Organ Biography > Organs > England > Canterbury > Cathedral
Details of Cathedral, Canterbury, England
1784
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1784 | Built by Green |
| Status | |
| Destroyed | |
| Sources | |
| “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” , 1877. | |
1827
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Rebuilt by Longhurst |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 30 | 30 | 3 | - |
| I. Choir ( GG-e3 58 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 2. | Dulciana | ||
| 3. | Stopped Flute | ||
| 4. | Open Flute | ||
| 5. | Principal | ||
| 6. | Cremona | ||
| i | Pedal to Choir | ||
| II. Great ( GG-e3 58 notes) | |||
| 7. | Open Diapason | ||
| 8. | Open Diapason | ||
| 9. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 10. | Clarabella | ||
| 11. | Principal | ||
| 12. | Fifteenth | ||
| 13. | Twelfth | ||
| 14. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 15. | Mixture | ||
| 16. | Trumpet | ||
| 17. | Great Trumpet | ||
| 18. | Clarion | ||
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| iii | Pedal to Great | ||
| III. Swell ( GG-e3 58 notes) | |||
| 19. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 20. | Double Open Diapason | ||
| 21. | Unison Open Diapason | ||
| 22. | Principal | ||
| 23. | Fifteenth | ||
| 24. | Twelfth | ||
| 25. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 26. | Cornopean | ||
| 27. | Trumpet | ||
| 28. | Hautboy | ||
| Pedal ( CCC-CC 13 notes) | |||
| 29. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 30. | Open Diapason | ||
1885
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1885 | Built by Willis |
| 1905 | Enlarged by Norman & Beard |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 52 | - | 10 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1407 | John Moundfield |
| 1411 | William Bonyngton |
| 1420 | William Stanys |
| 1445 | John Cranbroke |
| 1499 | Thomas Chart |
| 1534 | John Wodynsborowe |
| 1540-70 | William Selbye (-1584) |
| 1570-80 | Thomas Bull |
| 1580-84 | Matthew Godwin (1568-1586) |
| 1584-90 | Arthur Cock (-1604) |
| 1590 | Thomas Stores |
| 1590-99 | George Juxon |
| 1599 | George Marson (-1632) |
| 1631-32 | Valentine Rother |
| 1631-32 | George Marson (-1632) |
| 1640- | Thomas Tunstall |
| 1661-64 | Thomas Gibbs |
| 1661-c1669 | Thomas Gibbes |
| 1669-75 | Richard Chomley |
| 1675-91 | Robert Wren (-1691) |
| 1692 | Nicholas Wotton |
| 1692-98 | Nicholas Wootton (-1700) |
| 1697 | William Porter |
| 1699-1736 | Daniel Henstridge (-1736) |
| 1736-57 | William Raylton (-1757) |
| 1757-1803 | Samuel Porter (1733-1810) |
| 1803-1831 | Highmore Skeats (1760-1831) |
| 1831-72 | Thomas Evance Jones (1805-1872) |
| 1873-98 | William Henry Longhurst (1819-1904) |
| 1898-1908 | H. C. Perrin (1865-1953) |
| 1908-36 | C. Charlton Palmer (1871-1944) |
| 1937-53 | Gerald Hocken Knight (1908-1979) |
| 1952-55 | Douglas Hopkins (1902-1992) |
| 1956-61 | Sidney S. Campbell (1909-1974) |
| 1961-88 | Allan Wicks (1923-2010) |
| 1988- | David Flood (1955-) |
| 2013 | Weston Jennings |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| William Woodcock (1754-1825) | |
| 1836-73 | William Henry Longhurst (1819-1904) |
| 1873-75 | John B. Lott (1852-1924) |
| 1884-90 | Herbert A. Fricker (1868-1943) |
| 1892-98 | J. S. Grundy (1875-1950) |
| 1898-1903 | Frank Charles Butcher (1882-1948) |
| 1918-26 | René Soames (1903-1985) |
| 1936-38 | Henry Frank Cole |
| 1953-56 | Malcolm Tyler (1929-2010) |
| 1956-64 | Gwilym Isaac (1931-) |
| 1964-67 | Stephen Crisp |
| 1968-74 | Philip Moore (1943-) |
| 1974-78 | Stephen Darlington (1952-) |
| 1977-86 | David Flood (1955-) |
| 1986-96 | Michael Harris |
| 1997-2001 | Timothy Noon |
| 2001-04 | Matthew Martin (1976-) |
| 2005-08 | Robert Patterson |
| 2008-10 | John Robinson (1983-) |
| 2010-11 | Simon Lawford |
| 2011- | David Newsholme |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Christopher Tambling (1964-2015) |
| 1987 | David Woodcock |
| 1990 | David Hobourn |
| 1991 | Timothy Noon |
| 1992 | Duncan Aspden |
| 1993 | Andrew Arthur |
| 1994 | Andrew Bryden |
| 1997 | Tom Williamson |
| 1998 | Anthony Gowing |
| 1999 | Philip Stopford (1977-) |
| 2000 | Timothy Uglow |
| 2001 | John Robinson (1983-) |
| 2002-03 | Benjamin Chewter (1983-) |
| 2003 | Richard Leach |
| 2004 | Léon Charles |
| 2005 | Jonathan White |
| 2006 | James Norrey |
| 2007 | Tim Harper |
| 2008 | Mark Browne |
| 2009 | David Gerrard |
| 2010 | Thomas Allery |
| 2011 | Andrew Wyatt |
| 2012 | Edward Hewes |
| 2014 | William Wallace |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1903-53 | William Thomas Harvey (1886-1960) |
| 2015 | Adrian Bawtree (1968-) |
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