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Details of Trinity College, Cambridge, England


Chapel (1694)

Organ History
1694Built by Bernard Smith
Sources
The Musical Times 724

Chapel (1708)

Organ History
1708Built by Bernard Smith
1767Parker
1801Avery
1808Lincoln
1819Flight & Robson
1836Gray
1853Hill
1871Built by Hill & Son
1890Hill
Sources
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
459599T/P

I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Double Dulciana16'metal.
2.Dulciana8'metal.
3.Open Diapason8'metal.
4.Claribel8'wood.
5.Viol Di Gamba8'metal.
6.Stopped Diapason8'wood.
7.Stopped Flute4'wood.
8.Principal4'metal.
9.Flautina2'metal.
10.Cremona8'metal.
iSwell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes)
11.Double Open Diapason16'metal.
12.Open Diapason, No. 18'metal.
13.Open Diapason, No. 28'metal.
14.Salicional8'metal.
15.Pierced Gamba8'metal.
16.Stopped Diapason8'wood.
17.Quint5 1/3'metal.
18.Principal4'metal.
19.Wald Flute4'wood.
20.Nason4'wood.
21.Twelfth2 2/3'metal.
22.Fifteenth2'metal.
23.Full MixtureIIImetal.
24.Sharp MixtureIImetal.
25.Trumpet8'metal.
26.Clarion4'metal.
iiSwell to Great
iiiChoir to Great
ivSolo to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
27.Double Diapason16'wood.
28.Open Diapason8'metal.
29.Salicional8'metal.
30.Cone Gamba8'metal.
31.Stopped Diapason8'wood.
32.Suabe Flute4'wood.
33.Principal4'metal.
34.Fifteenth2'metal.
35.MixtureIIImetal.
36.Double Trumpet16'metal.
37.Trumpet8'metal.
38.Cornopean8'metal.
39.Oboe8'metal.
40.Clarion8'metal.
IV. Solo (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
41.Harmonic Flute8'metal.
42.Harmonic Flute4'metal.
43.Vox AngelicaIImetal.
44.Piccolo2'metal.
45.Lieblich Flute4'metal.
46.Tuba Mirabilis8'metal.
47.Vox Humana8'metal.
48.Orchestral Oboe8'metal.
vSolo to Swell
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
49.Sub-bourdon32'wood.
50.Open Diapason16'wood.
51.Open Diapason16'metal.
52.Violon16'wood.
53.Bourdon16'wood.
54.Principal8'metal.
55.Bass Flute8'wood.
56.Fifteenth4'metal.
57.MixtureIIImetal.
58.Trombone16'wood.
59.Clarion8'metal.
viGreat to Pedal
viiChoir to Pedal
viiiSolo to Pedal
ixSwell to Pedal

Organ History
1913Rebuilt & enlarged by Harrison
Sources
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
474-17P/EP



List of Organists
Thomas Butler
1594-John Hilton (1560-1608)
1612-c1629George Mason
1628-64Robert Ramsey
1660-82George Loosemore (1619-1692)
1682-88Robert Wildbore
1688-1709Charles Quarles (-1727)
1709-30John Bowman
1730-31Thomas Eblyn
1731-37James Kent (1700-1776)
1737-41Edward Salisbury
1741-77William Tireman (-1777)
1777-99John Randall (1715-1799)
1799-1820John Clarke (1770-1836)
1820-21William Beale (1784-1854)
1821-32Samuel Matthews (1769-1832)
1833-56Thomas Walmisley (1814-1856)
1856-74John L. Hopkins (1819-1873)
1873-92Charles V. Stanford (1852-1924)
1892-1930Alan Gray (1855-1935)
1931-57Hubert S. Middleton (1890-1959)
1968Sebastian Forbes (1941-)

List of Assistant Organists
1786William Crotch (1775-1847)
1890-92T. Tertius Noble (1867-1953)

List of Organ Scholars
Paul Halley (1952-)
Charles Matthews (1966-)