Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Torquay > St. John-the-Apostle’s (Torquay Parish Church)

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

Organ History
1873Built 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”, 1877.

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
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921.

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
439-11-


List of Organists
Charles Fowler (1826-1891)
-1862William Vinning (1838-1927)
1864John Abram (1840-1918)
-1876Thomas Roylands Smith (1847-1927)
1879-83Ditton Newman (1843-1883)
1884-86Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918)
1886-T. Henry Webb (1851-1914)
1887-1905T. W. Noble (1855-)
1905Oliver O. 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-)