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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
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)
	Henry 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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