Leffler MS - INDEX


MS page Place Building Brief details Builder; remarks etc
Inside cover Ex. lib - T B Evison - 84 Ferme Park Road, Hornsey. 1896
Inside cover Ex. lib - Wm Windsor - 12 Christchurch Road, Crouch Hill, London N8
Front "An account of Organs & Organ Builders collected by Henry Leffler 1800"
front 2 List of Cathedral organs, with some builders and dates
front 3to11 Index of church organs with some builders and dates. (including p.6 list of organs with a Double Diapason) This is a shocking index and must be arranged. H.L.
8 [page omitted from numbering sequence]

58 List of Organists of the Chapel Royal from the time of Henry VIII
59 List of Organists of Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral
81 List of Organists latterly holding posts around London

113/4 Notes on the origins of organbuilders-Bernard Schmidt

115/6 Notes on the competition at the Temple Church between Smith & Harris
117 Notes on Harris and Dublin Cathedral; Byfield's death and Wolverhampton
118 Notes on Christopher Schreider

119 Notes on Harris' move to Bristol and son John.

120 Notes on Smith's nephews; Swarbrick; Turner of Cambridge; Jordan; Byfield & Bridge;
121 Notes on Morse of Barnet; Griffin

122 Notes on Edward Purcell

123/4/5 Observations on organbuilding

127 Notes on "German Pedals" and the Double Diapason

128 List of earliest churches to have Pedals on their organs.

176 Extract from "Swinney's Birmingham Chronicle" May 17th, 1804 - London places of worship.
Cathedrals  


158 Bangor Cathedral III; 13ss; 774 pipes; Green 1779;
99 Bristol Cathedral III; 22ss; 1367 pipes ; said to be by Schmidt n.d;
94 Canterbury Cathedral III; 24ss; 1574 pipes; organs rebuilt with additions by S Green 1784; 1810 Elliot added Cremona & Bassoon to Choir;
87 Carlisle Cathedral III; 20ss; 997 pipes; Avery 1806; completed by Elliot 1808;  "this is the best organ that Avery ever built"
108 Chester Cathedral II; 14ss; 780 pipes; Smith n.d; Choir and Great Trumpet by Snetzler;
91 Chichester Cathedral III; 20ss; 1191pipes; Renatus Harris 1677; repaired and new Choir added by Byfield n.d; repaired Thomas Knight 1770;
150 Cork Cathedral III; 21ss; 1179 pipes; 1805;
82 Dublin St Patrick's Cathedral III; 22ss; 750 pipes; Possibly brought from Spain or Naples the gift of the Duke of Cremona;
159 Dublin St Patrick's Cathedral
[described on page 82]
160 Dublin Christ Church Cathedral III; 22ss; 1298 pipes; Byfield n.d;
88 Durham Cathedral III; 23ss; 1464 pipes; Schmidt n.d;
22 Ely Cathedral II; 16ss; 1215 pipes; Harris. n.d;  case front same as St Andrew, Holborn.
21 Exeter Cathedral III; 20ss; 1381 pipes; Loosemore 1665; repaired by Bridge;  a very fine organ.
92 Gloucester Cathedral III; 20ss; 1374 pipes; supposedly Schmidt n.d; repaired Gray ;
105 Hereford Cathedral IIIP; 22ss; 1296 pipes; Schmidt 1686, repaired by Snetzler, Green & Avery; 1806 repaired by Elliot who added Pedals and Pedal pipes;
161 Lichfield Cathedral III; 23ss; 1454 pipes; Green 1789;
109 Lincoln Cathedral III; 19ss; 895 pipes;
130 Norwich Cathedral III; 20ss; 1243 pipes; n.d;
106 Oxford Cathedral II; 13ss; 796 pipes; Fr Schmidt n.d;
107 Peterborough Cathedral II; 16ss; 890 pipes; Allen 1809 costing 500 guineas;  old case re-used and basses of both Open Diapasons
93 Rochester Cathedral IIIP; 23ss; 1413 pipes; Green;
79 Salisbury Cathedral IV; 50ss; 742 pipes; Renatus Harris 1710; many stops by communication; design like St Andrew, Holborn
90 Salisbury Cathedral III; 24ss; 1485 pipes; Green 1792; the Gift of the King costing 1,000 guineas and the old organ;
131 St Davids Cathedral I; 7ss; 497 pipes; Schmidt n.d;
106 Wells Cathedral III; 22ss; 1398 pipes; Schmidt 1664; rebuilt Green 1786;
96 Winchester Cathedral IIIP; 23ss; 1398 pipes; Avery 1799;
104 Worcester Cathedral II; 15ss; 1015 pipes; said to be by Schmidt but repaired by Bridge in 1730 with new keys, movements and Trumpet;
89 York Cathedral (Minster) IIIP; 27ss; 1719 pipes; repaired by Green and Blythe 1803;
     London and area
1 London St Alban, Wood Street
Erected by public subscription 1728.
