Editing Exeter Cathedral (section)

===Organ===
[[File:Exeter Cathedral 9578.jpg|thumb|upright|The 17th-century organ case (enlarged in 1891)<ref name=npor/>]]
The Cathedral organ stands on the ornate medieval screen, preserving the old classical distinction between [[Choir (architecture)|quire]] and [[nave]]. The first organ was built by [[John Loosemore]] in 1665. There was a radical rebuild by [[Henry Willis]] in 1891, and again by [[Harrison & Harrison]] in 1931.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harrison-organs.co.uk/exeter.html |title=Exeter Cathedral |publisher=Harrison-organs.co.uk |access-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306013213/http://www.harrison-organs.co.uk/exeter.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The largest pipes, the lower octave of the 32′ Contra Violone, stand just inside the south [[transept]]. The organ has one of only three [[trompette militaire]] stops in the country (the others are in [[Liverpool Cathedral]] and London's [[St Paul's Cathedral]]), housed in the [[minstrels' gallery]], along with a chorus of [[Diapason (pipe organ)|diapason pipes]].<ref name=npor>{{cite web|url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=R00458|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR|website=www.npor.org.uk}}</ref>

In January 2013 an extensive refurbishment began on the organ, undertaken by Harrison & Harrison. The work consisted of an overhaul and a re-design of the internal layout of the soundboards and ranks of the organ pipes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Organ Restoration Begins|url=http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/content/news/work-on-1-million-organ-restoration-project-begins.ashx|website=Exeter Cathedral Website|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022011303/http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/content/news/work-on-1-million-organ-restoration-project-begins.ashx|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2014 the work was completed and the organ was reassembled, save for the final voicing and tuning of the new instrument.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cathedral organs|url=http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/worship/exetercathedralchoirandchoralscholarships/exetercathedralorgans.ashx|website=Exeter Cathedral website|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006235348/http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/worship/exetercathedralchoirandchoralscholarships/exetercathedralorgans.ashx|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>