Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Canterbury > Cathedral

Details of Cathedral, Canterbury, England

1662

Organ History
1662Built by Lancelott Pease of Cambridge
Status
Destroyed
Sources
The Musical Times 884

1686

Organ History
1686Built by Smith
Status
Rebuilt
Sources
The Musical Times 884

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
21414-T

I. Choir
1.Stopped Diapason
2.Principal
3.Recorder
4.Fifteenth
II. Great
5.Open Diapason
6.Stopped Diapason
7.Principal
8.Nason
9.CornetIV
10.Quint
11.Super Octave
12.Flageolet
13.MixtureIII
14.Trumpet

1753

Organ History
1753Rebuilt and enlarged by Richard Bridge of Clerkenwell
Status
Rebuilt
Sources
The Musical Times 884

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
32424-T

I. Choir (Tracker GG,AA-d3 55 notes)
1.Stopped Diapason
2.Principal
3.Flute
4.Fifteenth
5.MixtureIII
6.Vox Humana
II. Great (Tracker GG,AA-d3 55 notes)
7.Open Diapason
8.Stopped Diapason
9.Principal
10.Twelfth
11.Fifteenth
12.Tierce
13.Larigot
14.SesquialteraIV
15.FurnitureIV
16.CornetIV
17.Trumpet
18.Clarion
III. Swell (Tracker G-d3 32 notes)
19.Open Diapason
20.Stopped Diapason
21.Germany Flute
22.Principal
23.Trumpet
24.Hautboy

1784

Organ History
1784Rebuilt by Green of Isleworth
Status
Rebuilt
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
32323-T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-e3 57 notes)
1.Dulciana
2.Stopped Diapason
3.Principal
4.Flute
5.Fifteenth
II. Great (Tracker GG-e3 57 notes)
6.Open Diapason
7.Open Diapason
8.Stopped Diapason
9.Principal
10.Twelfth
11.Fifteenth
12.Tierce
13.SesquialteraIII
14.FurnitureII
15.CornetV
16.Trumpet
17.Clarion
III. Swell (Tracker G-e3 34 notes)
18.Open Diapason
19.Stopped Diapason
20.Principal
21.CornetIII
22.Trumpet
23.Hautboy

1827

Organ History
1827Rebuilt by James Longhurst
Status
Destroyed
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
330303T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-e3 57 notes)
1.Stopped Diapason
2.Dulciana
3.Stopped Flute
4.Open Flute
5.Principal
6.Cremona
iPedal to Choir
II. Great (Tracker GG-e3 57 notes)
7.Open Diapason
8.Open Diapason
9.Stopped Diapason
10.Clarabella (Treble)
11.Principal
12.Fifteenth
13.Twelfth
14.SesquialteraIII
15.MixtureIII
16.Trumpet (Treble)
17.Great Trumpet
18.Clarion
iiSwell to Great
iiiPedal to Great
III. Swell (Tracker G-e3 34 notes)
19.Stopped Diapason
20.Double Open Diapason
21.Unison Open Diapason
22.Principal
23.Fifteenth
24.Twelfth
25.SesquialteraIII
26.Cornopean
27.Trumpet
28.Hautboy
Pedal (Tracker CCC-CC 13 notes)
29.Stopped Diapason wood.
30.Open Diapason wood.

1886

Organ History
1886Built by Willis
1905Enlarged by Norman & Beard
Sources
The Musical Times 884

