Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Torquay > St. John-the-Apostle’s (Torquay Parish Church)
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1873 | Built by Hill & Son |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| 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 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 35 | 35 | 10 | T |
| I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pierced Salicional | 8' | |
| 2. | Wald Flute | 8' | |
| 3. | Rohr Flute | 4' | |
| 4. | Viol d’Amour Pierced | 4' | |
| 5. | Spitz Flote | 2' | |
| 6. | Bassoon | 8' | |
| 7. | Tremulant | ||
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| ii | Sub-octave | ||
| iii | Sup-octave | ||
| II. Great (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
| 8. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 9. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 10. | Hohl Flute | 8' | |
| 11. | Octave | 4' | |
| 12. | Harmonic Flute | 4' | |
| 13. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | |
| 14. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 15. | Mixture | IV | |
| 16. | Posaune | 8' | |
| iv | Swell to Great | ||
| v | Choir to Great | ||
| III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
| 17. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 18. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 19. | Lieblich Gedact | 8' | |
| 20. | Octave | 4' | |
| 21. | Suabe Flute | 4' | |
| 22. | Mixture | III | |
| 23. | Horn | 8' | |
| 24. | Oboe | 8' | |
| 25. | Tremulant | ||
| vi | Sub-octave | ||
| vii | Sup-octave | ||
| IV. Solo (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
| 26. | Viol di Gamba | 8' | |
| 27. | Unda Maris | 8' | (tenor c) |
| 28. | Dulciana | 8' | |
| 29. | Vox Humana | 8' | |
| 30. | Cremona | 8' | |
| 31. | Tremulant | ||
| Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 32. | Sub-bass | 32' | |
| 33. | Open Diapason | 16' | metal. |
| 34. | Open Diapason | 16' | wood. |
| 35. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 36. | Principal | 8' | |
| 37. | Fifteenth | 4' | |
| 38. | Trombone | 16' | |
| viii | Swell to Pedal | ||
| ix | Great to Pedal | ||
| x | Choir to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Restored by Hill |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 39 | - | 11 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1848-49 | John Vinning (1809-) |
| Charles Fowler (1826-1891) | |
| -1862 | William Vinning (1838-1927) |
| 1864 | John Abram (1840-1918) |
| 1873-76 | Thomas Roylands Smith (1847-1927) |
| 1879-83 | Ditton Newman (1843-1883) |
| 1884-86 | Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918) |
| 1887- | T. Henry Webb (1851-1914) |
| 1887-1905 | T. W. Noble (1855-) |
| 1905-11 | Oliver O. Brooksbank (1859-1933) |
| 1912-28 | Harold Rhodes (1889-1956) |
| W. Gordon Brewer (1901-1985) | |
| 1928-47 | Vernon Sydney Read (1886-1979) |
| 1954-57 | Donald Hunt (1930-2018) |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1905-06 | Melbourne Holman (1885-) |