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

(Guildford Street)

Building History
1926Moved to Redhill

Chapel 1749

Organ History
1749Built by Glyn & Parker
1750Morse
1769Thomas Parker
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Chapel 1855

Organ History
1855Built by Bevington
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 153
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
342497T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-c4 61 notes)
1.Dulcian (bass)8' 
2.Dulcian (tenor)8' 
3.Viol di Gamba (tenor)8'(tenor c)
4.Stopped Diapason8' 
5.Principal4' 
6.Wald Flute4'(tenor c)
7.Suabe Flute4'(tenor c)
8.Fifteenth2' 
9.Piccolo2'(tenor c)
10.Double Bassoon16'(tenor c)
11.Clarionette8'(tenor c)
iSwell to Choir  
II. Great (Tracker CC-c4 61 notes)
12.Bourdon (bass)16' 
13.Double Open Diapason (tenor)16' 
14.Open Diapason, No. 18' 
15.Open Diapason, No. 28' 
16.Open Diapason, No. 38' 
17.Stopped Diapason8' 
18.Clarabella8'(fiddle g)
19.Principal, No. 14' 
20.Principal, No. 24' 
21.Wald Flute4'(tenor c)
22.Twelfth2 2/3' 
23.Fifteenth2' 
24.SesquialteraIV 
25.MixtureIII 
26.FurnitureIII 
27.Trumpet8' 
28.Tromba8'(tenor c)
29.Clarion4' 
iiSwell to Great  
iiiGreat octave  
III. Swell (Tracker CC-c4 61 notes)
30.Bourdon (bass)16' 
31.Double Open Diapason (tenor)16' 
32.Open Diapason8' 
33.Stopped Diapason (bass)8' 
34.Stopped Diapason (tenor)8' 
35.Dulciana (tenor)8' 
36.Viol di Gamba (tenor)8' 
37.Principal4' 
38.Open Flute4'(tenor c)
39.TripletIII 
40.DoubletteII 
41.Trombone16' 
42.Cornopean8' 
43.Oboe8' 
44.Clarion4' 
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
45.Open Diapason16'wood.
46.Open Diapason16'metal.
47.Bourdon16'wood.
48.Principal8'metal.
49.Trombone16'metal.
ivGreat to Pedal  
vSwell to Pedal  
viChoir to Pedal  
viiPedal octave  

Chapel 1884

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

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
450-7-


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

List of Assistant Organists
1904-05Charles John Pemberton (1879-1914)
John Howlett (1906-1985)