1 London St Anne, Aldersgate Street II;12ss; 692 pipes; Robert Gray 1782. 
2 London St Antholin, Watling Street III; 17ss; 963 pipes; Jordan 1703; Swell by England & Russell.
3 London All Hallows, London Wall I; 9ss; G P England's father.  A very good organ for the size, too crowded.
4 London All Hallows, Bread Street III; 14ss; 724 pipes 1717
5 London All Hallows the Great, Thames St.  II; 15ss; 1038 pipes; Parker 1749.
6 London All Hallows, Lombard St. I; 9ss; 604 pipes; Renatus Harris 1690.   A very fine Trumpet.
6 London St Andrew, Holborn III; 27ss; 1282 pipes; Harris 1699.   a very thin toned organ
7 London St Augustine, Watling Street II; 14ss; 877 pipes Rawlins & Pether; Swell added by Russell 1808;
9 London St Andrew, Holborn III; 31ss; 1572 pipes Renatus Harris 1699; Swell by Byfield.
11 London St Bartholomew III; 19ss; 1347pipes. Byfield 1740;
12 London St Bartholomew the Great III; 19ss; 932 pipes; Bridge 1731;  a very good organ all through.
12 London St Bartholomew the Less I; 8ss; 487 pipes n.d 
13 London St Botolph Aldersgate IIP; 15ss; 974 pipes Green n.d;
13 London St Botolph Aldgate III; 20ss; 1321 pipes Part by Schmidt, rest Byfield; the gift of Mr Thomas Whiting to the "Hole" parish 1676.
14 London St Botolph, Bishopsgate III; 23ss; 1500 pipes; Byfield 1764; a noisy chorus.
14 London St Bride, Fleet Street III; 20ss; 1239 pipes Harris n.d;
15 London St Benet Fink, Threadneedle St. III; 16ss; 963 pipes; Jordan n.d;  a very good organ.
15 London Christ Church, Newgate St.   III; 20ss; 1091 pipes Harris n.d;
16 London St Katherine Cree II; 17ss; 1090 pipes Smith n.d;
18 London St Clement IIIP; 21ss; 1288pipes Harris n.d;
18 London St Catherine Coleman
[no details]
19 London St Dionis Backchurch III; 28ss; 1688 pipes Byfield, Bridge & Jordan 1732 ;
20 London St Dunstan in the East, Tower Street III; 18ss; 1030 pipes; Smith; Choir & Swell by Byfield n.d;  this is a very fine organ particularly the Open Diapason, the Swell is one of the best in London
20 London St Dunstan in the West, Fleet St. II; 17ss; 971 pipes; Jordan n.d; Swell plays on the same keys as Choir
25 London St George II; 11ss; 648 pipes Griffin n.d;
26 London St Giles, Cripplegate III; 24ss; 1345 pipes; Harris n.d.; Open II added by Russell 1791;  chorus very noisy but not very musical
27 London St Helen the Great IIIP; 20ss; 1127 pipes; Griffin 1744;  No GG# in Trumpet or Clarion
29 London St James, Garlickhithe III; 19ss; 1166 pipes; n.b; n.d; 
31 London St Lawrence Jewry III; 20ss; 1158 pipes; Harris n.d; Swell by Byfield;
32 London St Mary, Aldermary III; 21ss; 1478 pipes; England & Russell. n.d;  a very grand organ both in tone and size.
33 London St Mary at Hill I + Swell; 14ss; 974 pipes; Green 1788 costing £320 and old organ by Fr Schmidt;
34 London St Magnus, London Bridge III; 24ss; 1322 pipes; Schrider 1710;   a very fine old organ;
34 London St Matthew, Friday Street III; 16ss; 1046 pipes; England n.d;
35 London St Michael, Bassishaw II; 16ss; 1680 pipes; Griffin n.d;  a tolerably good organ.
35 London St Michael Royal College Hill III ; 15ss; 983 pipes; Repaired by Mr Gray 1798;  the old organ with additions from St Anne, Soho.
