Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Halifax > St. John-the-Baptist’s Minster

Details of St. John-the-Baptist’s Minster, Halifax, England

Organ History
1766Built by Snetzler
Rebuilt & enlarged
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
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
32525-T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Open Diapason8' 
2.Stopped Diapason8' 
3.Dulciana8'(to Gamut G)
4.Principal4' 
5.Flute4' 
6.Fifteenth2' 
II. Great (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
7.Open Diapason8' 
8.Open Diapason8' 
9.Stopped Diapason8' 
10.Principal4' 
11.Twelfth2 2/3' 
12.Fifteenth2' 
13.SesquialteraIV (2') 
14.MixtureIII (1') 
15.Mounted CornetV (8')(to Middle c1)
16.Trumpet8' 
17.Clarion4' 
III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
18.Double Diapason16' 
19.Open Diapason8' 
20.Stopped Diapason8' 
21.Principal4' 
22.SesquialteraIII (2 2/3') 
23.Cornopean8' 
24.Oboe8' 
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
25.Great Open Diapason21 2/3'wood.
Organ History
1878Restored by Hill
1897Restored by Abbott & Smith
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
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
449-11-
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
456-13-


List of Organists
1757-66William Herschel (1738-1822)
1766-1819Thomas Stopford
1819-34John Houldsworth (-1838)
1835-38Robert Sharp
1838-62Joseph Henry Frobisher
1862-68H. E. Moore
1868-82J. V. Roberts (1841-1920)
1882Fred Bentley (1848-1929)
1883-84John Shepherd Liddle (1853-1921)
1884-97W. H. Garland (1852-1897)
1897George Milligan
1897-1911F. de G. English (1864-1924)
1912-15Joseph Soar (1878-1971)
1915-24F. de G. English (1864-1924)
1924-29Thomas E. Pearson (1880-1929)
1924-37Herbert Bardgett (1894-1962)
1929-37R. Tustin Baker (1900-1966)
1937-38Kenneth F. Malcolmson (1911-)
1939-41Vernon Rhodes (1898-)
1941-63Shackleton Pollard (1887-)
1963-65Robert Smith
1965-68Neil Wade
1968-70Cyril Baker (1928-)
1971-Philip Tordoff (1937-)

List of Assistant Organists
1924-29William Dean Pearson (1905-2000)
1969David Barker