Editing Salisbury Cathedral (section)

===Organ===
Throughout its history, there have been several organs in the cathedral. Of particular interest are the two fine four-manual instruments, the first by Renatus Harris ({{Circa|1652}}–1724), which was replaced at the end of the 18th century, and the current organ, whose present fame has eclipsed the reputation of the former.<ref name="hale2020"/>

The four-manual instrument by Harris had been installed in 1710. The abundance of reed stops was typical of Harris' instruments and bears witness to the influence of the classical French organ. The instrument, not only spectacular in style but also of good quality, had remained practically unaltered (beyond occasional repairs) for nearly 80 years, until it was replaced at the same time as the cathedral was "restored" by James Wyatt between 1789 and 1792: the Bishop had convinced [[George III]] to furnish the cathedral with a new instrument once the work was complete.<ref name="hale2020"/>

This organ, by [[Samuel Green (organ builder)|Samuel Green]], was presented by the king in 1792<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N10306|title=Wiltshire Salisbury, Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary [N10306]|website=The National Pipe Organ Register|publisher=The British Institute of Organ Studies|access-date=14 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315001724/http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N10306|archive-date=15 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and was installed on top of the stone screen, which, unusually, did not divide the choir from the nave, but rather came from an unknown location in the cathedral.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/cathedralsabbey01bonn#page/130/mode/1up|title=Cathedrals, abbeys, and churches of England and Wales|last=Armfield|first=A.H.|publisher=Cassell & Company|year=1890|location=London|page=130}}</ref> The organ was later taken out and moved to St Thomas's Church.<ref>''Cathedrals''; 2nd ed. London: Great Western Railway, 1925; p. 33.</ref> When the new Willis organ was installed, its distinct sound from 55 powerfully-voiced stops, directly in the choir with little casework, was quite a contrast to Green's more gentle 23-stop instrument.<ref name="hale2020"/>

The present-day instrument was built in 1877 by [[Henry Willis & Sons]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N10312|title=Wiltshire, Salisbury Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary|publisher=[[National Pipe Organ Register]]|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> [[Walter Galpin Alcock|Walter Alcock]], who was organist of the cathedral from 1916, oversaw a strictly faithful restoration of the famous [[Henry Willis|Father Willis]] organ, completed in 1934,<ref name=grove>Webb, Stanley & Hale, Paul. [http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/00493 "Alcock, Sir Walter"], Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 1 March 2012 {{subscription required}}</ref> even going to such lengths as to refuse to allow parts of the instrument to leave the cathedral in case any unauthorised tonal alterations were made without his knowledge,<ref>Alcock, W. G. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/917728 "Salisbury Cathedral Organ"], ''[[The Musical Times]]'', Vol. 75, No. 1098 (August 1934), pp. 730–732 {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305112743/http://www.jstor.org/stable/917728 |date=5 March 2016 }}</ref> while allowing some discrete additions in the original style of the organ (as well as modernisation of the organ's actions) by Henry Willis III, the grandson of Father Willis.<ref>National Pipe Organ Register N10312</ref> The instrument was extensively restored between 2019 and 2020.<ref name="hale2020">{{cite journal |last1=Hale |first1=Paul |title=Willis restored |journal=Choir & Organ |date=2020 |issue=May/June |pages=23–26}}</ref>