Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | St. Luke’s, Old Street, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, London, England

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Details of St. Luke’s, Old Street, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, London, England

Organ History
1733	Built by Jordan & Bridge
1844	Rebuilt by Gray & Davison
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	31	32	6	T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.	Stopped Flute (tenor)	8'
2.	Stopped Bass (bass)	8'
3.	Dulciana	8'
4.	Octave	4'
5.	Flageolet	4'
6.	Fifteenth	2'
7.	Clarinet	8'
II. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
8.	Sub-octave	16'
9.	Principal	8'
10.	Principal	8'
11.	Stopped Principal	8'
12.	Octave	4'
13.	Piccolo Flute	4'
14.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
15.	Fifteenth	2'
16.	Ottavina	2'
17.	Seventeenth	1 ³/₅'
18.	Sesquialtera	II (1 ¹/₃')
19.	Mixture	II (²/₃')
20.	Trumpet	8'
21.	Clarion	4'
i	Swell to Great
ii	Swell to Great sub-octave
iii	Swell to Great super-octave
III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
22.	Sub-octave	16'
23.	Principal	8'
24.	Concert Flute	8'
25.	Octave	4'
26.	Fifteenth	2'
27.	Sesquialtera	III (1 ³/₅')
28.	Hautboy	8'
29.	Cornopean	8'
30.	Clarion	4'
31.	Tremulant
Pedal (Tracker CCC-c 25 notes)
32.	Grand Principal	16'
33.	Grand Octave	8'
iv	Great to Pedal
v	Choir to Pedal
vi	Swell to Pedal

Organ History
	Built by Walker
Sources
The Musical Times 377

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	-	-	-	-

Organ History
1883	Rebuilt by Willis
1902	Enlarged
Sources
The Musical Times 490

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	31	-	7	-

List of Organists
	William Crouch
1762	Joseph Baildon (1727-1774)
1844-64	Henry Smart (1813-1879)
1874-85	Charles W. Pearce (1856-1928)
1885-1923	James D. Wheeler (1856-1924)
1925-26	Cyril John Mitchell (1906-)
1926-27	William Harold Milnes (1903-1989)

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