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Details of Cathedral, Ely, England

Organ History
	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” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

1851

Organ History
1851	Built by Hill
Status
Unknown
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
3	32	32	4	T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.	Open Diapason	8'
2.	Clarabella	8'
3.	Stopped Diapason	8'
4.	Octave	4'
5.	Flute	4'
6.	Super-octave	4'
7.	Cremona	8'
II. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
8.	Double Diapason	16'
9.	Open Diapason	8'
10.	Open Diapason	8'
11.	Stopped Diapason	8'
12.	Quint	5 ¹/₃'
13.	Octave	4'
14.	Octave Quint	2 ²/₃'
15.	Super-octave	4'
16.	Sesquialtera	III
17.	Mixture	III
18.	Posaune	16'
19.	Trumpet	8'
20.	Clarion	4'
i	Swell to Great
ii	Choir to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
21.	Double Diapason	16'
22.	Open Diapason	8'
23.	Stopped Diapason	8'
24.	Octave	4'
25.	Trumpet	8'
26.	Hautboy	8'
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
27.	Open (wood)	16'
28.	Open (metal)	16'
29.	Octave	8'
30.	Super-octave	4'
31.	Sesquialtera	III
32.	Trombone	16'
iii	Pedals to Great
iv	Pedals to Choir

1908

Organ History
1908	Harrison
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
The Musical Times 789

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	68	56	15	P/EP

I. Choir (Electro-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
1.	Double Salicional	16'	Units [CH:SL]
2.	Open Diapason	8'
3.	Gedeckt	8'
4.	Salicional	8'
5.	Dulciana	8'
6.	Flute Traverso	4'
7.	Salicet	4'
8.	Dulcet	4'
9.	Dulciana Mixture	III [12-19-22]
i	Swell to Choir
ii	Solo to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
10.	Sub-Bourdon	32'	Units [GT:BD]
11.	Contra Clarabella	16'	Units [PD:SB (CC-D#)]
12.	Gross Geigen	16'
13.	Open Diapason I	8'
14.	Open Diapason II	16'	Units [PD:OD (CC-E)]
15.	Open Diapason III	8'
16.	Geigen	8'
17.	Hohl Flöte	8'
18.	Quint	5 ¹/₃'
19.	Octave	4'
20.	Geigen Principal	4'
21.	Wald Flöte	4'
22.	Octave Quint	2 ²/₃'
23.	Super-octave	4'
24.	Harmonics	V [10-17-19-21-22]
25.	Mixture	V [15-19-22-26-29]
Reeds (Pneumatic)
26.	Trombone	16'
27.	Tromba	8'
28.	Octave Tromba	4'
iii	Reeds on Solo
iv	Choir to Great
v	Swell to Great
vi	Solo to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
29.	Lieblich Bordun	16'
30.	Lieblich Gedeckt	8'
31.	Open Diapason	8'
32.	Echo Gamba	8'
33.	Vox Angelica	8'	(tenor c)
34.	Principal	4'
35.	Lieblich Flöte	4'
36.	Fifteenth	2'
37.	Sesquialtera	VI [12-17-19-22-26-29]
38.	Oboe	8'
39.	Vox Humana	8'
40.	Tremulant	8'
41.	Double Trumpet	16'
42.	Trumpet	8'
43.	Horn	8'
44.	Horn Quint	5 ¹/₃'
45.	Clarion	4'
vii	Swell Super-Octave
IV. Solo ( CC-c4 61 notes)
Enclosed (Electro-pneumatic)
46.	Harmonic Flute	8'
47.	Harmonic Piccolo	2'
48.	Contra Viola	16'	Units [SO:VI]
49.	Viole d’Orchestre	8'
50.	Viole Céleste	8'
51.	Viole Octaviante	4'
52.	Cornet de Violes	III [10-12-15]
53.	Clarinet	16'
54.	Orchestral Hautboy	8'
55.	Tremulant	8'
Unenclosed (Electro-pneumatic)
56.	Tuba	8'
viii	Solo Super-Octave
ix	Solo Unison Off
x	Solo Sub-Octave
xi	Swell to Solo
Pedal ( CCC-G 32 notes)
57.	Double Open Wood	32'	Units [PD:OW]
58.	Double Stopped Diapason	32'	Units [GT:BD]
59.	Open Wood	16'	Units [PD:OW]
60.	Open Diapason	16'	Units [PD:OD]
61.	Stopped Diapason	16'	Units [GT:BD]
62.	Sub-Bass	16'	Units [PD:SB]
63.	Violone	16'	Units [SO:VI]
64.	Salicional	16'	Units [CH:SL]
65.	Octave Wood	8'	Units [PD:OW]
66.	Violoncello	8'	Units [SO:VI]
67.	Flute	8'	Units [PD:SB]
68.	Bombardon	32'	Units [PD:OP]
69.	Ophicleide	16'	Units [PD:OP]
70.	Posaune	8'	Units [PD:OP]
xii	Great to Pedal
xiii	Swell to Pedal
xiv	Choir to Pedal
xv	Solo to Pedal