36 London St Michael, Queenhithe III; 21ss; 1352 pipes; England & Russell 1779;   a very good organ all through
38 London St Paul's Cathedral IIIP; 27ss; 1976 pipes; Father Schmidt n.d;  Swell added by Crang. a fine organ but sharp pitch.
39 London St Martin, Outwich,Threadneedle Street II; 10ss; 690 pipes; England n.d;
40 London St Peter, Cornhill III; 19ss; 1148 pipes; Father Schmidt n.d; swell added by Mr Gray;
42 London St Sepulchre III; 24ss; 1476 pipes; Harris 1677;   reeds very fine but the rest of it is thin
43 London St Stephen, Walbrook III; 25ss; 1596 pipes; England 1790;
43 London St Stephen, Coleman Street III; 21ss; 1386 pipes; Avery 1775;
44 London Temple Church III; 22ss; 1573 pipes; Father Schmidt 1687;   the finest organ in London
63 London St Edmund [no details]
65 London St Margaret Pattens II; 14ss; 850 pipes; Swell plays on Choir;
66 London St Martin, Ludgate Hill II; 11ss; 549 pipes; Schmidt;
70 London St Michael, Cornhill IIIP; 24ss; 1552 pipes; Harris; repaired Green 1790;
71 London St Olave, Hart Street III; 21ss; 1413 pipes; Green 1781;
71 London St Peter-le-Poer, Broad Street [no details] Green - [see index]
72 London St Vedast [no details] Hancock - [see index]
85 London St Mary Axe III; 23ss; 1349 pipes; Renatus Harris n.d; 1811 England- compass increased by 2 notes and Sesquialtera added; details of basses by communication
86 London St Margaret Lothbury III; 16ss; 890 pipes; England 1803;
93 London French Church, Canon Street I; 7ss; 420 pipes; Holland n.d;
97 London St Katherine-by-Tower IIIP; 21ss; 1453 pipes; Green 1778 under the direction of Joah Bates;  details of pitches and breaks in Sesquialtera and Mixtures
157 London St Dunstan in the East III; 20ss; 1231 pipes; Jordan  n.d, repaired England ; repaired by Russell in 1805 and six new stops added;  "Vox Humana taken away in 1805 after  having acquir'd great celebrity in consequence of Mr Reading's having been afflicted with the palsy";
160 London St Anne, Blackfriars III; 23ss; 1479 pipes; William Gray 1808;
192 London St Dionis Backchurch III; 27ss; 1627 pipes; Bridge, Byfield & Jordan c.1732;
36 London, City St Mildred, Bread Street II; 18ss; 838 pipes; Griffin 1744;
37 London, City St Mildred, Poultry III; 20ss; 1174 pipes; England n.d;   speaks well all through but has a very bad touch.
11 Westminster St Anne, Soho III; 22ss; 1332 pipes Robert & William Gray 1795;
16 Westminster Chapel Royal III; 16ss; 875 pipes; Schrider, Swell added by Russell 1785;  a very good for nothing organ; repaired and Dulciana put in place of Cremona by Lincoln about 1801 or 1802
