Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Tewkesbury > St. Mary’s Abbey
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1885 | Built by Michell & Thynne |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 55 | - | - | - |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1637 | Built by Thomas Harris |
| 1690 | Renovated by Renatus Harris |
| 1737 | Moved 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 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| Great | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Diapason | ||
| 2. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 3. | Principal | ||
| 4. | Cedirne | ||
| 5. | Great Twelfth | ||
| 6. | Fifteenth | ||
| 7. | Furniture | III | |
| 8. | Cymbal | II | |
| Choir | |||
| 9. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 10. | Principal | ||
| 11. | Flute | ||
| 12. | Nason | ||
| 13. | Fifteenth | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1848 | Rebuilt & enlarged by Willis |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 3 | T |
| I. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason I | 8' | |
| 2. | Open Diapason II | 8' | |
| 3. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 4. | Clarabella | 8' | |
| 5. | Dulciana | 8' | |
| 6. | Principal | 4' | |
| 7. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | |
| 8. | Fifteenth | 4' | |
| 9. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 10. | Mixture | ||
| 11. | Trumpet | 8' | |
| 12. | Clarion | 4' | |
| 13. | Cremona | 8' | |
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| II. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
| 14. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 15. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 16. | Principal | 4' | |
| 17. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 18. | Sesquialtera | III (1 3/5') | |
| 19. | Trumpet | prepared | |
| 20. | Hautboy | 8' | |
| Pedal (Tracker CCC-e 29 notes) | |||
| 21. | Double Open Diapason | 16' | |
| 22. | Double Trumpet | 16' | |
| ii | Swell to Pedal | ||
| iii | Great to Pedal | ||
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1737-67 | James Cleavely |
| 1767-98 | James Edward Chandler |
| 1847-57 | Nathaniel White Chandler |
| 1847-57 | Nathaniel Chandler White (1818-1869) |
| 1857 | Thomas Vale (1832-1916) |
| 1857-58 | Jabez Jones |
| 1858-61 | R. M. Ellis |
| 1861-67 | Edward Gillman |
| 1867-78 | James Thomeloe Horniblow (1819-1883) |
| 1878-80 | Henry Rogers (1853-1931) |
| 1881-91 | D. Hemingway (1855-1896) |
| 1891-1900 | S. Bath (1862-1953) |
| Claude W. Parnell (1872-1941) | |
| 1900-10 | Alfred W. V. Vine (1876-1947) |
| 1910-43 | Percy Baker (1880-1975) |
| 1943-44 | Michael Howard (1922-2002) |
| 1944-66 | Huskisson Stubington (1897-1971) |
| 1966-85 | Michael Peterson |
| 1985-96 | John Belcher |
| 1996- | Carleton Etherington (1966-) |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Percy Baker (1880-1975) | |
| 1910-12 | L. W. T. Arkell (1892-1972) |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| Edward Turner | |