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Details of Cathedral of SS. Peter-and-Paul, Church Street, Sheffield, England

SS. Peter-and-Paul’ (Sheffield Parish Church), Sheffield, England

Building History
1914Became cathedral

Organ History
1560John Howe
Sources
The Musical Times 943

Organ History
1805Built by England
Rebuilt and enlarged by Jones
1856Rebuilt and enlarged by Jardine of Manchester
1872Rebuilt and enlarged by Brindley of Sheffield
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

Organ History
1878Built by Brindley
1905Restored & enlarged by Brindley
Status
Destroyed
Sources
The Musical Times 429

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
3545412P

I. Choir ( CC-c4 61 notes)
Choir (Pneumatic)
1.Lieblich Bourdon16'
2.Salicional8'
3.Dulciana8'
4.Lieblich Gedact8'
5.Flauto Traverso4'
iChoir Sub-Octave
Solo (Pneumatic)
6.Contre Viole16'
7.Viole d’Orchestra8'
8.Viole Celeste8'
9.Concert Flute4'
10.Dulcet Twelfth2 2/3'
11.Piccolo2'
12.Clarinet8'
13.Orchestral Oboe8'
14.Tromba8'
15.Vox Humana8'
16.Tremulant
iiSolo Super-Octave
iiiSolo Sub-Octave
ivSwell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
17.Contra Gamba16'
18.Bourdon16'
19.Open Diapason I8'
20.Open Diapason II8'
21.Hohl Flöte8'
22.Principal4'
23.Harmonic Flute4'
24.Harmonic Piccolo2'
25.Cornet MixtureV
26.MixtureII
27.Double Trumpet16'
28.Trumpet8'
29.Clarion4'
vGreat Super-Octave
viSwell to Great
viiSolo to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
30.Bourdon16'
31.Open Diapason8'
32.Echo Diapason8'
33.Gedact8'
34.Unda Maris8'
35.Geigen Principal4'
36.Zartflöte4'
37.SesquialteraIII
38.MixtureII
39.Contra Fagotto16'
40.Horn8'
41.Oboe8'
42.Krummhorn8'
43.Clarion4'
44.Tremulant
viiiSwell Super-Octave
ixSwell Sub-Octave
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-F 30 notes)
45.Double-Bass32'
46.Major Bass16'
47.Violone16'
48.Sub-Bass16'
49.Echo Bass16'
50.Quint10 2/3'
51.Octave8'
52.Violoncello8'
53.Flute8'
54.Super Octave4'
55.Trombone16'
56.Trumpet8'
xGreat to Pedal
xiSwell to Pedal
xiiChoir to Pedal



List of Organists
1805-10John Mather (1781-1850)
1810-11Jonathan Blewitt (1782-1853)
1811-19Robert Bennett (1788-1819)
1819John Camidge (1790-1859)
1820-60Joseph Bottomley (1786-1861)
James Charles Walker (1828-1881)
1860-75George Henry Smith (1823-1909)
1875-86Thomas Tallis Trimnell (1826-1897)
1886-92Edwin H. Lemare (1865-1934)
1937-66R. Tustin Baker (1900-1966)
1966-91Graham Matthews
1991-94Paul Brough (1963-)
1994-97Simon Lole (1957-)
1997-2016Neil Taylor
2016Joshua Hales
2017-19Thomas Corns

List of Assistant Organists
Hubert Stafford
Tim Horton
John Ormandy Dyson (1874-1937)
Ellis White (1898-)
1934John Colin Shutt (1905-2002)
1975-79David G. Read
1979Paul Parsons
1995-98Chris Betts
1999Mark Pybus
1999-2005Peter Heginbotham
2013-16Joshua Hales

List of Organ Scholars
1967Alan Thurlow (1947-)
1971-74David G. Read
1992-95Colin Davey
1995-98Peter Heginbotham
1998-2000John Swindells
2000William Saunders
2002Charles Janz
2003Duncan Barlow
2004Andrew Furniss
2013-14Mark Mc Comb
2015Joshua Stephens