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Details of Cathedral, Ripon, England

Collegiate Church, Ripon, England

Building History
1836Became cathedral

1878

Organ History
Built by Bernard Smith
1878Rebuilt by Lewis
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

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
443438T

I. Choir
1.Lieblich Gedact16'
2.Lieblich Gedact8'
3.Flauto Traverso8'
4.Viol di Gamba8'
5.Dolce8'
6.Vox Angelica8'
7.Lieblich Gedact4'
8.Dulcet4'
9.Lieblich Gedact2'
10.Clarionet8'
iSwell to Choir
II. Great
11.Bourdon16'
12.Open Diapason I8'
13.Open Diapason II8'
14.Stopped Diapason8'
15.Hohl Flute8'
16.Octave4'
17.Octave Quint2 2/3'
18.Super-octave2'
19.MixtureIV (1 1/3')
20.Contra Trumpet16'
21.Trumpet8'
22.Clarion4'
iiSwell to Great
iiiSolo to Great
III. Swell
23.Bourdon16'
24.Geigen Principal8'
25.Gamba8'
26.Voix Celeste8'
27.Rohr Flute8' Smith
28.Geigen Principal4'
29.Rohr Flute4' Smith
30.Harmonic Flute4'
31.Flautina2'
32.MixtureIII
33.Contra Fagotto16'
34.Trumpet8'
35.Oboe8'
36.Clarion4'
37.Tremulant
ivSwell Octave
IV. Solo
38.Clarabella8'prepared
39.String Gamba8'prepared
40.Concert Flute4'prepared
41.Cor Anglais16'prepared
42.Tuba Mirabilis8'prepared
43.Orchestral Oboe8'prepared
Pedal
44.Sub-Bass32'
45.Open Diapason16'
46.Sub-Bass16'
47.Violone16'
48.Bass Flute8'
49.Violoncello8'
50.Trombone16'
vChoir to Pedal
viGreat to Pedal
viiSwell to Pedal
viiiSolo to Pedal
Organ History
1902Restored by Hill
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
344445P

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
1.Lieblich Gedact16'
2.Salicional8' Smith
3.Lieblich Gedact8'
4.Stopped Diapason8' Smith
5.Dolce8'
6.Vox Angelica8'
7.Lieblich Gedact4'
8.Flauto Dolce4'
9.Lieblich Gedact2'
10.Clarionet8'
iSwell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
11.Bourdon16'
12.Open Diapason, large8'
13.Open Diapason, small8'
14.Viola8'
15.Hohlflote8'
16.Stopped Diapason8'
17.Octave4'
18.Hohlflote4'
19.Octave Quint2 2/3'
20.Super-octave2'
21.Full MixtureIV (1 1/3')
22.Contra Trumpet16'
23.Trumpet8'
iiSwell to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
24.Bourdon16'
25.Geigen Principal8'
26.Rohrflote8' Smith
27.Pierced Gamba8'
28.Dulciana8' Smith
29.Geigen Principal4'
30.Rohrflote4' Smith
31.Dulcet4'
32.Flautina2'
33.MixtureIII (2')
34.Contra Trumpet16'
35.Horn8'
36.Oboe8'
37.Clarion4'
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-f 30 notes)
38.Sub-bass32'
39.Open Diapason16'
40.Bourdon16'
41.Quint Bass10 2/3'
42.Flute Bass8'
43.Octave8'
44.Trombone16'
iiiChoir to Pedal
ivGreat to Pedal
vSwell to Pedal

1912

Organ History
1912Rebuilt & enlarged by Harrison
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
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1478Laurence Lancaster
1511John Watson
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1520Adam Bakehouse
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1966-94Ronald Perrin (1931-1997)
1994Robert Marsh
1994-2002Kerry Beaumont (1957-)
2002Andrew Bryden
2003Simon Morley
2003Andrew Bryden

List of Assistant Organists
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1876-81Henry Taylor (1859-)
1882-87H. A. Wheeldon (1864-1923)
1887-90Charles M. Bailey (1866-1945)
Edgar Alfred Lane (1864-1938)
Edgar Watson (1873-1941)
William Rains (1882-1955)
c1908Cecil S. Richards (1887-1963)
Edward Brown (1884-)
1910-13William Edward Cave (1884-)
1925-27Leonard Baggaley (1906-1978)
1928-35Denis Cocks (1910-1968)
1935-39Alfred H. Allsop (1899-1996)
1947-52Alex Forrest
1952-55Paul Mace
1955-56Keith Bond (1929-2008)
1956-58Peter Stevenson (1928-)
1958-63Laurence Gibbon (1932-)
1963-74Alan Dance
1974-86Marcus Huxley (1949-)
1986-98Robert Marsh
1998-2003Andrew Bryden
2004-08Thomas Leech
2009-13Edmund Aldhouse
2013-14Ben Horden (1988-)
2014-Tim Harper

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1920-24George Frederick Guyll (1899-)
1997Simon Pearce (1974-)
1997Martin Wolf
2006Daniel Cottee
2007Dorothea Harris
2008Tim Semken
2015-17Tom Coxhead
2017-19Alana Brook
2019-Tom Coxhead

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