Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Shrewsbury > St. Chad’s (Shrewsbury Parish Church)

Details of St. Chad’s (Shrewsbury Parish Church), Shrewsbury, England

Organ History
1716Built by Thomas Schwarbrook
1794Removed
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
1794Built by Gray & Davison
1848Rebuilt by Gray & Davison
Status
Unknown
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
326273T

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.SesquialteraIII 
17.Trumpet  
iSwell 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  
iiPedals to Choir  
iiiPedals to Great  
Organ History
1905Built by Norman & Beard
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - H. Logan & Co., 1912, Bournemouth
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
337--P


List of Organists
Edmund Baker (-1765)
c1857Tomlins Jones
W. B. Ebrall (1880-1936)
F. Austin Herbert (1896-1989)
R. G. Harwood (1901-)
Samuel Wensley Baker (1907-)