Harrison & Harrison
1984 & 1996

Originally Henry Willis & Sons (1922-32)

Westminster Cathedral

Grand Organ (rear Gallery)

Victoria Street
London (Cathedral Plaza), UK

74 Ranks - 6 Physical Divisions
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16'
8'
8'
8'
8'
5 1⁄3'
4'
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4'
3 1⁄5'
2 2⁄3'
2 2⁄3'
2'
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V
16'
8'
4'
8'
8'
8'
16'
8'
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4'
4'
2 2⁄3'
2'
III
8'
8'
16'
8'
4'
16'
4'
8'
16'
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8'
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2 2⁄3'
2'
1 3⁄5'
8'
16'
4'
8'
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16'
8'
8'
8'
8'
8'
4'
2'
16'
8'
8'
8'
8'
8'
16'
4'
32' Open Bass
16'
16'
16'
16'
16' CH
16' SW
8' Open Bass
8' Open Diapason
8' Sub Bass
4' Open Diapason
3 1⁄5'
2 2⁄3'
2'
32' Bombarde
16'
16'
8' Trombone
8'
8'
8'
8'

Generals on Swell foot pistons. † Second Division (1984)

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on April 11th, 2025:

The earliest scheme for a new organ was proposed by T C Lewis in 1910 to a specification drawn up by Richard Runciman Terry, the first Master of Music. This proposal was for a large organ in several parts divided between the Apse and Tribunes. Largely for financial reasons, only the Choir Organ in the Apse was ever built. It was another ten years before Cardinal Bourne approached John Courage asking him to be the adviser on a new scheme for the Grand Organ.

The first stage of the Grand Organ (only 33 stops) was inaugurated by Dupré in 1922. Over the next ten years, Dupré and others, including Reginald Goss-Custard, Edwin Lemare, Joseph Bonnet and Guy Weitz to name but a few, gave recitals which provided funds towards the gradual augmentation of the specification.

By 1932, work was completed, the specification now 11 stops larger than had originally been intended. Recitals were well attended, particularly those of Dupré, and continued until the outbreak of war in 1939.

After a complete restoration, the organ was reopened in 1985 by David Hill, who was then Master of Music. The pipework was cleaned having lain for years under a thick blanket of dust and soot from candles and incense, and extensive revoicing was carried out where necessary. An eight-level solid-state capture system was installed, and the action was overhauled. More recently, these improvements were continued with another overhaul of the action and with the installation of a 256-level capture system with a cross-channel advancer making registration changes much easier. The 1996 work also enables much fuller and more comprehensive use of the Grand Organ from the Apse console.
--from cathedral website

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