Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Gloucester > St. Peter’s Cathedral
Organ History | |
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1670 | Built by Renatus Harris |
1847 | Rebuilt by Willis |
1874 | Rebuilt & enlarged by Henry Willis |
Status | |
Unknown | |
Sources | |
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927. | |
“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” |
Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
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3 | 29 | 29 | 6 | - |
I. Choir ( GG-f3 61 notes) | |||
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1. | Dulciana | ||
2. | Stopped Diapason | ||
3. | Principal | ||
4. | Flute | ||
5. | Fifteenth | ||
i | Swell to Choir | ||
ii | Pedal to Choir | ||
II. Great ( CCC-f3 66 notes) | |||
6. | Open Diapason | ||
7. | Open Diapason | ||
8. | Stopped Diapason | ||
9. | Clarabella | ||
10. | Principal | ||
11. | Twelfth | ||
12. | Fifteenth | ||
13. | Sesquialtera | ||
14. | Mixture | ||
15. | Trumpet | ||
16. | Clarion | ||
iii | Swell to Great | ||
iv | Choir to Great | ||
v | Pedal to Great | ||
III. Swell ( 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 ( CCC-e 29 notes) | |||
29. | Open Diapason | ||
vi | Pedal to Great |
Organ History | |
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1889 | Rebuilt by Willis |
1899 | Enlarged by Willis |
1920 | Rebuilt & enlarged by Harrison |
Status | |
Unknown | |
Sources | |
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927. | |
“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” |
Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
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4 | 50 | - | 18 | P |
List of Organists | |
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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 Other Organists | |
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Ezekiel Mills (1774-1851) | |
C. F. Rowland (1883-1918) |
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