24 Westminster German Lutheran Chapel, Strand IIIP; 18ss; 1154 pipes; Snetzler n.d  Choir to Great Copula and Tremulant
26 Westminster St Giles in the Fields III; 21ss; 1444 pipes n.b; n.d; rep. England and later Lincoln;
29 Westminster St James, Piccadilly III; 20ss; 1114 pipes; n.b; n.d;  this organ is worn out.
32 Westminster St Margaret II; 13ss; 744 pipes; Fr Schmidt 1676;  never us'd.
39 Westminster St Paul, Covent Garden IIIP 23ss; 1449 pipes; Gray 1790;   same design as St Anne, Soho
45 Westminster Abbey IIIP; 21ss; 1335 pipes; Schrider n.d;   a very fine organ except the Swell; pedal pipes of wood-open of very large dimensions, and though only unison with the Diapasons have the effect of a Double Diapason through the quality of tone
65 Westminster St Martin in the Fields IIIP; 20ss; 1353 pipes; Schrider 1721, gift of George I;  organ moved to Wooton-under-Edge; [see p.66 for new organ]
66 Westminster St Martin in the Fields III; 23ss; 1449 pipes Gray 1800;
72 Westminster St John the Evangelist [no details] Griffin - [see index]
80 Westminster New Theatre Royal, Covent Gdn.  I; 7ss; 511 pipes Russell 1809;
80 Westminster Theatre Oratorio Organ, Covent Gdn I; 8ss; 552 pipes Allen 1810;
82 Westminster Old Theatre Royal, Covent Garden I; 7ss; 385 pipes; Jordan n.d;  burnt down with the Theatre in 1808; (see p.80)
132 Westminster Warwick Street RC Chapel, Soho III; 15ss; 956 pipes; Lincoln n.d; Swell added 1804 by Green & Blythe;
133 Westminster St Margaret's IIIP; 26ss; 1396 pipes; Avery 1804 costing 800 guineas and old organ;
139 Westminster St George, Hanover Square IIIP; 21ss; 715pipes; rebuilt by Snetzler n.d; pedals added by England ; Swell Cornet reduced to Principal in1802;
155 Westminster Chapel Royal III; 18ss; 1008 pipes; 1672 Bernard Schmidt;  Echo placed behind music desk above the keys and is unenclosed;
162 Westminster Hanover Square Concert Room 12ss; 760 pipes; Elliot 1804 costing £700;
162 Westminster St Patrick's RC Chapel, Soho Sq. IIP; 12ss; 681 pipes; Gray n.d;
175 Westminster German Calvinistic Chapel, Strand I; 10ss; 664 pipes Snetzler - his gift to the chapel;
179 Westminster Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico II; 13ss; 758 pipes Byfield & Green 1770 costing £200;
180 Westminster Drury Lane Theatre I; 11ss; 676 pipes; made for Messers Stanley & Smith by Byfield & Green in 1769 costing £180; with Swell playing from same keys; burnt down with the Theatre in 1809
180 Westminster Berwick Street Chapel, Soho I; 7ss; 394 pipes; made from the old organ in King Street chapel by Byfield & Green in 1768 for £60;
183 Westminster Royal Opera House, Covent Garden II; 15ss; 913 pipes Green 1794;
86 [GL] Barking PC III: 17ss; 1021 pipes; Byfield & Green 1770;  Cost £300;
10 [GL] Barking, All Hallows III; 22ss; 1265 pipes n.d
47 [GL] Battersea - Clapham PC III; 20ss; Gray;
69 [GL]  Bermondsey - St Mary, Rotherhithe III; 21ss; 1335 pipes; Byfield 1764;
67 [GL]  Bermondsey, St Mary Magdalene [no details]
17 [GL]  Bethnal Green - Christ Church, Spitalfields III; 34ss; 2259 pipes; Bridge n.d costing £600 and worth double in 1802;  a very fine organ all through and the largest in England
67 [GL]  Bethnal Green, St Matthew [no details] Byfield & Green 1772 from Newbury, Berkshire in exchange for a new organ - no details given of specification; "rubbish - not worth £20"
41 [GL] Bow - St Mary le Bow II; 12ss; 753 pipes; Russell. n.d; opened 10th April, 1802;
68 [GL] Bow - St Mary, Stratford II; 12ss; 637 pipes; repaired by Parker;
25 [GL] Camberwell, St Giles IIP; 12ss; 745 pipes Russell 1799;
60 [GL] Chiswick, St Nicholas II; 12ss; 589 pipes; H Russell 1796;
51 [GL] Croydon PC III; 24ss; 1653 pipes; Avery 1794;
53 [GL] Deptford, St Nicholas III; 17ss; 902 pipes; Fr Schmidt 1697; Choir & Swell by Bridge;
78 [GL] Deptford, St Paul III; 22ss; 1146 pipes; Griffin n.d;  the gift of Matthew Finch Esq;
21 [GL] Dulwich College Chapel III; 19 ss; 1104 pipes England n.d; 
42 [GL] Eltham, St John the Baptist I; 7ss; 474 pipes; Bridge n.d;  a very fine organ
73 [GL] Enfield, St Andrew III; 21ss; 1094 pipes; Griffin 1752;
110 [GL] Finchley PC II; 11ss; 732 pipes; Snetzler n.d;
30 [GL] Finsbury - St James, Clerkenwell [no details]
64 [GL] Finsbury - St John, Clerkenwell II ; 16ss; 1798 pipes; Harris; repaired and enlarged H Russell 1798; Swell plays from Choir
28 [GL] Finsbury - St Luke, Clerkenwell III; 22ss; 1166 pipes; Bridge n.d;  a very fine organ.
