Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Shrewsbury > St. Chad’s (Shrewsbury Parish Church)
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1716 | Built by Thomas Schwarbrook |
| 1794 | Removed |
| 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 | |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1794 | Built by Gray & Davison |
| 1848 | Rebuilt by Gray & Davison |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 26 | 27 | 3 | T |
| I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stopped Diapason (tenor) | ||
| 2. | Stopped Diapason (bass) | ||
| 3. | Keraulophon | ||
| 4. | Dulciana | ||
| 5. | Principal | ||
| 6. | Flute | ||
| 7. | Cremona | ||
| 8. | Bourdon | (CC to BB) | |
| II. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
| 9. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 10. | Open Diapason | ||
| 11. | Open Diapason | (to tenor c) | |
| 12. | Clarabella | (to Middle c1) | |
| 13. | Principal | ||
| 14. | Twelfth | ||
| 15. | Fifteenth | ||
| 16. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 17. | Trumpet | ||
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| III. Swell (Tracker C-f3 42 notes) | |||
| 18. | Double Diapason | ||
| 19. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 20. | Open Diapason | ||
| 21. | Principal | ||
| 22. | Fifteenth | ||
| 23. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 24. | Hautboy | ||
| 25. | Cornopean | ||
| 26. | Clarion | ||
| Pedal (Tracker CCC-e 29 notes) | |||
| 27. | Open Diapason | ||
| ii | Pedals to Choir | ||
| iii | Pedals to Great | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Built by Norman & Beard |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 37 | - | - | P |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| Edmund Baker (-1765) | |
| 1854-61 | Tomlins Jones (-1861) |
| W. B. Ebrall (1880-1936) | |
| F. Austin Herbert (1896-1989) | |
| R. G. Harwood (1901-) | |
| Samuel Wensley Baker (1907-) | |