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Details of St. John-the-Apostle’s (Torquay Parish Church), Torquay, England


Organ History
1873Built by Hill & Son
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
4353510T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
1.Pierced Salicional8'
2.Wald Flute8'
3.Rohr Flute4'
4.Viol d’Amour Pierced4'
5.Spitz Flote2'
6.Bassoon8'
7.Tremulant
iSwell to Choir
iiSub-octave
iiiSup-octave
II. Great (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
8.Bourdon16'
9.Open Diapason8'
10.Hohl Flute8'
11.Octave4'
12.Harmonic Flute4'
13.Twelfth2 2/3'
14.Fifteenth2'
15.MixtureIV
16.Posaune8'
ivSwell to Great
vChoir to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
17.Bourdon16'
18.Open Diapason8'
19.Lieblich Gedact8'
20.Octave4'
21.Suabe Flute4'
22.MixtureIII
23.Horn8'
24.Oboe8'
25.Tremulant
viSub-octave
viiSup-octave
IV. Solo (Tracker CC-g3 56 notes)
26.Viol di Gamba8'
27.Unda Maris8'(tenor c)
28.Dulciana8'
29.Vox Humana8'
30.Cremona8'
31.Tremulant
Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes)
32.Sub-bass32'
33.Open Diapason16'metal.
34.Open Diapason16'wood.
35.Bourdon16'
36.Principal8'
37.Fifteenth4'
38.Trombone16'
viiiSwell to Pedal
ixGreat to Pedal
xChoir to Pedal

Organ History
1900Restored by Hill
Sources
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
439-11-



List of Organists
1848-49John Vinning (1809-)
Charles Fowler (1826-1891)
1858J. H. Deane (1824-1881)
1858Thomas Lloyd Fowle (1827-1896)
-1862William Vinning (1838-1927)
1864-65John Abram (1840-1918)
1871-73M. G. Rice (1831-1890)
1873-76Thomas Roylands Smith (1847-1927)
1876-79Charles Banson (1850-1915)
1879-83Ditton Newman (1843-1883)
1884-86Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918)
1887-T. Henry Webb (1851-1914)
1887-1905T. W. Noble (1855-)
1905-11Oliver Brooksbank (1859-1933)
1912-28Harold Rhodes (1889-1956)
W. Gordon Brewer (1901-1985)
1928-47Vernon Sydney Read (1886-1979)
1954-57Donald Hunt (1930-2018)

List of Assistant Organists
1905-06Melbourne Holman (1885-)