Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Cambridge > St. John’s College
Details of St. John’s College, Cambridge, England
Chapel 1635
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1635 | Built by Robert Dallam |
| 1839 | Built by Hill |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
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 | 26 | 26 | 3 | - |
| I. Choir ( FFF-f3 61 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason | ||
| 2. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 3. | Double Dulciana | ||
| 4. | Flute | ||
| 5. | Principal | ||
| 6. | Cremona | ||
| II. Great ( FFF-f3 61 notes) | |||
| 7. | Open Diapason | ||
| 8. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 9. | Double Dulciana | ||
| 10. | Principal | ||
| 11. | Flute | ||
| 12. | Clarabella | ||
| 13. | Twelfth and Fifteenth | ||
| 14. | Fifteenth, No. 2 | ||
| 15. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 16. | Trumpet | ||
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| ii | Octave Swell to Great | ||
| iii | Choir to Great | ||
| III. Swell ( FFF-f3 61 notes) | |||
| 17. | Open Diapason | ||
| 18. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 19. | Dulciana | ||
| 20. | Principal | ||
| 21. | Harmonica | ||
| 22. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 23. | Hautboy | ||
| 24. | French Horn | ||
| 25. | Clarion | ||
| Pedal | |||
| 26. | Open Diapason | ||
Chapel 1868
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1868 | Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill |
| 1889 | Rebuilt & enlarged by Hill |
| 1902 | Rebuilt by Norman & Beard |
| Status | |
| Rebuilt | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 53 | - | 8 | P |
Chapel 1923
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1923 | Harrison |
| Status | |
| Rebuilt | |
| Sources | |
| Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 53 | - | 8 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| John Brimble (-1670) | |
| 1680 | Thomas Williams |
| 1729 | Bernard Turner |
| John Randall (1715-1799) | |
| 1777 | William Tireman (-1777) |
| 1777-99 | Jonathan Sharpe |
| 1799-1820 | John Clarke (1770-1836) |
| 1821-32 | Samuel Matthews (1769-1832) |
| 1833-56 | Thomas Walmisley (1814-1856) |
| 1856-57 | Alfred Bennett |
| c1857 | Arthur R. Ward |
| 1857-97 | George M. Garrett (1834-1897) |
| 1897-1901 | E. T. Sweeting (1863-1930) |
| 1901-38 | Cyril Rootham (1875-1938) |
| 1936-38 | Hilary Clifton Kelynack (1915-) |
| 1938-51 | Robin Orr (1909-2006) |
| 1941-45 | Herbert Howells (1892-1983) |
| 1951-91 | George Guest (1924-2002) |
| 1979-80 | Peter Hurford (1930-2018) |
| 1981-84 | Gerald Hendrie (1935-) |
| 1991-2003 | Christopher Robinson (1936-) |
| 2003-07 | David Hill (1957-) |
| 2007- | Andrew Nethsingha (1968-) |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1914-15 | Arthur Anable (1894-1947) |
| 1928-34 | Denys Pouncey (1906-1999) |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| James Cryer | |
| Christopher Whitton | |
| 1930 | Brian Runnett (1935-1970) |
| 1937-40 | John Hind (1916-1984) |
| 1947-51 | George Guest (1924-2002) |
| 1956-60 | Peter White (1937-2007) |
| Stephen Cleobury (1948-2019) | |
| 1974-78 | John Scott (1956-2015) |
| 1980-83 | Adrian Lucas (1962-) |
| Andrew Nethsingha (1968-) | |
| Iain Farrington (1977-) | |
| Jonathan Vaughn (1981-) | |
