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Details of Winchester College, Winchester, England

Chapel (1685)

Organ History
1685	Rebuilt by Renatus Harris
1780	Rebuilt by Green
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 736
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	15	15	-	-

I. Choir ( GG-e3 57 notes)
1.	Stopped Diapason
2.	Principal
3.	Flute
4.	Fifteenth
II. Great ( GG-e3 57 notes)
5.	Open Diapason
6.	Stopped Diapason
7.	Principal
8.	Twelfth
9.	Fifteenth
10.	Sesquialtera	III
III. Swell ( G-e3 34 notes)
11.	Open Diapason
12.	Stopped Diapason
13.	Principal
14.	Cornet	III
15.	Hautboy

Chapel (1875)

Organ History
1875	Built by Bishop & Son
	Enlarged by William Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 736

Chapel (1909)

Organ History
1909	Rebuilt & enlarged by Norman & Beard
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

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	20	-	8	-

I. Choir ( CC-c4 61 notes)
Section I (Electro-pneumatic)
1.	Echo Diapason	8'	metal.
2.	Viol d’Orchestra	8'	prepared
3.	Viol Celeste	8'	prepared
4.	Lieblich Piccolo	2'	prepared
Section II (Electro-pneumatic)
5.	Hohl Flöte	8'	wood.
6.	Æoline	8'	metal.
7.	Harmonic Claribel	4'	wood.
8.	Corno di Bassetto	8'	metal.
9.	Orchestral Oboe	8'	metal.
10.	Tromba	8'	Units [CH:TR]
11.	Clarion	4'	Units [CH:CL]
i	Choir Super-Octave
ii	Choir Sub-Octave I
iii	Choir Sub-Octave II
iv	Choir Unison Off
v	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Electro-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
12.	Double Diapason	16'	prepared
13.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
14.	Geigen Diapason	8'	metal.
15.	Stopped Diapason	8'	wood.
16.	Corno Flute	8'	prepared
17.	Octave	4'	metal.
18.	Spitz Flöte	4'	metal.
19.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	metal.
20.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
21.	Mixture	IV	metal.
22.	Tromba	8'	Units [CH:TR]
23.	Clarion	4'	Units [CH:CL]
vi	Swell to Great
vii	Swell to Great
viii	Choir to Great
ix	Choir Sub-Octave to Great
III. Swell (Electro-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
24.	Violone	16'	Units [SW:VL]
25.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
26.	Violoncello	8'	metal.
27.	Lieblich Gedeckt	8'	wood and metal.
28.	Echo Salicional	8'	metal.
29.	Vox Angelica	8'	metal.
30.	Geigen Principal	4'	metal.
31.	Lieblich Flöte	4'	prepared
32.	Harmonic Gemshorn	2'	metal.
33.	Viole Mixture	III	metal.
34.	Contra Hautboy	16'	prepared
35.	Horn	8'	metal.
36.	Oboe	8'	metal.
37.	Tremulant
Pedal (Electro-pneumatic CCC-G 30 notes)
38.	Sub-Bass	32'	wood.
39.	Open Diapason	16'	wood.
40.	Open Diapason	16'	metal.
41.	Bourdon	16'	wood.
42.	Violone	16'	Units [SW:VL]
43.	Flute	8'	wood.
44.	Trombone	16'	Units [CH:TB]
45.	Tromba	8'	prepared
x	Swell to Pedal
xi	Great to Pedal
xii	Choir to Pedal

Unit	Division	Rank	Footage	I. Choir	II. Great	III. Swell	Pedal
CH:CL	Choir	Clarion	4	4	4
CH:TB	Choir	Trombone	16				16
CH:TR	Choir	Tromba	8	8	8
SW:VL	Swell	Violone	16			16	16

Hall

Organ History
1924	Moved to St. John-the-Baptist’s (Rudmore), Portsmouth, England by J. Ivimey of Southampton
Status
Unknown

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
2	22	-	5	-

Music Room

Organ History
1904	Built by Norman & Beard
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	20	-	8	P

List of Organists
1538	William Dore
1542	Robert Mose
1543	John How
1543	Robert Moose
1548	John Hawkyns
1549	John Hawkins
1598-1602	Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623)
1606-37	William Emes (-1637)
1645-65	George King (-1665)
1665-78	Robert Pickhaver (-1678)
c1673	Robert Pickaver
1678-81	Geffrys
1681-92	John Reading (1645-1692)
1692-c1695	Jeremiah Clarke (1669-1707)
1695-1737	John Bishop (1665-1737)
1737-74	James Kent (1700-1776)
1774-1802	Peter Fussell (1750-1802)
1802-49	George Chard (1765-1849)
1849-50	Benjamin Long (-1850)
1850-65	S. S. Wesley (1810-1876)
1865	William Hunt (1843-)
1865-1901	William Hutt (1843-1904)
1901-24	E. T. Sweeting (1863-1930)
1906-08	Reginald F. C. Holloway (1888-1976)
1924-38	George Dyson (1883-1964)
1938-46	Sydney Watson (1903-1991)
1946-53	Henry Havergal (1902-)
1953-71	Christopher Home Cowan (1908-)
1970-79	Raymond George Humphrey (1916-2017)
1979-90	Julian John Hamling Smith (1930-)
1990-2007	Christopher Tolley
2007-	Malcolm Archer (1952-)

List of Assistant Organists
	Claire Innes-Hopkins
1953-70	Raymond George Humphrey (1916-2017)
1991-93	Katherine Dienes-Williams (1970-)
1994	Robert Quinney (1976-)
1995	Clive Driskill-Smith (1978-)
1998	Christopher Whitton

List of Organ Scholars
	Peter Barley

List of Other Organists
	Arthur Edgar Perry (1864-1925)