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Details of Cathedral, Calcutta, India


Organ History
1849Built by Gray & Davison
Status
Unknown
Sources
The Musical Times 872

Organ History
1880Built by Willis
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 872

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
334--T

Organ History
1914Rebuilt by Willis
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London
Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921
The Musical Times 872

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
449-15P

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
1.Viola da Gamba8'metal.
2.Dulciana8'metal.
3.Stopped Diapason8'metal.
4.Flauto Travero8'metal.
5.Gambette4'metal.
6.Concert Flute4'metal.
7.Corno di Bassetto8'metal.
iSwell to Choir  
iiSolo to Choir  
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
8.Double Open Diapason16'metal.
9.Open Diapason I8'metal.
10.Open Diapason II8'metal.
11.Flûte Harmonique8'metal.
12.Principal4'metal.
13.Flüte Octaviante4'metal.
14.Twelfth2 2/3'metal.
15.Fifteenth2'metal.
16.MixtureIII [17-19-22] metal.
17.Tromba8'metal.
iiiSwell to Great Unison  
ivSwell to Great Super-Octave  
vSwell to Great Sub-Octave  
viChoir to Great  
viiSolo to Great  
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-c4 61 notes)
18.Lieblich Bourdon16'wood, metal.
19.Geigen Diapason8'metal.
20.Lieblich Gedackt8'wood, metal.
21.Salicional8'metal.
22.Vox Angelica8'metal. (tenor c)
23.Geigen Principal4'metal.
24.Lieblich Flöte4'metal.
25.Flageolet2'metal.
26.Echo MixtureIV [17-19-b21-22] metal.
27.Vox Humana8'metal.
28.Hautboy8'metal.
29.Tremulant  
30.Waldhorn16'metal.
31.Cornopean8'metal.
32.Clarion4'metal.
viiiSwell Super-Octave  
ixSwell Unison Off  
xSwell Sub-Octave  
xiSolo to Swell  
IV. Solo ( CC-c4 61 notes)
Unenclosed (Pneumatic)
33.Tibia8'wood.
34.Viole d’Orchestre8'metal.
35.Flûte Ouverte4'metal.
36.Piccolo Harmonique2'metal.
37.Bass Clarinet16'prepared  
38.Cor Anglais8'prepared  
39.Tremulant  
40.Tuba8'metal.
Pedal ( CCC-F 30 notes)
41.Violone16'metal.
42.Violoncello8' 
43.Ophicleide16'metal.
44.Clarion8'prepared  
xiiChoir to Pedal  
xiiiGreat to Pedal  
xivSwell to Pedal  
xvSolo to Pedal  

UnitDivisionRankFootagePipesI. ChoirII. GreatIII. SwellIV. SoloPedal
PD:BDPedalBourdon16
PD:ODPedalOpen Diapason32



List of Organists
F. R. Edmonds
1885-1912Ernest Slater (1860-1936)
1913-19Heathcote Statham (1889-1973)
1933-37T. H. Croxall (1893-1958)

List of Assistant Organists
1943-45Allan John Fairlie (1909-)