Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | Cathedral, Ripon, England

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Details of Cathedral, Ripon, England

Collegiate Church, Ripon, England

Building History
1836	Became cathedral

1878

Organ History
	Built by Bernard Smith
1878	Rebuilt 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

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	43	43	8	T

I. Choir
1.	Lieblich Gedact	16'
2.	Lieblich Gedact	8'
3.	Flauto Traverso	8'
4.	Viol di Gamba	8'
5.	Dolce	8'
6.	Vox Angelica	8'
7.	Lieblich Gedact	4'
8.	Dulcet	4'
9.	Lieblich Gedact	2'
10.	Clarionet	8'
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great
11.	Bourdon	16'
12.	Open Diapason I	8'
13.	Open Diapason II	8'
14.	Stopped Diapason	8'
15.	Hohl Flute	8'
16.	Octave	4'
17.	Octave Quint	2 ²/₃'
18.	Super-octave	2'
19.	Mixture	IV (1 ¹/₃')
20.	Contra Trumpet	16'
21.	Trumpet	8'
22.	Clarion	4'
ii	Swell to Great
iii	Solo to Great
III. Swell
23.	Bourdon	16'
24.	Geigen Principal	8'
25.	Gamba	8'
26.	Voix Celeste	8'
27.	Rohr Flute	8'	Smith
28.	Geigen Principal	4'
29.	Rohr Flute	4'	Smith
30.	Harmonic Flute	4'
31.	Flautina	2'
32.	Mixture	III
33.	Contra Fagotto	16'
34.	Trumpet	8'
35.	Oboe	8'
36.	Clarion	4'
37.	Tremulant
iv	Swell Octave
IV. Solo
38.	Clarabella	8'	prepared
39.	String Gamba	8'	prepared
40.	Concert Flute	4'	prepared
41.	Cor Anglais	16'	prepared
42.	Tuba Mirabilis	8'	prepared
43.	Orchestral Oboe	8'	prepared
Pedal
44.	Sub-Bass	32'
45.	Open Diapason	16'
46.	Sub-Bass	16'
47.	Violone	16'
48.	Bass Flute	8'
49.	Violoncello	8'
50.	Trombone	16'
v	Choir to Pedal
vi	Great to Pedal
vii	Swell to Pedal
viii	Solo to Pedal

Organ History
1902	Restored by Hill
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	44	44	5	P

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
1.	Lieblich Gedact	16'
2.	Salicional	8'	Smith
3.	Lieblich Gedact	8'
4.	Stopped Diapason	8'	Smith
5.	Dolce	8'
6.	Vox Angelica	8'
7.	Lieblich Gedact	4'
8.	Flauto Dolce	4'
9.	Lieblich Gedact	2'
10.	Clarionet	8'
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
11.	Bourdon	16'
12.	Open Diapason, large	8'
13.	Open Diapason, small	8'
14.	Viola	8'
15.	Hohlflote	8'
16.	Stopped Diapason	8'
17.	Octave	4'
18.	Hohlflote	4'
19.	Octave Quint	2 ²/₃'
20.	Super-octave	2'
21.	Full Mixture	IV (1 ¹/₃')
22.	Contra Trumpet	16'
23.	Trumpet	8'
ii	Swell to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
24.	Bourdon	16'
25.	Geigen Principal	8'
26.	Rohrflote	8'	Smith
27.	Pierced Gamba	8'
28.	Dulciana	8'	Smith
29.	Geigen Principal	4'
30.	Rohrflote	4'	Smith
31.	Dulcet	4'
32.	Flautina	2'
33.	Mixture	III (2')
34.	Contra Trumpet	16'
35.	Horn	8'
36.	Oboe	8'
37.	Clarion	4'
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-f 30 notes)
38.	Sub-bass	32'
39.	Open Diapason	16'
40.	Bourdon	16'
41.	Quint Bass	10 ²/₃'
42.	Flute Bass	8'
43.	Octave	8'
44.	Trombone	16'
iii	Choir to Pedal
iv	Great to Pedal
v	Swell to Pedal

1912

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

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	51	-	20	-

List of Organists
c1447	Thomas Litster
1478	Laurence Lancaster
1511	John Watson
1513	William Swaine
1520	Adam Bakehouse
1540	William Solber
1613-16	John Wanless
1662	Henry Wanless
1670-c1677	Wilson
1671-77	Alexander Shaw
1677-	William Sorrell
1682-c1690	John Hawkins
1690-1730	Thomas Preston (1662-1730)
1731-48	Thomas Preston
1748-99	William Ayrton (1726-1799)
1799-1802	William F. M. Ayrton (1778-1850)
1802-22	Thomas Ayrton (1782-1822)
1823-30	John Henry Bond (1788-1871)
1831-73	George Bates (1802-1881)
1873-1902	Edwin J. Crow (1841-1907)
1902-54	C. H. Moody (1874-1965)
1954-57	Lionel Dakers (1924-2003)
1957-66	Philip Marshall (1921-2005)
1966-94	Ronald Perrin (1931-1997)
1994	Robert Marsh
1994-2002	Kerry Beaumont (1957-)
2002	Andrew Bryden
2003	Andrew Bryden
2003	Simon Morley

List of Assistant Organists
	J. William Render
1876-81	Henry Taylor (1859-)
1882-87	H. A. Wheeldon (1864-1923)
1887-90	Charles M. Bailey (1866-1945)
	Edgar Alfred Lane (1864-1938)
	Edgar Watson (1873-1941)
	William Rains (1882-1955)
c1908	C. Richards
	Edward Brown (1884-)
1910-13	William Edward Cave (1884-)
1925-27	Leonard Baggaley (1906-1978)
1928-35	Denis Cocks (1910-1968)
1935-39	Alfred H. Allsop (1899-1996)
1947-52	Alex Forrest
1952-55	Paul Mace
1955-56	Keith Bond (1929-2008)
1956-58	Peter Stevenson (1928-)
1958-63	Laurence Gibbon (1932-)
1963-74	Alan Dance
1974-86	Marcus Huxley (1949-)
1986-98	Robert Marsh
1998-2003	Andrew Bryden
2004-08	Thomas Leech
2009-13	Edmund Aldhouse
2013-14	Ben Horden (1988-)
2014-	Tim Harper

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

List of Other Organists
	David Lamb

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