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Details of Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, St. Pancras, London, England

(Guildford Street)

Building History
1926	Moved to Redhill

Chapel

Organ History
1749	Built by Glyn & Parker
1750	Morse
1769	Thomas Parker
1855	Rebuilt by Bevington
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927.
“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	42	49	7	-

I. Choir ( CC-c4 61 notes)
1.	Dulcian	8
2.	Dulcian	8
3.	Viol di Gamba	8
4.	Stopped Diapason	8
5.	Principal	4
6.	Wald Flute	4
7.	Suabe Flute	4
8.	Fifteenth	2
9.	Piccolo	2
10.	Double Bassoon	16
11.	Clarionette	8
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great ( CC-c4 61 notes)
12.	Bourdon	16
13.	Double Open Diapason	16
14.	Open Diapason, No. 1	8
15.	Open Diapason, No. 2	8
16.	Open Diapason, No. 3	8
17.	Stopped Diapason	8
18.	Clarabella	8
19.	Principal, No. 1	4
20.	Principal, No. 2	4
21.	Wald Flute	4
22.	Twelfth	2 2/3
23.	Fifteenth	2
24.	Sesquialtera
25.	Mixture
26.	Furniture
27.	Trumpet	8
28.	Tromba	8
29.	Clarion	4
ii	Swell to Great
iii	Great octave
III. Swell ( CC-c4 61 notes)
30.	Bourdon	16
31.	Double Open Diapason	16
32.	Open Diapason	8
33.	Stopped Diapason	8
34.	Stopped Diapason	8
35.	Dulciana	8
36.	Viol di Gamba	8
37.	Principal	4
38.	Open Flute	4
39.	Triplet
40.	Doublette
41.	Trombone	16
42.	Cornopean	8
43.	Oboe	8
44.	Clarion	4
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
45.	Open Diapason	16
46.	Open Diapason	16
47.	Bourdon	16
48.	Principal	8
49.	Trombone	16
iv	Great to Pedal
v	Swell to Pedal
vi	Choir to Pedal
vii	Pedal octave

Chapel

Organ History
1884	Enlarged by Willis
1895	Enlarged by Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927.
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912.
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	50	-	7	-

List of Organists
1754-	John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)
	Samuel Jarvis (-1785)
1801-13	William Russell (1777-1813)
	John Charles Nightingale (1790-1833)
	Edward Sturges (1808-1848)
1848-79	C. E. C. Willing (1830-1904)
1880-92	Myles B. Foster (1851-1922)
1892	Davan Wetton (1862-1928)

List of Assistant Organists
1904-05	Charles John Pemberton (1879-)
	John Howlett (1906-1985)

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