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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

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