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119:: A=440 Hz (modern concert pitch), A=415 Hz and A=486 Hz. A lever pedal can reduce the stops sounding to only the 8' stop and, when released, returns the organ to the registration in use before it was depressed. A page about similar instruments on the builder's website can be found here.
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903:"Westminster Abbey Organist Appointed at Bath Abbey"
76:A new organ was supplied to the abbey in 1895 by
403:"Bath Abbey: The Hill, Norman & Beard organ"
713:. University of California Press. p. 10.
930:. Makin Church Organ Builders. Archived from
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435:. British Institute of Organ Studies. 1997
409:. British Institute of Organ Studies. 1950
383:. British Institute of Organ Studies. 1927
377:"Bath Abbey: The Norman & Beard organ"
357:. British Institute of Organ Studies. 1868
331:. British Institute of Organ Studies. 1836
305:. British Institute of Organ Studies. 1802
880:"Lunchtime Recital – Mark Swinton, Organ"
269:David Bryson 2021-22 (whilst studying at
477:"Bath Abbey: The Tickell continuo organ"
325:"Bath Abbey: The Smith of Bristol organ"
276:Alex Hemple 2023-24 (whilst studying at
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786:. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
737:. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
640:. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
618:. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
569:. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
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232:Dewi Rees 2023 – (post reinstated)
263:Dr Martin Clarke Organ Scholarship
189:Shean Bowers (Interim) 2016 - 2017
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553:Notes on the Organs of Bath Abbey
180:Ernest Walter Maynard 1933 – 1967
667:Dictionary of National Biography
481:The National Pipe Organ Register
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329:The National Pipe Organ Register
303:The National Pipe Organ Register
183:John Dudley Holroyd 1967 – 1985
170:James Kendrick Pyne 1839 – 1892
133:William Cupper ???? – 1539
299:"Bath Abbey: The Jordan organ"
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429:"Bath Abbey: The Klais organ"
177:Albert Edward New 1890 – 1933
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455:"Klais Orgelbau: Bath Abbey"
351:"Bath Abbey: The Hill organ"
237:Assistant Directors of Music
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167:Charles Milsom 1832 – 1839
142:Abraham Jordan 1709 – 1710
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152:Josiah Priest 1711 – 1726
928:"Organist: Shean Bowers"
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210:Shean Bowers 2017 - 2022
164:Thomas Field 1795 – 1831
161:Joseph Tylee 1767 – 1794
22:Organ, in north transept
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762:. Ashgate. p. 50.
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