Organ Biography > Organs > England > Rochester > Cathedral
Details of Cathedral, Rochester, England
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Built by Samuel Green | |
| 1835 | Enlarged by Hill |
| Rebuilt by Walker | |
| Completed by Forster & Andrews | |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912. | |
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” , 1877. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 34 | 34 | 5 | - |
| I. Choir ( GG-f3 59 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dulciana | 8 | |
| 2. | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| 3. | Gamba | 8 | |
| 4. | Principal | 4 | |
| 5. | Wald Flute | 4 | |
| 6. | Fifteenth | 2 | |
| 7. | Clarionet | 8 | |
| II. Great ( GG-f3 59 notes) | |||
| 8. | Double Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 9. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 10. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 11. | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| 12. | Principal | 4 | |
| 13. | Flute | 4 | |
| 14. | Twelfth | 2 2/3 | |
| 15. | Fifteenth | 2 | |
| 16. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 17. | Mixture | ||
| 18. | Trumpet | 8 | |
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| ii | Choir Sub-octave to Great | ||
| III. Swell ( CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
| 19. | Bourdon | 16 | |
| 20. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 21. | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| 22. | Dulciana | 8 | |
| 23. | Principal | 4 | |
| 24. | Dulciana Principal | 4 | |
| 25. | Cornet | ||
| 26. | Dulciana Mixture | ||
| 27. | Horn | 8 | |
| 28. | Hautboy | 8 | |
| 29. | Clarion | 4 | |
| Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 30. | Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 31. | Violone | 16 | |
| 32. | Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 33. | Principal, or Violoncello | 8 | |
| 34. | Posaune | 16 | |
| iii | Swell to Pedal | ||
| iv | Great to Pedal | ||
| v | Choir to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Rebuilt by Walker |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| “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”, 1877. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 40 | - | 6 | P |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1559 | James Plomley |
| 1588 | Roper Blundell |
| 1599 | John Williams |
| 1614 | John Heath (-1668) |
| 1672 | Charles Wren |
| 1674-98 | Daniel Henstridge (-1736) |
| 1699-1704 | Robert Bowers (-1704) |
| 1721-53 | Charles Peach (-1753) |
| 1753-c1781 | Joseph Howe |
| 1781-c1790 | Richard Howe |
| 1790-1841 | Ralph Banks (1762-1841) |
| 1841-56 | John L. Hopkins (1819-1873) |
| 1856-1900 | John Hopkins (1822-1900) |
| 1900-16 | Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918) |
| 1930-56 | Harold A. Bennett (1891-1978) |
| 1956-77 | Robert Ashfield (1911-2006) |
| 1977-94 | Barry Ferguson (1942-) |
| 1994-2008 | Roger Sayer |
| 2008-18 | Scott Farrell |
| 2018-19 | Adrian Bawtree (1968-) |
| 2019- | Francesca Massey |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| , 1869 | Joseph C. Bridge (1853-1929) |
| -1841 | Henry Edmund Ford (1821-1909) |
| 1850-55 | Philip Armes (1836-1908) |
| James Pech (1839-) | |
| 1865 | Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) |
| 1865-68 | Alfred Alexander (1844-) |
| 1912-21 | Alfred H. Allen |
| 1976-81 | David Poulter |
| 1982-89 | Paul Hale |
| 1989-94 | Roger Sayer |
| 1998-2001 | Sean Farrell |
| 2001-02 | James Eaton |
| 2002-06 | Edmund Aldhouse |
| 2010-14 | Samuel Rathbone |
| 2014-18 | Claire Innes-Hopkins |
| 2018- | Jeremy Lloyd |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| David Price (1969-) | |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Adrian Bawtree (1968-) |
| 2015 | Ben Bloor |
| 2016-18 | James Norrey |
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