installed a replacement 5 manual drawstop console built by Nicholson. The blowing plant and Great action were overhauled at this time. Critical Appreciation The organ at Doncaster Minster is the Magnum Opus of Edmund Schulze and is the largest instrument that the firm produced. One of the largest organs in Europe, it is no exaggerated claim that this single instrument revolutionised the British organ and led to a complete reappraisal of the classical organ. Doncaster became, and still is, a place of pilgrimage for musicians and organ builders alike. One example of its significance was the reaction of the Victorian architect, T.C. Lewis, who became a follower of Schulze and set up on his own account as an organ builder. Lewis, whose famous instrument at Southwark Cathedral owes much to Doncaster, had high praise for the Doncaster instrument: “...anything finer it is, I believe, impossible to imagine...it is by far the grandest instrument I have ever heard.” Dr. Nicholas Thistlethwaite in “The Making of the Victorian Organ” Cambridge 1990, states: “The Doncaster organ proved to be one of the two most influential organs built in England during the second half of the century. Schulze’s work and especially his monumental organ at Doncaster, established a new ideal. His later English work was to be received with equal respect, but it was Doncaster that showed the way.” The historical importance of the Doncaster instrument to the present day lies in the fact that it was sufficiently good to escape the almost continual rebuilding that similar instruments of the period underwent. Sadly similar instruments at St. George's Hall Liverpool, York Minster and Birmingham Town Hall found themselves undergoing regular rebuilds to keep up to date with the latest organ fashion. A number of works have been written specifically for the Doncaster Schulze; these include Francis Jackson's Fourth Organ Sonata and a Trio Sonata by Magnus Black (organist 1957–1995). Magnus Black summed up its musical significance thus: “The classical revival....led to an appreciation of well-balanced manual choruses and independent pedal departments......These are among the features of the Doncaster Schulze. The German Romantic organ never lost its connections with its classical predecessor and many important features relate it to the organs of Bach’s time.” Andrew Wilson Specification Manual compass C to a³ Pedal compass C to f¹ (originally to e¹) Stops added by Norman & beard 1910. The original Solo division consisted of stops borrowed