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Details of St. Philip’s (Anglican) Cathedral, Temple Row, City, Birmingham, England

(Temple Row)

St. Philip’s, City, Birmingham, England

Building History
1905Became cathedral
Organ History
1715Built by Schwarbrick
1804Reconstructed by England
1883Moved form West to East
1892Rebuilt by Nicholson of Worcester
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
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
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List of Organists
1715-30Barnabas Gunn (1680-1753)
1765-Jeremiah Clarke (1742-1809)
1803Joseph Harris
1803-29Bishop Simms (1767-1829)
1829-71Henry Simms (1804-1872)
1871-88Charles J. B. Meacham (1850-1930)
1888-98Yates Mander (1862-1917)
1898-1901A. G. Thompson
1901-06Arthur Elmore (1875-1932)
1906-14Edwin Stephenson (1871-1922)
1914-36Frederick Dunnill (1880-1936)
1936-58Willis Grant (1907-1981)
1958-68Thomas Tunnard (1918-)
1968-74Roy Massey (1934-)
John Harper (1947-)
1974-78David Bruce-Payne (1945-)
1978-86Hubert Best (1952-)
1986-2018Marcus Huxley (1949-)
2018-David Hardie
2019-Ashley Wagner

List of Assistant Organists
Arthur Simms (1839-1914)
1907-08Samuel Royle Shore (1856-1946)
1907-14T. Appleby Matthews (1881-1949)
Norman Blake (1915-2000)
1950-51Harrison Oxley (1933-2009)
1952-54Michael Toll (1930-)
1954-56John K. Nicholas
1956-95Rosemary Field
1966-68Roland L. Keen
Hubert Best (1952-)
1995-97Rupert Jeffcoat (1970-)
1997-2004Christopher Allsop
2004-10Stuart Nicholson
2010-14Tim Harper
2014-18David Hardie