Unit	Division	Rank	Footage	I. Choir	II. Great	IV. Solo	Pedal
CH:SL	Choir	Salicional	16	16			16
GT:BD	Great	Bourdon	32		32		32, 16
PD:OD	Pedal	Open Diapason	16		16		16
PD:OP	Pedal	Ophicleide	32				32, 16, 8
PD:OW	Pedal	Open Wood	32				32, 16, 8
PD:SB	Pedal	Sub-Bass	16		16		16, 8
SO:VI	Solo	Contra Viola	16			16	16, 8

List of Organists
	George Legge
1453	William Kyng
c1535	Thomas Barcrofte
1541-42	William Smith
1542-61	Christopher Tye (1497-1572)
1562-66	Robert White (1530-1574)
1566-72	John Farrant
1571-79	William Fox (-1579)
1580-1610	George Barcrofte (-1610)
1610-41	John Amner (1579-1641)
1641-62	Robert Claxton (-1668)
1663-82	John Ferrabosco (1629-1682)
1682-1729	James Hawkins (1662-1729)
1729-62	Thomas Kempton (1694-1762)
1762-68	John Elbonn (-1768)
1768-74	David Wood
1774-77	James Rogers
1777-78	Richard Langdon (1730-1803)
1778-1803	Highmore Skeats (1760-1831)
1804-30	Highmore Skeats (1787-1835)
1831-66	Robert Janes (1806-1866)
1866-86	E. T. Chipp (1823-1886)
1872-77	T. King Holtham (1855-1918)
1887-92	Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
1892-98	T. Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
1898-1900	Hugh Allen (1869-1946)
1901-19	A. W. Wilson (1869-1950)
1919-26	Noel E. Ponsonby (1891-1928)
1926-31	Hubert S. Middleton (1890-1959)
1931-49	Marmaduke P. Conway (1885-1961)
1939	C. P. R. Wilson
1949-53	Sidney S. Campbell (1909-1974)
1953-58	Michael Howard (1922-2002)
1958-90	Arthur Wills (1926-)
1973-76	Gerald Gifford
1989-91	Jeremy Filsell (1964-)
1990-2019	Paul Trepte (1954-)
2012-14	Alexander Berry
2019-	Edmund Aldhouse

List of Assistant Organists
	William Bean
	Roger Judd
-1857	H. J. Bailey (1839-1866)
-1865	William J. Kempton (1843-1904)
	William George Price (1865-1952)
1903-06	Frederick Chubb (1885-1966)
1906-09	H. L. Stocks (1884-1956)
1912-14	Edwin Alec Collins (1893-)
1927-29	Guillaume Ormond (1896-1971)
1931-33	Frederick Benjamin Coley (1906-)
	Robert Groves (1912-1994)
1947-48	Russell Arthur Missin (1922-2002)
1949-58	Arthur Wills (1926-)
1958-61	Christopher Scarf
1961	Gerald Hendrie (1935-)
1961-64	Michael Dudman
1964-66	Anthony Greening
1977-89	Stephen le Provost
1991-96	David Price (1969-)
1996-98	Sean Farrell
1999-2002	Scott Farrell
2002-13	Jonathan Lilley
2013-19	Edmund Aldhouse
2019-	Glen Dempsey

List of Organ Scholars
2006-08	Edward Taylor

List of Other Organists
2006-11	Louise Reid
2008-12	Oliver Hancock
2010-	Sarah Mac Donald
2015-17	Alexander Goodwin
2017-	Aaron Shilson