138 [GL] Greenwich, Royal Hospital Chapel IIIP; 26ss; 1658 pipes; Green 1789 costing £1,000; 1819 repaired by James Davis;
54 [GL] Greenwich, St Alphege III; 22ss; 1386 pipes; Dallam; repaired England 1765 with added Clarion ; repaired England 1803 with new Open Diapason; Copula;
201 [GL] Hackney - Mr Flower, Homerton II; 9ss; 501 pipes; 1816;  notes on Cornet/Sesquialtera
53 [GL] Hackney, St John IIIP ; 24ss; 1601 pipes; Snetzler; enlarged England 1797;
204 [GL] Holborn - Foundling Hospital Chapel III; 25ss; 2095 pipes; revoiced by Hugh Russell in 1805 costing £120
146 [GL] Holborn - Philanthropic Society Ch IIP; 16ss; Gray; Swell plays from Choir;
23 [GL] Holborn - St George the Martyr III; 18ss; 1174 pipes; John & James Handcock 1773;  a very bad organ all through.
22 [GL] Holborn - St George, Bloomsbury III; 20ss; 1247 pipes; Holland 1788;  a very bad organ.
83 [GL] Holborn - St John's Chapel, Bedford Row III; 23ss; 1189 pipes; John Harris c.1703;
174 [GL] Hornsey - Highgate Chapel I; 7ss; 428 pipes; Swell plays from same keys;
46 [GL] Islington, St Mary III; 21ss; 1771 pipes; Byfield and Green 1771;
46 [GL] Lambeth - Vauxhall Pleasure Gdns I; 7ss; 520 pipes; n.b; n.d; built about 6 weeks after Adam was breachd
126 [GL] Limehouse, St Anne III; 26ss; 1788 pipes; rebuild 1810/11; new Choir; compass extended to FFF-f 60 notes; second Open Diapason added on Great;
77 [GL] Marylebone, Quebec Chapel IIIP; 21ss ; 1001+ pipes Avery n.d;
7 [GL] Poplar - St Anne, Limehouse IIIP; 22ss; 1213 pipes Bridge 1741
39 [GL] Shadwell, St Paul 13ss; 681 pipes; Jordan n.d;
62 [GL] Shoredich, Artillery Lane Chapel II; 10ss; 502 pipes H Russell 1800;
31 [GL] Shoredich, St Leonard III; 25ss; 1728 pipes Bridge 1757;
63 [GL] Southwark - Christ Church, Surrey Rd IIP; 9ss; 646 pipes; Elliot;
135 [GL] Southwark - Rowland Hill's Chapel (Surrey Chapel) IIP; 17ss; 1069 pipes; Elliot n.d;  two shifting movements; bellows operated by a wheel; 
69 [GL] Southwark - St Mary, Newington Butts [no details]
64 [GL] Southwark, St George IIIP; 17ss; 1022 pipes; repaired with new case by Muir in 1808;
37 [GL] Southwark, St Olave III; 21ss; 1835 pipes; n.b; n.d;  1802 - repaired Russell with new Sext, Mixture and Cremona, pedals fitted;  may have been a good organ but is now quite worn out
41 [GL] Southwark, St Saviour III; 26ss;1813 pipes. Supposed by Jordan.n.d;  1800-Double Diapason added to GGG by Russell;  1818 repaired and pedals added by Davis;
80 [GL] St Marylebone, Oxford Chapel II; 9ss; 457 pipes n.d;
149 [GL] St Marylebone, Portuguese RC Chapel III; 22ss; 1460 pipes; Jordan n.d; II with Choir by communication; enlarged by England in 1808 costing 220guineas;
154 [GL] St Pancras - Woburn Chapel II; 11ss; 717 pipes; William Gray n.d;
19 [GL] Stepney - Danish Chapel, Wellclose Square III; 13ss; 702 pipes; Smith; Swell by Avery; n.d;  a very fine little organ
24 [GL] Stepney - German Lutheran Chapel, Whitechapel III; 16ss; 851 pipes England n.d; Choir by England and Russell;
92 [GL] Stepney - Sion Chapel, Whitchapel I; 8ss; 507 pipes; Russell 1791;  Trumpet (54 pipes) added in 1810
