Editing Gloucester Cathedral (section)

===Organ===
The cathedral's first organ was built by Thomas Harris in 1666. Its original case remains complete, the only such surviving example from the 17th century in England. The pipes displayed on the front of the case are still functional. Over the following four centuries many of the major English organ builders have made contributions to the organ, including modifications in 1847 and a complete rebuild in 1888–1889 by [[Henry Willis|Henry "Father" Willis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N07430 |title=The National Pipe Organ Register |website=Npor.org.uk |access-date=8 May 2020 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503120357/https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N07430 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N07431 |title=The National Pipe Organ Register |website=Npor.org.uk |access-date=8 May 2020 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503120403/https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N07431 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harrison & Harrison]] undertook a further reconstruction in 1920.<ref name=organ>{{cite web |url=http://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/music/organ/|title=Gloucester Cathedral – Organ|website=Gloucestercathedral.org.uk|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203736/http://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/music/organ/|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1971 [[William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd.|Hill, Norman and Beard]], working with the cathedral's organist John Sanders, and a consultant, Ralph Downes, completely redesigned the instrument, which was again overhauled in 1999 by [[Nicholson & Co Ltd|Nicholson & Co]]. In 2010 Nicholson's added a Trompette Harmonique solo reed.<ref name=organ/> As of 2023, the organ is out of commission, but the cathedral has contracted with Nicholsons for the latest reconstruction to be completed by the time of the next Three Choirs' Festival in 2026.<ref name=organ/>