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Details of Cathedral, Rochester, England

Organ History
1791Built by Samuel Green
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 781
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
32323-T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-e3 57 notes)
1.Stopped Diapason  
2.Dulciana  
3.Principal  
4.Fifteenth  
5.Bassoon  
II. Great (Tracker GG-e3 57 notes)
6.Open Diapason  
7.Open Diapason  
8.Stopped Diapason  
9.Principal  
10.Great Twelfth  
11.Fifteenth  
12.SexquialteraIII 
13.MixtureII 
14.Trumpet  
15.CornetIV 
III. Swell (Tracker middle G-e3 34 notes)
16.Open Diapason  
17.Dulciana  
18.Stopped Diapason  
19.Principal  
20.Dulciana Principal  
21.SexquialteraIII 
22.Trumpet  
23.Hautboy  
Organ History
1835Enlarged by Hill
Rebuilt by Walker
Completed by Forster & Andrews
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
334345T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-f3 59 notes)
1.Dulciana8' 
2.Stopped Diapason8' 
3.Gamba8' 
4.Principal4' 
5.Wald Flute4'(CC)
6.Fifteenth2' 
7.Clarionet8'(CC)
II. Great (Tracker GG-f3 59 notes)
8.Double Open Diapason16' 
9.Open Diapason8' 
10.Open Diapason8' 
11.Stopped Diapason8' 
12.Principal4' 
13.Flute4'(tenor c)
14.Twelfth2 2/3' 
15.Fifteenth2' 
16.SesquialteraIII 
17.MixtureII 
18.Trumpet8' 
iSwell to Great  
iiChoir Sub-octave to Great  
III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
19.Bourdon16' 
20.Open Diapason8' 
21.Stopped Diapason8'metal.
22.Dulciana8'(Gamut G)
23.Principal4' 
24.Dulciana Principal4' 
25.CornetIII 
26.Dulciana MixtureIV 
27.Horn8' 
28.Hautboy8' 
29.Clarion4' 
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
30.Open Diapason16'wood.
31.Violone16' 
32.Open Diapason16'metal.
33.Principal, or Violoncello8' 
34.Posaune16' 
iiiSwell to Pedal  
ivGreat to Pedal  
vChoir to Pedal  
Organ History
1905Rebuilt by Walker
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 781

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
340-6P

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
1.Open Diapason8' 
2.Dulciana8' 
3.Stopped Diapason8' 
4.Dulcet4' 
5.Flute4' 
6.Piccolo2' 
7.Clarionet8' 
8.Tuba8' 
iSwell to Choir  
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
9.Double Open Diapason16' 
10.Open Diapason I8' 
11.Open Diapason II8' 
12.Open Diapason III8' 
13.Wald Flute8' 
14.Gamba8' 
15.Stopped Diapason8' 
16.Principal4' 
17.Flute4' 
18.Fifteenth2' 
19.SesquialteraIII 
20.Trumpet8' 
iiSwell to Great  
iiiChoir to Great  
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
21.Double Diapason16' 
22.Open Diapason8' 
23.Stopped Diapason8' 
24.Echo Gamba8' 
25.Voix Celeste8'(Tenor C)
26.Principal4' 
27.Fifteenth2' 
28.CornetIII 
29.Contra Fagotto16' 
30.Horn8' 
31.Oboe8' 
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-F 30 notes)
32.Sub Bass32' 
33.Open Diapason16' 
34.Open Diapason16' 
35.Violone16' 
36.Bourdon16' 
37.Quint10 2/3' 
38.Octave8' 
39.Flute8' 
40.Trombone16' 
ivSwell to Pedal  
vGreat to Pedal  
viChoir to Pedal  


List of Organists
1559James Plomley
1588-99Roper Blundell
1599-1609John Williams
1614-63John Heath (-1668)
1672-73Charles Wren
1674-98Daniel Henstridge (-1736)
1698-1704Robert Bowers (-1704)
1704-21John Spain (-1721)
1721-53Charles Peach (-1753)
1753-80Joseph Howe
1781-90Richard Howe
1790-1841Ralph Banks (1762-1841)
1841-56John L. Hopkins (1819-1873)
1855-1900John Hopkins (1822-1900)
1900-16Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918)
1916-30Charles Hylton Stewart (1884-1932)
1918Hilda Milvain (1896-1981)
1930-56Harold A. Bennett (1891-1978)
1956-77Robert Ashfield (1911-2006)
1977-94Barry Ferguson (1942-)
1994-2008Roger Sayer
2008-18Scott Farrell
2018-19Adrian Bawtree (1968-)
2019-Francesca Massey

List of Assistant Organists
-1841Henry Edmund Ford (1821-1909)
1850-55Philip Armes (1836-1908)
1859-65Frederick Bridge (1844-1924)
James Pech (1839-)
-1865Daniel J. Wood (1849-1919)
1865-68Alfred Alexander (1844-)
1869-71Joseph C. Bridge (1853-1929)
1899-1901Glanville Hopkins (1877-1963)
1902-08Hector E. Shallcross (1877-1961)
1919-21A. Hopkins Allen (1866-1949)
1921-30Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
1931-76James Levett (1909-)
1976-81David Poulter
1982-89Paul Hale
1989-94Roger Sayer
1994-98William Whitehead (1970-)
1998-2001Sean Farrell
2001-02James Eaton
2002-06Edmund Aldhouse
2006-10Dan Soper
2010-14Samuel Rathbone
2014-18Claire Innes-Hopkins
2018-Jeremy Lloyd

List of Organ Scholars
David Price (1969-)

List of Other Organists
2014Adrian Bawtree (1968-)
2015Ben Bloor
2016-18James Norrey