Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Sherborne (Dorset) > Sherborne Abbey
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1856 | Built by Gray & Davison |
| 1876 | Rebuilt & enlarged by Gray & Davison |
| 1887 | Repaired by Gray & Davison |
| 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 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 36 | 36 | 6 | T |
| I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gamba | 8' | |
| 2. | Dulciana | 8' | |
| 3. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 4. | Clarionet Flute | 8' | |
| 5. | Gemshorn | 4' | |
| 6. | Flute | 4' | |
| 7. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 8. | Piccolo | 2' | |
| 9. | Clarionet | 8' | |
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| II. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
| 10. | Double Diapason | 16' | |
| 11. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 12. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 13. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 14. | Octave | 4' | |
| 15. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | |
| 16. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 17. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 18. | Harmonic Flute | 4' | |
| 19. | Posaune | 8' | |
| 20. | Clarion | 4' | |
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| iii | Swell to Great and Octave | ||
| III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
| 21. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 22. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 23. | Keraulophon | 8' | |
| 24. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 25. | Octave | 4' | |
| 26. | Harmonic Flute | 4' | |
| 27. | Super-octave | 2' | |
| 28. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 29. | Cornopean | 8' | |
| 30. | Oboe | 8' | |
| 31. | Clarion | 4' | |
| 32. | Tremulant | ||
| Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 33. | Open Diapason | 16' | |
| 34. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 35. | Octave | 8' | |
| 36. | Super-octave | 4' | |
| 37. | Trombone | 16' | |
| iv | Great to Pedal | ||
| v | Choir to Pedal | ||
| vi | Swell to Pedal | ||
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1737-38 | John Broderip (1719-1785) |
| 1848-49 | James Vincent (1827-) |
| 1852-54 | John H. Nunn (1827-1905) |
| 1859-71 | Edward Herbert (1830-1872) |
| 1872-75 | R. P. C. Corfe (1846-1935) |
| 1876-77 | Henry J. Vaughan (1839-1918) |
| 1879-1900 | George Edwin Lyle (1842-1900) |
| 1900-06 | H. W. Chuter (1875-1943) |
| 1907-14 | A. R. Mote (1880-1950) |
| 1915-53 | William Edward Wearden (1881-1959) |
| 1954 | Benjamin Picton (1881-1958) |
| 1964-65 | Peter Burness |
| 1965-99 | Julian Dams |
| 2000-02 | John Padley |
| 2003-07 | Joseph Sentance |
| 2006-18 | Paul Ellis |
| 2019- | James Henderson |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1983-84 | James Henderson |