Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | Great George Street Congregational Church, Liverpool, England

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Details of Great George Street Congregational Church, Liverpool, England

Great George Street Chapel, Liverpool, England

Organ History
1841	Built by Hill
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	50	52	5	T

I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.	Open Diapason	8'
2.	Dulciana	8'
3.	Stopped Diapason	8'
4.	Clarabella	8'
5.	Principal	4'
6.	Stopped Flute	4'
7.	Waldflote	4'
8.	Oboe Flute	4'
9.	Cremona	8'
II. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
10.	Tenoroon (tenor)	16'	(to tenor c key)
11.	Bourdon to meet No. 1 (bass)	16'
12.	Open Diapason	8'
13.	Open Diapason	8'
14.	Stopped Diapason	8'
15.	Quint	5 ¹/₃'
16.	Principal	4'
17.	Flute	4'
18.	Tenth	3 ¹/₅'
19.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
20.	Fifteenth	2'
21.	Sesquialtera	III (³/₅')
22.	Mixture	III (²/₃')
23.	Doublette	II (2')
24.	Posaune	8'
25.	Clarion	4'
i	Swell to Great
ii	Choir to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
26.	Tenoroon (tenor)	16'	(to tenor c key)
27.	Bourdon (bass)	16'
28.	Open Diapason	8'
29.	Dulciana	8'
30.	Stopped Diapason	8'
31.	Quint	5 ¹/₃'
32.	Principal	4'
33.	Suabe Flute	4'
34.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
35.	Fifteenth	2'
36.	Flageolet	2'
37.	Sesquialtera	III (³/₅')
38.	Mixture	II (²/₃')
39.	Echo Cornet	V
40.	Contra Fagotto	16'
41.	Cornopean	8'
42.	Trumpet	8'
43.	Oboe	8'
44.	Corno Flute	8'
45.	Clarion	4'
IV. Solo (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
46.	Tuba Mirabilis	8'
Pedal (Tracker CCC-d 27 notes)
47.	Open Diapason	16'
48.	Bourdon	16'
49.	Principal	8'
50.	Fifteenth	4'
51.	Sesquialtera	V (3 ¹/₅')
52.	Trombone	16'
iii	Great to Pedal
iv	Swell to Pedal
v	Choir to Pedal

Organ History
1905	Rebuilt by Rushworth & Dreaper
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	49	-	8	P

List of Organists
	Henry Grimshaw (1848-1913)
1894-1906	S. Claude Ridley (1853-1924)
1906-14	Harry Evans (1873-1914)
	R. H. Brewerton (1891-1918)
1917-	Thomas Berry
1920-22	George Arthur Costain (1901-1987)
1923-	Stainton de B. Taylor (1903-1975)

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