68 [GL] Stepney - St Mary, Whitechapel III; 22ss; 1374 pipes; Schrider 1715; Swell by England & Russell;
61 [GL] Stepney, Spa Fields Chapel III 13ss; 794 pipes; Bridge; II; H Russell 1796 Swell & Choir bass added;  Trumpet added in 1812
52 [GL] Stepney, St Dunstan now III; 24ss; 1550 pipes; Harris 1750; II;19ss; 1202 pipes; enlarged 1807 by Hugh Russell; 
23 [GL] Stepney, St George III; 25ss; 1599 pipes; Bridge 1733;  a very fine organ
112 [GL] Stoke Newington, St Mary I; 6ss; 420 pipes; England 1806;
84 [GL] Strand, St Clement Danes IIIP; 22ss; 1536 pipes; Schmidt; repaired Russell 1804;
33 [GL] Strand, St Mary le Strand I + Swell; 14ss; 673 pipes; n.b; 1790;  not a very good organ, part new and part old
200 [GL] Streatham Chapel  II; 15ss; begun by Avery for a Chamber; completed by Lincoln 1813; shifting movement;
60 [GL] Wandsworth PC II; 13ss; 808 pipes;
30 [GL] Wapping, St John III; 18ss; 1001 pipes; n.b; n.d;  Drum to D;
33 [GL] Whitechapel
174
Hon. G Pomeroy III; 18ss; 1155 pipes; White 1801 costing £1200;
202
Mr John Davison's organ IP; 8ss; W Allen 1816 costing 250 guineas; Swell Hautboy only from same keys; two shifting movements
    Beyond London
62 Ashton u Lyne PC II; 16ss; 1047 pipes Geo. England 1770;
95 Bath Abbey III; 20ss; 1231 pipes; Jordan n.d;  a very powerful, fine toned organ;
100 Bath St James IIIP; 18ss; Richard Seed of Bristol n.d;  new Choir added by Holland of Bath;
100 Bath Christ Church (Free) I; 8ss; 602 pipes; Avery 1800;  same front as StMargaret, Westminster;
101 Bath St Margaret's Chapel II ; 15ss; 974 pipes; Snetzler c.1770; (Swell plays from Choir); same front as the Savoy
163 Beaumaris PC II; 14ss; 876 pipes; Collins of Liverpool 1807;
140 Beccles PC III; 19ss; 1198 pipes; Old organ by Bridge from St James, Clerkenwell sold to this church for £220 by England in 1796; new soundboards installed;
191 Bedford St Paul III; 16ss; 971 pipes; Schmidt; notes on compound stops and pitch
197 Bedford St Mary I; 6ss; 307 pipes; W Allen 1804; one barrel with 10 tunes
196 Birmingham Christ Church IIIP; 18ss; 1125 pipes ; Elliot 1815 costing £1000; elegant Mahogany case 25ft high
75 Bolton Old PC II; 14ss; 917 pipes Green 1795;
76 Bolton Little Bolton Chapel I; 8ss; 538 pipes; Mr Parker of Salford 1756; repaired Russell  1796; additions listed
76 Bolton St George II; 11ss; 724 pipes Russell 1796;
132 Brecknock Church (Brecon) II; 15ss; 821 pipes; Henry Holland 1787;
98 Bristol St Mary Redcliffe IIIP; 26ss; 1817 pipes; Harris & Byfield n.d;
195 Bromsgrove PC II; 16ss; 997 pipes; Elliot 1808;
56 Cambridge Trinity College IIIP; 21ss; 138 [?] pipes; Fr Smith;  re-voiced and repaired by Lincoln who added a Copula;
154 Cambridge St Mary III; 20ss; 1185 pipes; Schmidt n.d; repaired Avery;
163 Cambridge Kings College IIIP; 24ss; 1622 pipes; Avery 1803; older case;
74 Chelmsford St Mary III; 24ss; 1530 pipes; Hancock 1772;  Sesquialtera & Mixture, also lower notes of Open Diapason new by Russell in 1803; there is a Copula; repaired and revoiced by Russell in 1811 - new Dulciana and Cremona, also pedals and large pipes added;
