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Details of Trinity College, Cambridge, England

Chapel

Organ History
1708	Built by Bernard Smith
1767	Parker
1801	Avery
1808	Lincoln
1819	Flight & Robson
1836	Gray
1853	Hill
1871	Built by Hill & Son
1890	Hill
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
“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” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	59	59	9	T/P

I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.	Double Dulciana	16'	metal.
2.	Dulciana	8'	metal.
3.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
4.	Claribel	8'	wood.
5.	Viol Di Gamba	8'	metal.
6.	Stopped Diapason	8'	wood.
7.	Stopped Flute	4'	wood.
8.	Principal	4'	metal.
9.	Flautina	2'	metal.
10.	Cremona	8'	metal.
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes)
11.	Double Open Diapason	16'	metal.
12.	Open Diapason, No. 1	8'	metal.
13.	Open Diapason, No. 2	8'	metal.
14.	Salicional	8'	metal.
15.	Pierced Gamba	8'	metal.
16.	Stopped Diapason	8'	wood.
17.	Quint	5 ¹/₃'	metal.
18.	Principal	4'	metal.
19.	Wald Flute	4'	wood.
20.	Nason	4'	wood.
21.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'	metal.
22.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
23.	Full Mixture	III	metal.
24.	Sharp Mixture	II	metal.
25.	Trumpet	8'	metal.
26.	Clarion	4'	metal.
ii	Swell to Great
iii	Choir to Great
iv	Solo to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
27.	Double Diapason	16'	wood.
28.	Open Diapason	8'	metal.
29.	Salicional	8'	metal.
30.	Cone Gamba	8'	metal.
31.	Stopped Diapason	8'	wood.
32.	Suabe Flute	4'	wood.
33.	Principal	4'	metal.
34.	Fifteenth	2'	metal.
35.	Mixture	III	metal.
36.	Double Trumpet	16'	metal.
37.	Trumpet	8'	metal.
38.	Cornopean	8'	metal.
39.	Oboe	8'	metal.
40.	Clarion	8'	metal.
IV. Solo (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
41.	Harmonic Flute	8'	metal.
42.	Harmonic Flute	4'	metal.
43.	Vox Angelica	II	metal.
44.	Piccolo	2'	metal.
45.	Lieblich Flute	4'	metal.
46.	Tuba Mirabilis	8'	metal.
47.	Vox Humana	8'	metal.
48.	Orchestral Oboe	8'	metal.
v	Solo to Swell
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
49.	Sub-bourdon	32'	wood.
50.	Open Diapason	16'	wood.
51.	Open Diapason	16'	metal.
52.	Violon	16'	wood.
53.	Bourdon	16'	wood.
54.	Principal	8'	metal.
55.	Bass Flute	8'	wood.
56.	Fifteenth	4'	metal.
57.	Mixture	III	metal.
58.	Trombone	16'	wood.
59.	Clarion	8'	metal.
vi	Great to Pedal
vii	Choir to Pedal
viii	Solo to Pedal
ix	Swell to Pedal

Organ History
1913	Rebuilt & enlarged by Harrison
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
“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” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	74	-	17	P/EP

List of Organists
	Thomas Butler
1594-	John Hilton (1560-1608)
1612-c1629	George Mason
1628-64	Robert Ramsey
1660-82	George Loosemore (1619-1692)
1682-88	Robert Wildbore
1688-1709	Charles Quarles (-1727)
1709-30	John Bowman
1730-31	Thomas Eblyn
1731-37	James Kent (1700-1776)
1737-41	Edward Salisbury
1741-77	William Tireman (-1777)
1777-99	John Randall (1715-1799)
1799-1820	John Clarke (1770-1836)
1820-21	William Beale (1784-1854)
1821-32	Samuel Matthews (1769-1832)
1833-56	Thomas Walmisley (1814-1856)
1856-74	John L. Hopkins (1819-1873)
1873-92	Charles V. Stanford (1852-1924)
1892-1930	Alan Gray (1855-1935)
1931-57	Hubert S. Middleton (1890-1959)
1968	Sebastian Forbes (1941-)

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

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