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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
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”, 1877.

Organ History
1726Built 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
1854Built 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.

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
343435-

I. Choir ( CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Double Open Diapason16 
2.Bourdon16 
3.Open Diapason8 
4.Dulciana8 
5.Keraulophon8 
6.Claribel8 
7.Stopped Diapason8 
8.Principal4 
9.Flute4 
10.Flautina2 
11.Clarionet8 
12.Bassoon16 
iSwell to Choir  
II. Great ( 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.Mixture  
22.Posaune8 
23.Clarion4 
iiSwell to Great  
III. Swell ( CC-g3 56 notes)
24.Double Open Diapason16 
25.Open Diapason8 
26.Dulciana8 
27.Stopped Diapason8 
28.Principal4 
29.Flute4 
30.Twelfth2 2/3 
31.Fifteenth2 
32.Mixture  
33.Oboe8 
34.Horn8 
35.Double Trumpet16 
36.Clarion4 
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
37.Great Open Diapason16 
38.Bourdon16 
39.Bass Flute8 
40.Principal8 
41.Fifteenth4 
42.Great Trombone16 
43.Clarion8 
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



List of Organists
Nicholas Wearne
1714-36John Weldon (1676-1736)
1736-81Joseph Kelway (1702-1782)
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
Martin Hawkins (1894-)