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Details of St. John-the-Baptists’ (Parish Church), Preston, England

1802

Organ History
1802Built by Davis of London
Rebuilt by Gray & Davison
Rebuilt by Jackson of Liverpool
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

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
334365T

I. Choir
1.Stopped Diapason  
2.Clarabella  
3.Dulciana  
4.Principal  
5.Flute  
6.Fifteenth  
7.Cromorne  
II. Great
8.Double Diapason (bass) metal.
9.Double Diapason (tenor) metal.
10.Stopped Diapason  
11.Open Diapason  
12.Open Diapason  
13.Principal metal.
14.Principal wood.
15.Twelfth  
16.Fifteenth metal.
17.Fifteenth wood.
18.SesquialteraIII 
19.MixtureII 
20.Twentieth  
21.Trumpet (bass)  
22.Trumpet (tenor)  
23.Clarion  
iSwell to Great  
III. Swell
24.Double Diapason  
25.Stopped Diapason  
26.Open Diapason  
27.Keraulophon  
28.Principal  
29.Fifteenth  
30.Mixture  
31.Hautboy  
32.Cornopean  
iiChoir to Swell  
iiiSwell Octave  
Pedal
33.Open Diapason  
34.Principal  
35.Fifteenth  
36.SesquialteraIII 
ivPedal to Great  
vPedal to Choir  

1888

Organ History
1888Restored by Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
348-7P


List of Organists
1890-J. E. Adkins (1867-1939)
1890-John Yates (1859-)
Arthur Fountain (1892-)

List of Assistant Organists
1885-R. H. Earnshaw (1856-)