Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > Wales > St. Asaph > Cathedral
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1834 | Built by Hill |
| 1859 | Enlarged by Hill |
| 1867 | Rebuilt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 28 | 28 | 3 | T |
| I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 2. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 3. | Viol di Gamba | 8' | |
| 4. | Principal | 4' | |
| 5. | Suabe Flute | 4' | |
| 6. | Cromorne | 8' | |
| II. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
| 7. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 8. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 9. | Gamba | 8' | |
| 10. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 11. | Principal | 4' | |
| 12. | Nason Flute | 4' | |
| 13. | Wald Flute | 4' | |
| 14. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | |
| 15. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 16. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 17. | Trumpet | 8' | |
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| III. Swell (Tracker C-f3 42 notes) | |||
| 18. | Double Diapason | 16' | |
| 19. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 20. | Vox Angelica | II (8') | |
| 21. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 22. | Principal | 4' | |
| 23. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 24. | Mixture | III | |
| 25. | Cornopean | 8' | |
| 26. | Oboe | 8' | |
| 27. | Tremulant | ||
| Pedal (Tracker CCC-f 30 notes) | |||
| 28. | Open Diapason | 16' | |
| 29. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| ii | Great to Pedal | ||
| iii | Choir to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1898 | Restored by Hill |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 41 | - | 9 | P |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| -1630 | John Day |
| 1630-31 | Abednego G. Perkins |
| -1641 | John Wilson (-1641) |
| 1669-70 | Thomas Ottey (-1670) |
| 1680-86 | William Kay |
| 1694-1738 | Alexander Gerard (-1738) |
| 1738-79 | John Gerard (-1788) |
| 1782-85 | John Jones |
| 1785-91 | Edward Bailey (1758-1830) |
| 1791-94 | Charles Spence |
| 1794-1833 | Henry Hayden (1773-1848) |
| 1834-89 | Robert Augustus Atkins (1811-1889) |
| 1889-97 | Llewelyn Lloyd (1855-1927) |
| 1897-98 | Hugh Allen (1869-1946) |
| 1898-1901 | A. W. Wilson (1869-1950) |
| 1901 | Charles M. Bill (1862-1941) |
| 1901 | Cyril Rootham (1875-1938) |
| 1901-17 | William Storeton-West (1864-1953) |
| 1917-56 | H. L. Stocks (1884-1956) |
| 1956-62 | Robert Dickinson (1916-) |
| 1963-70 | Roland Middleton (1896-1983) |
| 1970-81 | Graham Elliott (1945-) |
| 1981-85 | John Belcher |
| 1985-98 | Hugh Davies |
| 1998-2004 | Graham Eccles |
| 2004-18 | Alan Mc Guinness |
| 2019- | Paul Booth |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1829-33 | William Robert Hayden |
| 1875-89 | Llewelyn Lloyd (1855-1927) |
| 1897-1901 | F. Walton Evans (1876-1929) |
| 1899-1900 | Charles Mason (1878-1965) |
| Patrick Larley (1951-) | |
| 1990-94 | Philip Smith |
| 2004-18 | John Hosking (1976-) |