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Details of Hampton Court Palace, Hampton Court Road, Hampton, Twickenham, England

(Hampton Court Road, Hampton)


Chapel Royal (1654)

Organ History
1637Built by Thomas Harris
1654Moved from Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford, England
1660Moved to Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford, England
Status
Unknown
Sources
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 733
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
21313--

Great
1.Diapason I  
2.Diapason II  
3.Principal I  
4.Principal II  
5.Fifteenth I  
6.Fifteenth II  
7.Two-and-Twentieths I  
8.Two-and-Twentieths II  
Choir
9.Stopped Diapason  
10.Principal I  
11.Principal II  
12.Recorder  
13.Fifteenth  

Chapel Royal (1690)

Organ History
1690Built by Bernard Smith
1840Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill
1857Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill
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
The National Pipe Organ Register

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
320203T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-e3)
1.Stopped Diapason  
2.Principal  
3.Flute  
4.Fifteenth  
5.Cremona  
II. Great (Tracker GG-e3)
6.Open Diapason  
7.Stopped Diapason  
8.Principal  
9.Flute (Quintaton)  
10.Twelfth  
11.Fifteenth  
12.SesquialteraIII 
13.CornetIII 
14.Trumpet  
iSwell to Great  
III. Swell (Tracker f-e3)
15.Open Diapason  
16.Stopped Diapason  
17.Principal  
18.Hautboy  
19.Trumpet  
Pedal (Tracker CCC-g)
20.Open Pipes  
iiGreat to Pedal  
iiiChoir to Pedal  

Chapel Royal (1899)

Organ History
1899Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill
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
The National Pipe Organ Register

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
330--T/P



List of Organists
1831-45William Henry Fitzgerald (1800-1873)
1845-86William Christian Sellé (1813-1898)
1886-1930Basil H. Philpott (1858-1930)
1930-56William J. Phillips (1873-)
1956-66Norman Askew (1901-1966)
1967-95Gordon Reynolds (1921-1995)
1995-96Richard Hill
1996-Carl Jackson
OABurnham W. Horner (1848-1928)

List of Organ Scholars
Joseph Beech (1994-)