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

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
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

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
Sources
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
Sources
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-)