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Details of Cathedral, Salisbury, England

1710

Organ History
1710	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

1792

Organ History
1792	Built by Green
1876	Moved
Status
Unknown
Sources
“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

1876

Organ History
1876	Built by Willis
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
The Musical Times 720
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	55	55	10	T/TP

I. Choir (Tracker CC-a3 58 notes)
1.	Lieblich Gedact	16'	metal.
2.	Lieblich Gedact	8'	metal.
3.	Lieblich Gedact	4'	metal.
4.	Flute Harmonique	8'	metal.
5.	Flute Harmonique	4'	metal.
6.	Salicional	8'	metal.
7.	Gemshorn	4'	metal.
8.	Flageolet	2'	metal.
9.	Corno di Bassetto	8'	metal.
10.	Cor Anglais	8'	metal.
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Tracker-pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
11.	Double Open Diapason	16'	metal.
12.	Open Diapason, large	8'	metal.
13.	Open Diapason, small	8'	metal.
14.	Stopped Diapason	8'	metal.
15.	Claribel Flute, closed, Bass	8'	wood.
16.	Principal	4'	metal.
17.	Flute Harmonique	4'	metal.
18.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	metal.
19.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
20.	Piccolo	2'	metal.
21.	Mixture, full	IV (2')	metal.
22.	Double Trumpet	8'	metal.
23.	Cornopean	8'	metal.
24.	Clarion	4'	metal.
ii	Swell to Great, Unison
iii	Swell to Great, Super-octave
iv	Swell to Great, Sub-octave
v	Solo to Great
vi	Choir to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-a3 58 notes)
25.	Contra Gamba	16'	metal.
26.	Viol di Gamba	8'	metal.
27.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
28.	Lieblich Gedact	8'	metal.
29.	Vox Angelica	8'	metal. (to tenor c)
30.	Octave	4'	metal.
31.	Flute Harmonique	4'	metal.
32.	Super-octave	2'	metal.
33.	Mixture	IV	metal.
34.	Contra Fagotto	16'	metal.
35.	Trumpet	8'	metal.
36.	Hautboy	8'	metal.
37.	Clarion	4'	metal.
38.	Vox Humana	8'	metal.
39.	Tremulant to Vox Humana
IV. Solo (Tracker CC-a3 58 notes)
40.	Flute Harmonique	8'	metal.
41.	Flute Harmonique	4'	metal.
42.	Orchestral Oboe	8'	metal.
43.	Tuba	8'	metal.
44.	Corno di Bassetto	8'	metal.
45.	Clarion	4'	metal.
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
46.	Double Open Diapason	32'	metal.
47.	Open Diapason	16'	metal.
48.	Violone	16'	metal.
49.	Bourdon	16'	wood.
50.	Octave	8'	metal.
51.	Open Diapason	16'	wood.
52.	Flute Open	8'	wood.
53.	Mixture	IV	metal.
54.	Contra Posaune	32'	wood.
55.	Ophicleide	16'	metal.
56.	Clarion	8'	metal.
vii	Solo to Pedal
viii	Swell to Pedal
ix	Great to Pedal
x	Choir to Pedal

1900

Organ History
1900	Restored by Willis
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

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	55	-	11	P

List of Organists
1463	John Kegewyn
1529-43	Thomas Knyght
1558-59	Beckwyth
1561-62	Robert Chamberlayne
1566-87	Thomas Smythe
1587-92	John Farrant
1592-98	Richard Fuller
1598-1618	John Farrant (1575-1818)
1602-10	John Holmes (1575-1629)
1618-29	Edward Tucker
1629-68	Giles Tomkins (1604-1668)
1668-87	Michael Wise (1638-1687)
1688-92	Peter Isaac (-1694)
1693-98	Daniel Roseingrave (1650-1727)
1700-17	Anthony Walkeley (1672-1717)
1718-46	Edward Thompson
1746-81	John Stephens (1720-1780)
1781-92	Robert Parry
1792-1804	Joseph Corfe (1740-1820)
1804-63	Arthur T. Corfe (1773-1863)
1863-81	John E. Richardson (1825-1903)
1881-83	Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918)
1883-1916	Charles F. South (1850-1916)
1916-47	Walter G. Alcock (1861-1947)
1947-50	John Charles Stirling Forster (1915-)
1947-50	David Willcocks (1919-2015)
1950-57	Douglas Guest (1916-1996)
1957-68	Christopher Dearnley (1930-2000)
1968-97	Richard Seal (1935-2022)
1985-2005	David Halls
1997-2005	Simon Lole (1957-)
2005-	David Halls

List of Assistant Organists
	Stephen Jeffries (1662-1712)
	Aaron U. Hayter (1799-1873)
1845-63	John E. Richardson (1825-1903)
	Thomas Bentinck Richardson (1831-1893)
	Walter Spinney (1853-1894)
1881-84	Albert Wilshire (1863-1935)
1886-89	G. Street Chignell (1870-1955)
	E. Prys Lloyd (1884-1961)
1917	Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
1917-27	Cuthbert E. Osmond (1904-1937)
1931	Bernard Rose (1916-1996)
1933-47	Reginald Moore (1910-1968)
1947-50	John Foster
1947-53	Ronald Tickner (1920-1999)
1954-57	Christopher Dearnley (1930-2000)
1957-66	Richard Lloyd (1933-)
1967-74	Michael John Smith
1974-78	Jonathan Rees-Williams (1949-)
1978-85	Colin Walsh
2005-11	Daniel Cook (1979-)
2012-	John Challenger

List of Other Organists
	Ellis Gibbons (1573-1603)