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Details of Cathedral, Hereford, England

Organ History
1686	Built by Renatus Harris
	Enlarged by Byfield
	Repaired by Snetzler
	Repaired by Green
	Repaired by Avery
	Repaired by Lincoln
1806	Enlarged, added pedals by Elliot
1864	Rebuilt & enlarged by Gray & Davison
1872	Restored
1879	Rebuilt 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
3	40	40	-	T/TP

I. Choir
1.	Stopped Diapason
2.	Principal
3.	Flute
4.	Dulciana
5.	Spitzflote
6.	Flageolet
7.	Cremona
II. Great
8.	Bourdon	16'
9.	Open Diapason	8'
10.	Open Diapason	8'
11.	Gamba	8'
12.	Clarabella	8'
13.	Stopped Diapason	8'
14.	Principal	4'	metal.
15.	Principal	4'
16.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
17.	Fifteenth	2'
18.	Tierce	1 ³/₅'
19.	Larigot	1 ¹/₃'
20.	Mixture	II
21.	Furniture	IV
22.	Trumpet	8'
23.	Clarion	4'
III. Swell
24.	Bourdon	16'
25.	Open Diapason	8'
26.	Keraulophon	8'
27.	Soft Diapason	8'
28.	Principal	4'
29.	Fifteenth	2'
30.	Mixture
31.	Cornopean	8'
32.	Oboe	8'
33.	Clarion	4'
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
34.	Bourdon	16'
35.	Grand Open Diapason	16'
36.	Violone	16'	metal.
37.	Principal	8'
38.	Fifteenth	4'
39.	Trombone	16'
40.	Trumpet	8'

Organ History
1892	Rebuilt by Willis
Sources
The Musical Times 757

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	57	56	8	P

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
1.	Bourdon	16'
2.	Dulciana	8'
3.	Spitz Flöte	8'
4.	Lieblich Gadacht	8'
5.	Claribel Flute	8'
6.	Lieblich Flöte	4'
7.	Gemshorn	4'
8.	Piccolo	2'
9.	Corno di Bassetto	8'
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
10.	Double Diapason	16'
11.	Bourdon	16'
12.	Open Diapason I	8'
13.	Open Diapason II	8'
14.	Open Diapason III	8'
15.	Stopped Diapason	8'
16.	Claribel	8'
17.	Gamba	8'
18.	Principal	4'
19.	Harmonic Flute	4'
20.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
21.	Fifteenth	2'
22.	Mixture	III
23.	Double Trumpet	16'
24.	Trumpet	8'
25.	Clarion	4'
i	Swell to Great
ii	Choir to Great
iii	Solo to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
26.	Contra Gamba	16'
27.	Open Diapason	8'
28.	Stopped Diapason	8'
29.	Salicional	8'
30.	Vox Angelica	8'
31.	Principal	4'
32.	Lieblich Flöte	4'
33.	Fifteenth	2'
34.	Mixture	III
35.	Double Trumpet	16'
36.	Trumpet	8'
37.	Hautboy	8'
38.	Clarion	4'
39.	Vox Humana	8'
iv	Swell Sub-Octave
IV. Solo and Echo ( CC-a3 58 notes)
Solo (Pneumatic)
40.	Harmonic Flute	8'
41.	Harmonic Flute	4'
42.	Tuba	8'
Echo (Pneumatic)
43.	Viola da Gamba	8'
44.	Voix Celeste	8'
45.	Höhl Flute	4'
46.	Clarinet	8'
47.	Orchestral Oboe	8'
48.	Tromba	8'
49.	Glockenspiel
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-f 30 notes)
50.	Double Diapason	32'
51.	Open Diapason	16'
52.	Violone	16'
53.	Bourdon	16'
54.	Violcello	8'
55.	Octave	8'
56.	Trombone	16'
57.	Trumpet	8'
v	Great to Pedal
vi	Choir to Pedal
vii	Swell to Pedal
viii	Solo to Pedal

Organ History
1909	Enlarged by Willis
1920	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
4	60	-	17	P

List of Organists
	John Hodge
1517	William Woode
1527	Richard Palmer
1536	John Slade
1538	John Hodges
1581	Thomas Mason
1582-86	John Bull (1563-1628)
1586-89	Thomas Warrock
1589-92	Thomas Mason
1592-93	John Farrant
1593-94	John Fidow (-1640)
1595-97	John Gibbs
1596-1608	William Inglott (1554-1621)
1597	William Juglott
1630-c1644	Hugh Davies (-1644)
1661-c1688	John Badham
1688-1707	Henry Hall (1655-1707)
1707-13	Henry Hall (-1713)
1713-c1721	Edmund Tomson
1714-18	Edward Thompson
1721-54	Henry Swarbrick (-1754)
1754-79	Richard Clack (-1779)
1779-c1789	William Perry
1789-c1805	Miles Coyle
1805-18	Charles James Dare (-1820)
1818-20	Aaron U. Hayter (1799-1873)
1820-32	John Clarke (1770-1836)
1832-35	S. S. Wesley (1810-1876)
1835-42	John Hunt (1806-1843)
1843-77	George Townshend Smith (1813-1877)
1877-89	Langdon Colborne (1835-1889)
1889-1917	George R. Sinclair (1863-1917)
1917-19	Gordon S. Brown (1893-)
1918-49	Percy C. Hull (1878-1968)
1949-55	A. Meredith Davies (1922-2005)
1956-66	Melville Cook (1912-1993)
1966-74	Richard Lloyd (1933-)
1974-2001	Roy Massey (1934-)
2001	Peter Dyke
2001-	Geraint Bowen (1963-)

List of Assistant Organists
1597-1633	John Fidow (-1640)
1883-84	F. J. Livesey (1864-1934)
1884-89	Allan Paterson (1865-)
1890-93	Ivor Atkins (1869-1953)
1892-95	Edgar C. Broadhurst (1876-1967)
1896-1914	Percy C. Hull (1878-1968)
1912-18	W. R. Carr (1862-1933)
	Gordon S. Brown (1893-)
1919-23	F. H. Ernest Willoughby (1895-1984)
1924-35	Reginald H. West
1935-40	Colin A. C. Ross (1911-1993)
1940-42	Christopher John Morris (1922-2014)
1942-49	Colin Mann
1950-53	Ross Fink
1953-58	Michael Illman (1930-)
1958-62	Michael Burton (1928-)
1962-67	Roger Fisher (1936-2021)
1968-84	Robert Green
1985-88	David Briggs (1962-)
1989-94	Geraint Bowen (1963-)
1995-98	Huw Williams
1998-	Peter Dyke

List of Organ Scholars
2008	Simon Bland
2009	Jeremy Cole
2010	Timothy Parsons
2011	Douglas Tang
2012	Joseph Wicks
2013	Jonathan Allsopp
2014	William Fox
2015	Charles Maxtone-Smith
2016	Laurence John
2017	Joel Trekell
2018	Henry Metcalfe
2019	Jonathan Lee

List of Other Organists
	Lindsay Lafford (1912-2014)

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