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Details of Cathedral (Anglican), City, Bristol, England
(College Green)
1685
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1685 | Built by Renatus Harris |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” , 1877. | |
1861
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1861 | Rebuilt by W. G. Vowles of Bristol |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| 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 | 33 | 33 | 7 | - |
| I. Choir ( GG-g3 61 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stopped diapason | ||
| 2. | Dulciana | ||
| 3. | Viol di Gamba | ||
| 4. | Flute | ||
| 5. | Principal | ||
| 6. | Piccolo | ||
| 7. | Cremona | ||
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| II. Great ( GG-g3 61 notes) | |||
| 8. | Open Diapason (large scale) | ||
| 9. | Open Diapason (small scale) | ||
| 10. | Clarabella | ||
| 11. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 12. | Principal | ||
| 13. | Principal | ||
| 14. | Twelfth | ||
| 15. | Fifteenth | ||
| 16. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 17. | Mixture | ||
| 18. | Trumpet | ||
| 19. | Clarion | ||
| ii | Swell to Great, Unison | ||
| iii | Swell to Great, Octaves | ||
| III. Swell ( G-g3 49 notes) | |||
| 20. | Double Dulciana | ||
| 21. | Open Diapason | ||
| 22. | Stopped diapason | ||
| 23. | Harmonic Flute | ||
| 24. | Principal | ||
| 25. | Twelfth | ||
| 26. | Fifteenth | ||
| 27. | Mixture | ||
| 28. | Cornopean | ||
| 29. | Trumpet | ||
| 30. | Hautboy | ||
| Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 31. | Open Diapason | ||
| 32. | Bourdon | ||
| 33. | Principal | ||
| iv | Pedals to Choir | ||
| v | Pedals to Great, Unison | ||
| vi | Pedals to Great, Octaves | ||
| vii | Pedal organ in Octaves | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1907 | Built by Walker |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 61 | - | 13 | P |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1542 | Thomas Denny |
| 1542 | John Senny |
| 1542-46 | Thomas Sennes |
| 1546-52 | Humphrey Walley |
| 1552-62 | Walter Gleson |
| 1563-65 | John Palmer |
| 1570-71 | John Farrant |
| 1578 | Humphrey Bussell |
| 1578-79 | Giles Painter |
| 1588-1637 | Elway Bevin (1564-1638) |
| 1638-39 | Arthur Phillips (1605-1695) |
| 1640-68 | Thomas Deane |
| 1669-82 | Paul Heath |
| 1687-1701 | Joseph Gibson |
| 1701-10 | Stephen Jefferies |
| 1711-34 | Nathaniel Priest |
| 1735-56 | James Morley |
| 1756-59 | George Combes (-1769) |
| 1759-65 | Edward Higgins (-1769) |
| 1765-69 | George Combes (-1769) |
| 1769-73 | Edward Rooke (-1773) |
| 1773-77 | Samuel Mineard |
| 1778-81 | Richard Langdon (1730-1803) |
| 1781-1802 | Rice Wasbrough (1748-1802) |
| 1802-07 | Joseph Kemp (1778-1824) |
| 1809-25 | John Wasbrough (1772-1825) |
| 1825-76 | John Davies Corfe (1804-1876) |
| 1876-98 | George Riseley (1845-1932) |
| 1885 | A. Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) |
| 1899-1901 | Percy C. Buck (1871-1947) |
| 1901-45 | Hubert W. Hunt (1865-1945) |
| 1945-49 | Alwyn Surplice (1906-1977) |
| 1949-83 | Clifford Harker (1912-1999) |
| 1983-90 | Malcolm Archer (1952-) |
| 1990-98 | Christopher Brayne |
| 1998- | Mark Lee |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Lionel J. Pike | |
| John Jenkin | |
| Claire Hobbs | |
| 1856-60 | John Barrett (1837-1924) |
| 1862-76 | George Riseley (1845-1932) |
| 1865-77 | Daniel Wilberforce Rootham (1837-1922) |
| 1875-76 | William Fear Dyer (1843-1905) |
| 1876-98 | A. Ernest Hill (1861-1932) |
| Albert Edward New (1862-1945) | |
| 1888-92 | John H. Fulford (1863-) |
| 1902 | Arthur Warrell (1882-1939) |
| Gilbert Ainsworth Sellick (1892-1961) | |
| 1920-41 | Geoffrey Leonard Mendham (1899-) |
| 1980-86 | Martin Schellenberg |
| 1986 | Anthony Pinel |
| 1991-94 | Ian Ball (1968-) |
| 1994-2001 | David Hobourn |
| 2001- | Paul Walton |
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