Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | Alexandra Palace, The Avenue, Muswell Hill, Wood Green, England

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Details of Alexandra Palace, The Avenue, Muswell Hill, Wood Green, England

Organ History
1873	Built by Henry Willis
1873	Destroyed in fire
Status
Destroyed
Sources
The Musical Times 365

Organ History
1875	Built by Henry Willis
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
4	89	-	16	P

I. Choir (Tracker-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
1.	Contra Gamba	16'
2.	Viol di Gamba	8'
3.	Salicional	8'
4.	Claribel	8'
5.	Flute Harmonique	8'
6.	Lieblich Gedact	8'
7.	Vox Angelica	8'
8.	Flute Octaviante	4'
9.	Gemshorn	4'
10.	Viola	4'
11.	Lieblich Flote	4'
12.	Flageolet	2'
13.	Mixture
14.	Trompette Harmonique	8'
15.	Clarion	4'
16.	Corno di Bassetto	8'
17.	Corno Inglese	8'
i	Solo to Choir
ii	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Tracker-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
18.	Double Diapason	16'
19.	Bourdon	16'
20.	Open Diapason	8'
21.	Open Diapason	8'
22.	Open Diapason	8'
23.	Viol di Gamba	8'
24.	Claribel	8'
25.	Quinte	5 ¹/₃'
26.	Principal	4'
27.	Flute Traversière	4'
28.	Quinte Octaviante	2 ²/₃'
29.	Super-octave	2'
30.	Piccolo	2'
31.	Sesquialtera	V
32.	Mixture	III
33.	Trombone	16'
34.	Bombard	8'
35.	Trumpet	8'
36.	Posaune	8'
37.	Clarion	4'
iii	Solo to Great
iv	Swell to Great
v	Swell octave to Great
vi	Swell sub-octave to Great
vii	Choir to Great
III. Swell (Tracker-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
38.	Double Diapason	16'
39.	Bourdon	16'
40.	Open Diapason	8'
41.	Open Diapason	8'
42.	Salicional	8'
43.	Lieblich Gedact	8'
44.	Flute Harmonique	8'
45.	Flute Octaviante	4'
46.	Flauto Traverso	4'
47.	Principal	4'
48.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
49.	Fifteenth	2'
50.	Sesquialtera	V
51.	Mixture	II
52.	Contra Posaune	16'
53.	Contra Fagotto	16'
54.	Cornopean	8'
55.	Trumpet	8'
56.	Hautboy	8'
57.	Vox Humana	8'
58.	Clarion	4'
59.	Tremulant
IV. Solo (Tracker-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
60.	Violoncello	8'
61.	Viola	4'
62.	Flute Harmonique	8'
63.	Flute Octaviante	4'
64.	Concert Flute	4'
65.	Piccolo	2'
66.	Claribel	8'
67.	Bombardon	16'
68.	Harmonic Trumpet	8'
69.	Ophicleide	8'
70.	Bassoon	8'
71.	Orchetral Oboe	8'
72.	Orchestral Clarionette	8'
73.	Clarion	4'
74.	Tremulant
viii	Octave
ix	Sub-octave
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-g 32 notes)
75.	Double Diapason	32'	wood.
76.	Double Diapason	32'	metal.
77.	Sub-Bourdon	32'
78.	Open Diapason	16'	wood.
79.	Violone	16'	metal.
80.	Bourdon	16'
81.	Contra Basso	16'	wood.
82.	Octave	8'
83.	Principal	8'
84.	Super-octave	4'
85.	Sesquialtera	III
86.	Mixture	III
87.	Bombard	32'
88.	Trombone	16'
89.	Ophicleide	16'
90.	Clarion	8'
x	Solo to Pedal
xi	Swell to Pedal
xii	Great to Pedal
xiii	Choir to Pedal

List of Organists
1872-80	Frederick Archer (1838-1901)
1873-83	David Beardwell (1850-1940)
1880-86	H. Collingwood Banks (1861-1922)
1898-1901	Alexander H. Griffin (1874-1926)
1900	Alfred M. Colchester (1851-1915)
1901-14	G. D. Cunningham (1878-1948)
1931-39	Reginald Goss-Custard (1877-1956)
1992	David Liddle (1960-)

List of Assistant Organists
1878-80	Arthur Towsey (1846-1931)
1899-1902	Arthur Leslie Griffin (1878-1949)

List of Other Organists
	Percy Rendell (1883-1942)