137 Christchurch Priory III; 12ss; 698 pipes; Alexander Cumming 1788 costing £400;
110 Colchester St Runwald I; 8ss; 542 pipes Russell 1806;
136 Cork "South Chapel" = RC Church of St Finbarr South  (not Cathedral) II; 14ss; 977 pipes; Russell 1808; (Swell plays from Choir)
150 Cork St Peter & St Paul II; 11ss; 710 pipes; Russell finished at Cork 1809 ;  soundboard prepared for Trumpet;
173 Derby Mr Fritch's Concert Room I; 6ss; Elliot 1811;  general swell; elegant Mahogany case
181 Derby All Saints IIIP; 24ss; 1496 pipes; new organ by Thomas Elliot 1807 in the old case; Choir to Great coupler;
48 Doncaster PC III; 23ss; 1475 pipes; Byfield;  Dulciana new by Donaldson of York in place of Fifteenth
159 Dublin St Mary II; 13ss; 841 pipes; Harris n.d;
175 Dudley PC III; 19ss; Elliot 1815;  keys to right end of organ entrance to the gallery is in the centre
186 Eton College Chapel III; 16ss; 850 pipes; Fr Schmidt;
57 Falmouth PC II; 15ss; 1054 pipes; Hugh Russell 1799;
47 Grantham PC III; 21ss; 1418 pipes; Byfield 1736;  same design as St John's Chapel, Bedford Row with double front
184 Gravesend PC III; 18ss; 1195 pipes; England 1764;  details of current state of compound stops and bequest
158 Haverfordwest PC II; 18ss; 1085 pipes; Byfield 1737; Swell plays from Choir;
87 Hayes (Middx) PC I; 6ss; Elliot 1812; barrell and finger; shifting movement
57 Helston PC II; 11ss ; 555 pipes; Green & Blythe 1799; Choir organ from Salisbury Cathedral with additions
61 Holy Well Mount Chapel II; 13ss; 790 pipes; H Russell 1787;
73 Horsleydown St John III; 22ss; 1459 pipes; Crang 1770;
56 Huntingdon St Mary II; 10ss; 615 pipes; Snetzler; same front as Lutheran Chapel, Savoy
70 Ipswich St Mary Tower III; 17ss; 1130 pipes; Harris & Byfield; details "Spiramen" stop;
75 Ipswich St Lawrence I; 6ss; 487 pipes; Russell 1795;
143 Kings Lynn [St.Margaret] III; 27ss; 1820 pipes; Snetzler 1754; repaired by Lincoln in 1796 and 1812;  old organ was the gift of John Turner 1679;
102 Liverpool St John IIP ; 17ss; 932 pipes; Allen 1802; Gothic design; cost 400 guineas;
103 Liverpool Silver Street Chapel II; 12ss; 627 pipes; Russell 1801;
198 Liverpool St Philip IIP; 10ss; Ball;  organ case mainly of cast-iron, as is church;
203 Liverpool St Philip
as page 198
74 Manchester St Clement II; 14ss; 1483 pipes; Russell 1795;
111 Manchester Collegiate Church III; 26; 1541 pipes; Schmidt n.d; repaired and altered by Parker of Salford;  shifting movement;
187 Margate St John II; 10ss; 642 pipes; England 1795; shifting movement;
144 Newark PC IIIP; 25ss; 1780 pipes; England 1804 costing 860 guineas;
178 Newbury PC III; 20ss; 1232 pipes; Byfield & Green 1770 costing £330 and the old organ valued at £100;
49 Newcastle upon Tyne St Nicholas III; 21ss; 1236 pipes; said to be by Fr Schmidt but more like Harris' work;  repaired by Snetzler in 1796, double fronted; notes on compound stops
142 Norwich St Peter III; 26ss; 1693 pipes; Harris n.d; repaired by England adding new Swell and Dulciana to Choir;  details of composition of compound stops.
