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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal SeeMassé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See

Name: Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
Author: Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

Gloucester Cathedral

The following is a specification (kindly sent by Mr A. H. Brewer, the
organist of the cathedral), from which it will be seen that the
instrument is worthy of the cathedral:

    GREAT ORGAN.
    CC to A, 58 Notes.

    1.  Double Open Diapason      16ft.
    2.  Open Diapason, No. 1       8ft.
    3.  Open Diapason, No. 2*      8ft.
    4.  Claribel Flute             8ft.
    5.  Flute Harmonique           4ft.
    6.  Principal                  4ft.
    7.  Twelfth                    3ft.
    8.  Fifteenth                  2ft.
    9.  Mixture
    10. Trombone                  16ft.
    11. Trumpet                    8ft.
    12. Clarion                    4ft.

    SWELL ORGAN.+
    CC to A, 58 Notes.

    13. Double Open Diapason      16ft.
    14. Open Diapason*             8ft.
    15. Vox Angelica               8ft.
    16. Salcional                  8ft.
    17. Lieblich Gedact            8ft.
    18. Gemshorn                   4ft.
    19. Fifteenth                  2ft.
    20. Mixture
    21. Contra Posaune++          16ft.
    22. Hautboy                    8ft.
    23. Clarionet                  8ft.
    24. Cornopean                  8ft.
    25. Clarion                    4ft.

    CHOIR ORGAN.
    CC to A, 58 Notes.

    26. Stopped Diapason           8ft.
    27. Dulciana                   8ft.
    28. Flute                      4ft.
    29. Clarionet                  8ft.
    30. Cor Anglais++              8ft.

    SOLO ORGAN.$
    CC to A, 58 Notes.

    31. Flute                      8ft.
    32. Clarionet                  8ft.
    33. Oboe Orchestral            8ft.
    34. Tuba Mirabilis             8ft.

    PEDAL ORGAN.@
    CCC to F, 30 Notes.

    35. Open Diapason             16ft.
    36. Bourdon                   16ft.
    37. Ophicleide++              16ft.
    38. Octave++                   8ft.

    COUPLERS.

    39. Choir to Pedals.
    40. Great to Pedals.
    41. Swell to Pedals.
    42. Solo to Pedals.++
    43. Choir to Great.
    44. Swell to Great.
    45. Solo to Great.++

     *  Stops so marked are by Harris, 1660. + The swell organ was added
        by Willis in 1847.
     ++ Stops so marked were added in 1898.
     $  The whole of the solo organ was added by Willis in 1898.
     @  Up to within the last fifteen years there was but one stop on the
        pedal organ.

The #Choir#, of the beauty of which but little idea can be obtained from
the nave, is entered by visitors, as a rule, from the north aisle of the
choir. Its dimensions are--Length, 140 feet; breadth, 33 feet 7 inches;
height, 86 feet; east window, 38 feet wide and 72 feet in height.

It dates back to the years 1337-1377--that is, the abbacies of Adam de
Staunton and Thomas Horton, in whose time so much was done to alter the
character of the building.

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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See

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