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Details of Minster, York, England

Organ History
1770	Built by Green
1803	Restored by Samuel Green
1815	Moved to St. Peter’s, Nottingham, England by
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912.
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877.

Main Organ (1829)

Organ History
1829	Built by Elliot & Hill
1863	Rebuilt by Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927.
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912.
“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”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	69	69	7	-

I. Choir ( CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Gedact	16
2.	Open Diapason	8
3.	Dulciana	8
4.	Stopped Diapason	8
5.	Gemshorn	4
6.	Wald Flute	4
7.	Fifteenth	2
8.	Mixture
9.	Clarionet	8
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great ( CC-g3 56 notes)
10.	Double Open Diapason	16
11.	Gedact	16
12.	Open Diapason, East	8
13.	Open Diapason, West	8
14.	Open Diapason, No. 3	8
15.	Gamba	8
16.	Stopped Diapason	8
17.	Quint	5 1/3
18.	Octave	4
19.	Octave	4
20.	Open Diapason	8
21.	Harmonic Flute	4
22.	Twelfth	3
23.	Fifteenth	2
24.	Octave Flute	2
25.	Full Mixture
26.	Sharp Mixture
27.	Tierce Mixture
28.	Cornet
29.	Glockenspiel
30.	Double Trumpet	16
31.	Posaune	8
32.	Trumpet	8
33.	Clarion	4
ii	Swell to Great
iii	Solo to Great
iv	Swell to Great
III. Swell ( CC-g3 56 notes)
34.	Bourdon	16
35.	Open Diapason,	8
36.	Dulciana	8
37.	Stopped Diapason	8
38.	Octave	8
39.	Fifteenth	2
40.	Full Mixture
41.	Dulciana Mixture
42.	Double Bassoon	16
43.	Horn	8
44.	Trumpet	8
45.	Oboe	8
46.	Vox Humana	8
47.	Clarion	4
48.	Tremulant
IV. Solo ( CC-g3 56 notes)
49.	Tuba	16
50.	Tuba	8
51.	Harmonic Flute	4
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
52.	Double Open Diapason	32
53.	Double Open Diapason	32
54.	Open Diapason	16
55.	Sub-Bass	16
56.	Open Diapason	16
57.	Violone	16
58.	Bourdon	16
59.	Quint (Stopped)	10 2/3
60.	Octave	8
61.	Octave Bass	8
62.	Flute Bass	8
63.	Twelfth	4
64.	Fifteenth	4
65.	Mixture	3 1/5
66.	Sackbut	32
67.	Trombone	16
68.	Bassoon	16
69.	Clarion	8
70.	Octave Clarion	4
v	Great to Pedals
vi	Swell to Pedals
vii	Choir to Pedals

Main Organ (1903)

Organ History
1903	Rebuilt by Walker
1916	Rebuilt & enlarged by Harrison
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927.
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	70	-	13	P

Nave Organ (1863)

Organ History
1863	Built by Hill & Son
Status
Unknown
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	33	33	6	-

I. Choir ( CC-a3 58 notes)
1.	Cone Gamba	16
2.	Dulciana	8
3.	Lieblich Gedact	8
4.	Gemshorn	4
5.	Lieblich Flote	4
6.	Piccolo	2
7.	Clarionet	8
II. Great ( CC-a3 58 notes)
8.	Bourdon	16
9.	Open Diapason, No. 1	8
10.	Open Diapason, No. 2	8
11.	Stopped Diapason	8
12.	Octave	4
13.	Harmonic Flute	4
14.	Twelfth	2 2/3
15.	Fifteenth	2
16.	Mixture	1 1/3
17.	Posaune	8
18.	Clarion	4
i	Swell to Great
ii	Swell Sub-octave to Great
iii	Choir to Great
III. Swell ( CC-a3 58 notes)
19.	Bourdon	16
20.	Open Diapason	8
21.	Stopped Diapason	8
22.	Octave	4
23.	Fifteenth	2
24.	Mixture	1 1/3
25.	Corno	8
26.	Oboe	8
27.	Clarion	4
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
28.	Open Diapason	16
29.	Sub-bass	16
30.	Violone	16
31.	Octave	8
32.	Fifteenth	4
33.	Trombone	16
iv	Great to Pedals
v	Choir to Pedals
vi	Swell to Pedals

List of Organists
1475-81	John Austan
1484-92	John Symson
1510-21	John Usher
1541-73	John Thorne (1514-1573)
c1573	John Wyrnal
1598-1604	Cuthbert Byas
1607-16	William Browne
1616-33	Thomas Kingston
1634-45	John Hutchinson (1615-)
1662	John Hutchinson
1662-c1691	J. Charles
1663-66	Thomas Mudd
1691-1711	Thomas Wanless (-1721)
1695	J. Heath
1712-21	Charles Murgatroyd (-1741)
1715	Charles Burgatroyd
1721-22	William Davies
1722-27	Charles Quarles (-1727)
1728-35	Edward Salisbury
1735-56	James Nares (1715-1783)
1756-1803	John Camidge (1735-1803)
1803-42	Matthew Camidge (1764-1844)
1842-58	John Camidge (1790-1859)
1859-83	Edwin George Monk (1819-1900)
1883	W. H. Garland (1852-1897)
1883-97	John Naylor (1838-1897)
1898-1913	T. Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
1913-46	Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
1945-47	Sefton Cottom (1928-2011)
1946-83	Francis Jackson (1917-)
1982-2008	Philip Moore (1943-)
2008-	Robert Sharpe
-c1633	John Kirby

List of Assistant Organists
-1803	Matthew Camidge (1764-1844)
1848-59	Thomas Simpson Camidge (1828-1912)
c1876-1880	Edward J. Bellerby (1858-1940)
-1878	Edward Johnson
-1879	Mark J. Monk (1858-1929)
1890-91	T. W. Hanforth (1867-1948)
1891-92	Charles Legh Naylor (1869-1945)
-1901	F. Flaxington Harker (1876-1936)
1902-06	Edwin Fairbourn (1880-1970)
1906-10	William Green
1910-13	Cyril Francis Musgrove (1887-1921)
1912-14	John Wyatt (1887-1929)
1913-23	Harold A. Bennett (1891-1978)
1924-29	J. Lawrence Slater
	W. R. Wright (1900-)
1929-46	Owen P. Franklin (1905-1979)
1946	Francis Jackson (1917-)
1947-54	Allan Wicks (1923-2010)
1954-57	Eric Parsons
1957-66	Ronald Perrin (1931-1997)
1966-67	Peter John Williams
1969-71	Andrew Wilson-Dickson (1946-)
1976-2010	John Scott Whiteley (1950-)
2010-	David Pipe
2016-	Benjamin Morris

List of Organ Scholars
	Andrew Wilson-Dickson (1946-)
2003	Marcus Wibberley (1981-)
	Ben Horden (1988-)

List of Other Organists
2016-18	Jeremy Lloyd
2018-	Christopher Strange

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