145 Nottingham St Mary IIIP; 22ss;1359 pipes; Snetzler;  same design as the Savoy and St Martin, Leicester;
188 Nottingham St Peter II; 12ss; 744 pipes; Lincoln 1812;
55 Oxford Magdalen College Chapel III; 20ss; 1175 pipes; Byfield;  remarkably fine Trumpet;
55 Oxford New College Chapel III; 23ss; 1573 pipes; Dallam; altered by Green £700; [see also p.164].
131 Oxford St John's College Chapel III; 17ss; 996 pipes; Byfield & Green 1768 costing £215 and the old organ; old Sesquialtera retained;
179 Oxford St Peter in the East I; 8ss; 462 pipes. Byfield & Green 1768;
164-173 Oxford New College Chapel A short account of the organists of New College, Oxford
155 Reading St Lawrence III; 19ss; 1179 pipes; Byfield n.d;
156 Richmond (Surrey) PC III; 9ss; Pether & Knight 17??;
182 Richmond (Yorks) PC II; 14ss; 934 pipes; England 1811;  two shifting movements
77 Rugby PC III; 19ss; 1065 pipes; Smith n.d;
134 Sevenoaks PC III; 19ss; 1209 pipes; Avery 1798 costing £650 - same design as Croydon;  Choir Stopped Diapason on two winds to meet the Dulciana;
146 Shrewsbury St Chad II; 16ss; 985 pipes; Robt. & Wm. Gray 1794; Swell plays from Choir 
147 Shrewsbury St Julian II; 10ss; 610 pipes; Robert & William Gray c.1795. Great Trumpet added by William Gray in 1807
147 Shrewsbury St Mary II; 15ss; 969 pipes; John Harris & John Byfield 1729; Swell plays from Choir;  same design as St Luke, Old Street
148 Shrewsbury Abbey
n.d
145 Southwell Minster III; 17ss; 822 pipes; Fr Schmidt n.d; repaired by Byfield, Snetzler and England in 1806 who added a Trumpet;
129 St Albans St Peter's I 9ss; 470 pipes; Possibly Fr Schmidt n.d;
187 Wanstead (Essex) PC II; 11ss; 677 pipes; Lincoln 1802;
148 Whitchurch PC II; 14ss ; 958 pipes ; n.d; Swell plays from choir;  repaired by Hiley of The Strand who made new Trumpets; uncommonly fine Diapasons like Westminster Abbey; design same as Westminster Abbey;
178 Wigan PC III; 22ss; 1307 pipes; originally had only one keyboard; Choir & Swell added by Byfield & Green 1770 costing £180;
188 Winchester St Peter RC Chapel I; 6ss; 395 pipes Hugh Russell 1812;
189 Winchester College of St Mary III; 14ss; 934 pipes; rebuilt with additions by Green 1780;
189 Winchester St Maurice II; 13ss; 836 pipes; Schmidt: given by the Marquis of Caernarvon in 1756; shifting movement;
50 Windsor St George's Chapel III; 25ss; 1586 pipes; Green 1790;
185 Windsor St John III; 17ss; 1241 pipes; organ from St George's Chapel moved here in 1789 ;
144 Wisbeach St Peter III; 21ss; 1259 pipes; Green 1789 in an old case like St Katherine Kree;
141 Yarmouth, Gt St George II; 15ss; 959 pipes; Byfield, Bridge & Jordan n.d;  Swell plays from Choir;  design like St George's in the East; details of composition of compound stops;
190 Yarmouth, Gt St Nicholas IIIP; 27ss; 2053 pipes; Jordan 1732 costing £900; rebuilt and enlarged by England 1812;
177 Yarmouth, Gt. St Nicholas III; 26ss; 1806 pipes; Byfield, Bridge & Jordan 1732 costing £1460; additions 1812 costing £320; a very fine tone organ
    Foreign
193 Alost St Martin
notes only
193 Antwerp Cathedral
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194 Cologne Cathedral
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151/3 Haarlem
Catalogue of 45 stops spread over three manuals by Muller in 1738 - incl.15 pedal stops
156 Hamburg St Michael
Quote from Dr Burney-"organ cost upwards of £4000, built by Hildebrand thirty-two years fecit;  IVP keys covered in Mother of Pearl and Tortoiseshell;"
193 St Omer St Bertin
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194 Ulm Cathedral (?Minster)
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This Index prepared by Chris Kearl [BIOS Archivist] in 2008. Transcribed and adjusted for the Web by Richard Hird, and posted Nov.2008