HERE 2 Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | Cathedral, Ely, England

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Details of Cathedral, Ely, England


Organ History
Built by Renatus Harris
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
1851Built by Hill
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
332324T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.Open Diapason8'
2.Clarabella8'
3.Stopped Diapason8'
4.Octave4'
5.Flute4'
6.Super-octave4'
7.Cremona8'
II. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
8.Double Diapason16'
9.Open Diapason8'
10.Open Diapason8'
11.Stopped Diapason8'
12.Quint5 1/3'
13.Octave4'
14.Octave Quint2 2/3'
15.Super-octave4'
16.SesquialteraIII
17.MixtureIII
18.Posaune16'
19.Trumpet8'
20.Clarion4'
iSwell to Great
iiChoir to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
21.Double Diapason16'
22.Open Diapason8'
23.Stopped Diapason8'
24.Octave4'
25.Trumpet8'
26.Hautboy8'
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
27.Open (wood)16'
28.Open (metal)16'
29.Octave8'
30.Super-octave4'
31.SesquialteraIII
32.Trombone16'
iiiPedals to Great
ivPedals to Choir

1908

Organ History
1908Harrison
Sources
The Musical Times 789

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
4685615P/EP

I. Choir (Electro-pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
1.Double Salicional16'Units [CH:SL]
2.Open Diapason8'
3.Gedeckt8'
4.Salicional8'
5.Dulciana8'
6.Flute Traverso4'
7.Salicet4'
8.Dulcet4'
9.Dulciana MixtureIII [12-19-22]
iSwell to Choir
iiSolo to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
10.Sub-Bourdon32'Units [GT:BD]
11.Contra Clarabella16'Units [PD:SB (CC-D#)]
12.Gross Geigen16'
13.Open Diapason I8'
14.Open Diapason II16'Units [PD:OD (CC-E)]
15.Open Diapason III8'
16.Geigen8'
17.Hohl Flöte8'
18.Quint5 1/3'
19.Octave4'
20.Geigen Principal4'
21.Wald Flöte4'
22.Octave Quint2 2/3'
23.Super-octave4'
24.HarmonicsV [10-17-19-21-22]
25.MixtureV [15-19-22-26-29]
Reeds (Pneumatic)
26.Trombone16'
27.Tromba8'
28.Octave Tromba4'
iiiReeds on Solo
ivChoir to Great
vSwell to Great
viSolo to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
29.Lieblich Bordun16'
30.Lieblich Gedeckt8'
31.Open Diapason8'
32.Echo Gamba8'
33.Vox Angelica8'(tenor c)
34.Principal4'
35.Lieblich Flöte4'
36.Fifteenth2'
37.SesquialteraVI [12-17-19-22-26-29]
38.Oboe8'
39.Vox Humana8'
40.Tremulant8'
41.Double Trumpet16'
42.Trumpet8'
43.Horn8'
44.Horn Quint5 1/3'
45.Clarion4'
viiSwell Super-Octave
IV. Solo ( CC-c4 61 notes)
Enclosed (Electro-pneumatic)
46.Harmonic Flute8'
47.Harmonic Piccolo2'
48.Contra Viola16'Units [SO:VI]
49.Viole d’Orchestre8'
50.Viole Céleste8'
51.Viole Octaviante4'
52.Cornet de ViolesIII [10-12-15]
53.Clarinet16'
54.Orchestral Hautboy8'
55.Tremulant8'
Unenclosed (Electro-pneumatic)
56.Tuba8'
viiiSolo Super-Octave
ixSolo Unison Off
xSolo Sub-Octave
xiSwell to Solo
Pedal ( CCC-G 32 notes)
57.Double Open Wood32'Units [PD:OW]
58.Double Stopped Diapason32'Units [GT:BD]
59.Open Wood16'Units [PD:OW]
60.Open Diapason16'Units [PD:OD]
61.Stopped Diapason16'Units [GT:BD]
62.Sub-Bass16'Units [PD:SB]
63.Violone16'Units [SO:VI]
64.Salicional16'Units [CH:SL]
65.Octave Wood8'Units [PD:OW]
66.Violoncello8'Units [SO:VI]
67.Flute8'Units [PD:SB]
68.Bombardon32'Units [PD:OP]
69.Ophicleide16'Units [PD:OP]
70.Posaune8'Units [PD:OP]
xiiGreat to Pedal
xiiiSwell to Pedal
xivChoir to Pedal
xvSolo to Pedal

UnitDivisionRankFootagePipesI. ChoirII. GreatIII. SwellIV. SoloPedal
CH:SLChoirSalicional161616
GT:BDGreatBourdon323232, 16
PD:ODPedalOpen Diapason161616
PD:OPPedalOphicleide3232, 16, 8
PD:OWPedalOpen Wood3232, 16, 8
PD:SBPedalSub-Bass161616, 8
SO:VISoloContra Viola161616, 8



List of Organists
George Legge
1453William Kyng
c1535Thomas Barcrofte
1541-42William Smith
1542-61Christopher Tye (1497-1572)
1562-66Robert White (1530-1574)
1566-72John Farrant
1571-79William Fox (-1579)
1580-1610George Barcrofte (-1610)
1610-41John Amner (1579-1641)
1641-62Robert Claxton (-1668)
1663-82John Ferrabosco (1629-1682)
1682-1729James Hawkins (1662-1729)
1729-62Thomas Kempton (1694-1762)
1762-68John Elbonn (-1768)
1768-74David Wood
1774-77James Rogers
1777-78Richard Langdon (1730-1803)
1778-1803Highmore Skeats (1760-1831)
1804-30Highmore Skeats (1787-1835)
1831-66Robert Janes (1806-1866)
1866-86E. T. Chipp (1823-1886)
1872-77T. King Holtham (1855-1918)
1887-92Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
1892-98T. Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
1898-1900Hugh Allen (1869-1946)
1901-19A. W. Wilson (1869-1950)
1919-26Noel E. Ponsonby (1891-1928)
1926-31Hubert S. Middleton (1890-1959)
1931-49Marmaduke P. Conway (1885-1961)
1939C. P. R. Wilson
1949-53Sidney S. Campbell (1909-1974)
1953-58Michael Howard (1922-2002)
1958-90Arthur Wills (1926-2020)
1973-76Gerald Gifford
1989-91Jeremy Filsell (1964-)
1990-2019Paul Trepte (1954-)
2012-14Alexander Berry
2019-Edmund Aldhouse

List of Assistant Organists
William Bean
Roger Judd
-1857H. J. Bailey (1839-1866)
-1865William J. Kempton (1843-1904)
William George Price (1865-1952)
1903-06Frederick Chubb (1885-1966)
1906-09H. L. Stocks (1884-1956)
1912-14Edwin Alec Collins (1893-)
1927-29Guillaume Ormond (1896-1971)
1931-33Frederick Benjamin Coley (1906-)
Robert Groves (1912-1994)
1947-48Russell Arthur Missin (1922-2002)
1949-58Arthur Wills (1926-2020)
1958-61Christopher Scarf
1961Gerald Hendrie (1935-)
1961-64Michael Dudman
1964-66Anthony Greening
1977-89Stephen le Provost
1991-96David Price (1969-)
1996-98Sean Farrell
1999-2002Scott Farrell
2002-13Jonathan Lilley
2013-19Edmund Aldhouse
2019-Glen Dempsey

List of Organ Scholars
2006-08Edward Taylor

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