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
452-10-

I. Choir (Electro-pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
1.Lieblich Gedacht16'wood, metal.
2.Open Diapason8'metal.
3.Lieblich Gedacht8'wood, metal.
4.Viola da Gamba8'metal.
5.Saliconal8'metal.
6.Flauto Traverso8'wood.
7.Flüte Harmonique4'metal.
8.Gemshorn4'metal.
9.Corno di Bassetto8'metal.
10.Tremulant
iSwell to Choir
II. Great (Electro-pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
11.Double Diapason16'metal.
12.Open Diapason I8'metal.
13.Open Diapason II8'metal.
14.Stopped Diapason8'wood, metal.
15.Claribel Flute8'wood.
16.Quint5 1/3'metal.
17.Principal4'metal.
18.Flûte Harmonique4'metal.
19.Twelfth2 2/3'metal.
20.Fifteenth2'metal.
21.Piccolo2'metal.
22.MixtureIVmetal.
23.Double Trumpet16'metal.
24.Cornopean8'metal.
25.Clarion4'metal.
iiSwell to Great
iiiSwell to Great Super-Octave
ivSwell to Great Sub-Octave
vChoir to Great
viSolo to Great
III. Swell (Electro-pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
26.Double Diapason16'wood, metal.
27.Open Diapason8'metal.
28.Lieblich Gedacht8'wood, metal.
29.Saliconal8'metal.
30.Voix Celeste8'metal.
31.Octave4'metal.
32.Flageolet2'metal.
33.MixtureIIImetal.
34.Contra Fagotto16'metal.
35.Trumpet8'metal.
36.Hautboy8'metal.
37.Clarion4'metal.
38.Tremulant
IV. Solo (Electro-pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
39.Flûte Harmonique8'metal.
40.Concert Flute4'wood.
41.Orchestral Oboe8'metal.
42.Corno di Bassetto8'metal.
43.Tuba8'metal.
44.Clarion4'metal.
Pedal (Electro-pneumatic CCC-F 30 notes)
45.Double Open Diapason32'wood.
46.Open Diapason (wood)16'wood.
47.Open Diapason (metal)16'prepared
48.Violone16'metal.
49.Bourdon16'wood.
50.Violcello8'metal.
51.Octave8'metal.
52.Bass Flute8'wood.
53.Posaune16'metal.
54.Clarion8'metal.
viiGreat to Pedal
viiiSwell to Pedal
ixChoir to Pedal
xSolo to Pedal


List of Organists
1407John Moundfield
1411William Bonyngton
1420William Stanys
1445John Cranbroke
1499Thomas Chart
1534John Wodynsborowe
1540-70William Selbye (-1584)
1570-80Thomas Bull
1580-84Matthew Godwin (1568-1586)
1584-90Arthur Cock (-1604)
1590Thomas Stores
1590-99George Juxon
1599George Marson (-1632)
1631-32Valentine Rother
1631-32George Marson (-1632)
1640-Thomas Tunstall
1661-64Thomas Gibbs
1661-c1669Thomas Gibbes
1669-75Richard Chomley
1675-91Robert Wren (-1691)
1692Nicholas Wotton
1692-98Nicholas Wootton (-1700)
1697William Porter
1699-1736Daniel Henstridge (-1736)
1736-57William Raylton (-1757)
1757-1803Samuel Porter (1733-1810)
1803-1831Highmore Skeats (1760-1831)
1831-72Thomas Evance Jones (1805-1872)
1873-98William Henry Longhurst (1819-1904)
1898-1908H. C. Perrin (1865-1953)
1908-36C. Charlton Palmer (1871-1944)
1937-53Gerald Hocken Knight (1908-1979)
1952-55Douglas Hopkins (1902-1992)
1956-61Sidney S. Campbell (1909-1974)
1961-88Allan Wicks (1923-2010)
1988-David Flood (1955-)
2013Weston Jennings

List of Assistant Organists
William Woodcock (1754-1825)
1836-73William Henry Longhurst (1819-1904)
1873-75John B. Lott (1852-1924)
1884-90Herbert A. Fricker (1868-1943)
1892-98J. S. Grundy (1875-1950)
1898-1901Frank Charles Butcher (1882-1948)
1918-26René Soames (1903-1985)
1936-38Henry Frank Cole
1953-56Malcolm Tyler (1929-2010)
1956-64Gwilym Isaac (1931-)
1964-67Stephen Crisp
1968-74Philip Moore (1943-)
1974-78Stephen Darlington (1952-)
1977-86David Flood (1955-)
1986-96Michael Harris
1997-2001Timothy Noon
2001-04Matthew Martin (1976-)
2005-08Robert Patterson
2008-10John Robinson (1983-)
2010-11Simon Lawford
2011-David Newsholme

List of Organ Scholars
1982Christopher Tambling (1964-2015)
1987David Woodcock
1990David Hobourn
1991Timothy Noon
1992Duncan Aspden
1993Andrew Arthur
1994Andrew Bryden
1997Tom Williamson
1998Anthony Gowing
1999Philip Stopford (1977-)
2000Timothy Uglow
2001John Robinson (1983-)
2002-03Benjamin Chewter (1983-)
2003Richard Leach
2004Léon Charles
2005Jonathan White
2006James Norrey
2007Tim Harper
2008Mark Browne
2009David Gerrard
2010Thomas Allery
2011Andrew Wyatt
2012Edward Hewes (1993-)
2014William Wallace

List of Other Organists
1903-53William Thomas Harvey (1886-1960)
2015Adrian Bawtree (1968-)