Editing Llandaff Cathedral (section)

==== Main organs ====
The first organ at Llandaff was built in 1861 by [[Gray and Davison]]. In the late 1800s, this organ was antiquated, and its pipes were moved to St. Mary's Church, Usk.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Cardiff|url=http://www.nicholsonorgans.co.uk/pf/cardiff-llandaff/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Nicholson & Co. Ltd}}</ref>

The second organ was built in 1900 by [[Robert Hope-Jones|Hope-Jones]] with [[Norman and Beard]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Main Organ Builders 1900 Hope Jones/Norman & Beard |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N11801|access-date=2020-09-23|website=National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR npor.org.uk}}</ref> This organ was rebuilt in 1937 by [[Hill, Norman and Beard]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR Survey date: 1938 Main Organ |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N11802|access-date=2020-09-23|website=npor.org.uk}}</ref> It received significant renovations by its builders after wartime damage to the cathedral; it was never entirely satisfactory from this point onwards,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2018-10-18|title=Visit to Llandaff Cathedral Pipe Organ|url=https://viscountorgans.net/visit-to-llandaff-cathedral/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Viscount Organs}}</ref> even before a 2007 [[lightning strike]] made it unusable.<ref name="pipe" /><ref name=":1" /> Originally it had been planned to install a new organ at that time, but the costs of about £1,000,000 were deemed to be too high in the austere climate of [[post-war Britain]].<ref name="OrganAppeal" />

Organ manufacturer [[Nicholson & Co Ltd]] began installation of a new organ in autumn 2008<ref name="OrganAppeal" /> and although not fully completed, it was brought to a playable stage by Easter 2010. Its inaugural performance was the [[Gloria in excelsis Deo|Gloria]] of [[Louis Vierne]]'s [[Messe solennelle (Vierne)|Messe solennelle]], performed at the [[Easter Vigil]] service on 3 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|year=2010|title=The Cathedral Organ Appeal|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731125753/http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|archive-date=31 July 2010|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=Llandaff Cathedral}}</ref> Proceeds from the 2011 Llandaff Festival of Music were donated to the cathedral for the completion of the new organ.<ref>{{cite news|date=25 June 2011|title=Preview: Llandaff Festival of Music|work=Wales Online|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/preview-llandaff-festival-of-music-1829358|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> The remaining stops were added in the late summer of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|year=2013|title=Cathedral Organ Appeal|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027041615/http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|archive-date=27 October 2013|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=Llandaff Cathedral}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR Main Organ- Organ maintained Photographs of this organ |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=E01476|access-date=2020-09-23|website=npor.org.uk}}</ref> It was the first entirely new organ for a British cathedral since the Coventry installation in the 1960s.<ref name="OrganAppeal" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Cathedral Organ|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/music-2/the-cathedral-organ/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=llandaffcathedral.org.uk}}</ref>{{efn| A specification can be seen [[:Image:Llandaff Cathedral Nicholson Organ Spec.pdf|here]].}}