 | John Alden (1900-1976) |
| 1938-46 | Drummond Wolff (1916-2004) |
| 1949-67 | John Churchill |
| Robert William Vincent (1941-) | |
| 1967-68 | Eric Harrison |
| 1968-77 | Robert Vincent |
| 1977-89 | Christopher Stokes |
| 1989-96 | Mark Stringer |
| 1996-2001 | Paul Stubbings |
| 2001-08 | Nick Danks |
| 2009- | Andrew Earis |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1935-36 | Drummond Wolff (1916-2004) |
| 1941 | Howard Stephens (1921-) |
| 1971-72 | Nigel Allcoat (1950-) |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| 1994-96 | John Hosking (1976-) |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| Martin Hawkins (1894-) | |
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