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Details of St. Peter’s Cathedral, Gloucester, England

St. Peter’s, Gloucester, England

Organ History
1670	Built by Renatus Harris
1847	Rebuilt by Willis
1874	Rebuilt & enlarged by Henry 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	29	29	6	T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-f3 61 notes)
1.	Dulciana
2.	Stopped Diapason
3.	Principal
4.	Flute		metal.
5.	Fifteenth
i	Swell to Choir
ii	Pedal to Choir
II. Great (Tracker CCC-f3 66 notes)
6.	Open Diapason
7.	Open Diapason
8.	Stopped Diapason
9.	Clarabella
10.	Principal
11.	Twelfth
12.	Fifteenth
13.	Sesquialtera	IV
14.	Mixture	II
15.	Trumpet
16.	Clarion
iii	Swell to Great
iv	Choir to Great
v	Pedal to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
17.	Open Diapason
18.	Open Diapason
19.	Stopped Diapason
20.	Dulciana
21.	Principal
22.	Flute
23.	Fifteenth
24.	Sesquialtera
25.	Trumpet
26.	Hautboy
27.	Cremona
28.	Clarion
Pedal (Tracker CCC-e 29 notes)
29.	Open Diapason
vi	Pedal to Great

Organ History
1889	Rebuilt by Willis
1899	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	38	38	7	-

I. Choir
1.	Lieblich Gedact	8'
2.	Dulciana	8'
3.	Flute	4'
4.	Piccolo	2'
5.	Cor Anglais	8'
II. Great
6.	Double Diapason	16'
7.	Open Diapason I	8'
8.	Open Diapason II	8'
9.	Claribel Flute	8'
10.	Principal	4'
11.	Flute Harmonique	4'
12.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
13.	Fifteenth	2'
14.	Sesquialtera	III
15.	Trombone	16'
16.	Trumpet	8'
17.	Clarion	4'
i	Choir to Great
ii	Swell to Great
iii	Solo to Great
III. Swell
18.	Double Diapason	16'
19.	Open Diapason	8'
20.	Lieblich Gedact	8'
21.	Salicional	8'
22.	Vox Angelica	8'
23.	Principal	4'
24.	Fifteenth	2'
25.	Mixture	III
26.	Contra Posaune	16'
27.	Hautboy	8'
28.	Cornopean	8'
29.	Clarion	4'
30.	Vox Humana	8'
31.	Tremulant
IV. Solo
32.	Gamba	8'
33.	Clarinet	8'
34.	Oboe	8'
35.	Tuba	8'
Pedal
36.	Open Diapason	16'
37.	Bourdon	16'
38.	Octave	8'
39.	Ophicleide	16'
iv	Choir to Pedal
v	Great to Pedal
vi	Swell to Pedal
vii	Solo to Pedal

Organ History
1920	Rebuilt & enlarged by Harrison
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	50	-	18	P

List of Organists
1562-c1582	Robert Lichfield (-1582)
1620-38	Philip Hosier
1638-40	Berkeley Wrench
1640-c1644	John Oker
1662-64	Robert Webb
1665-66	Thomas Lowe
1666-73	Daniel Henstridge (-1736)
1673-79	Charles Wren
1679-81	Daniel Roseingrave (1650-1727)
1682-1710	Stephen Jeffries (1662-1712)
1710-30	William Hine (1687-1730)
1730-40	Barnabas Gunn (1680-1753)
1740-82	Martin Smith (-1786)
1782-1832	William Mutlow (1761-1832)
1832-65	John Amott (1798-1865)
1865	John A. Matthews (1841-1925)
1865-76	S. S. Wesley (1810-1876)
1876-82	Charles Harford Lloyd (1849-1919)
1882-97	C. Lee Williams (1851-1935)
1897-1928	A. Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
1928-67	Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
1967-94	John Sanders (1933-2003)
1994-2002	David Briggs (1962-)
2002-07	Andrew Nethsingha (1968-)
2008-	Adrian Partington
-c1620	Elias Smith

List of Assistant Organists
	Peter Stuart Rodway
	James Capener
	John Clough
1701-10	William Hine (1687-1730)
	George W. Morgan (1821-1892)
	Walter Brooks (1831-1907)
1857-65	John A. Matthews (1841-1925)
-1873	Henry J. Vaughan (1839-1918)
	J. Kendrick Pyne (1852-1938)
1879-80	George R. Sinclair (1863-1917)
1880-82	A. Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
1896-97	A. Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
1898-1900	Ivor Morgan (1882-1905)
-1906	Samuel William Underwood (1881-1958)
1906-11	Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
1907-13	Ambrose Porter (1885-1970)
1915	Harold Charles Organ (1889-1917)
1916-17	Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
1922-26	R. Tustin Baker (1900-1966)
1925-27	William O. Minay (1904-)
1927-32	Arthur J. Pritchard (1908-1997)
	Richard Latham (1906-1980)
1932-37	Melville Cook (1912-1993)
1938	W. Lugg
1939-48	Herbert Byard (1912-1977)
-1945	Herbert Bryard
1948-54	Donald Hunt (1930-2018)
1954-58	Wallace Ross (1920-2010)
1958-63	John Sanders (1933-2003)
1975	Andrew Millington (1952-)
1983-90	Mark Blatchly (1960-)
1990-98	Mark Lee
1998-2002	Ian Ball (1968-)
2002-08	Robert Houssart
2008-12	Ashley Grote
2012-13	Anthony Gowing
2014-	Jonathan Hope

List of Other Organists
	Ezekiel Mills (1774-1851)
	C. F. Rowland (1883-1918)

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