. The cathedral church of Saint David's; a short history and description of the fabric and episcopal buildings. actura muri in Solaris Ste. Cyencis calce & lapid& aliis neriis ad idem opus pertinent, ut palet per liillam inde examinat,—Lib. Conuii. vol. i., p. 24. Lib. Com., vol. i., p. 47. THE INTERIOR 33 described as things ofbeauty, though in pointof tone the instrumentis undoubtedly strong,yet sweet. It wasbuilt by Messrs. Willisin 1883, and is alinostentirely new. Like theorgan at ^Vinchester,it used to occujjy thenorth lantern arch,and was re-erectedthere in 1843 byLincoln of Londo
. The cathedral church of Saint David's; a short history and description of the fabric and episcopal buildings. actura muri in Solaris Ste. Cyencis calce & lapid& aliis neriis ad idem opus pertinent, ut palet per liillam inde examinat,—Lib. Conuii. vol. i., p. 24. Lib. Com., vol. i., p. 47. THE INTERIOR 33 described as things ofbeauty, though in pointof tone the instrumentis undoubtedly strong,yet sweet. It wasbuilt by Messrs. Willisin 1883, and is alinostentirely new. Like theorgan at ^Vinchester,it used to occujjy thenorth lantern arch,and was re-erectedthere in 1843 byLincoln of London,but the present instru-ment stands on therood-screen, carebeing, however, takenthat it should obstructas little of the view-as possible. ihetubular pneumaticsystem has been hereadopted, and thereare three few points con-cerning the previousorgans may be of in-terest, as it is not un-usual to neglect thisbranch of arch; to traditionthe present positionof the organ is the(jriginal one. BrowneWillis .says: TheOrgan, before the Re-bellion Stootl in theRood-Loft, under tlie. A SurveyLondon, 1717. Mil, Kui)|)-s, D 3-4 ST. DAVIDS CATHEDRAL IVes/ Arch, and kicd the AUar ; it is now rcniuved to theNorth Arch : It is a new one, and those that are Judges,say, a pretty good one. This amusing criticism gives furtherevidence to the notion that Browne A\ilhs did not visit thechurch before—or at any rate very recently before—he wrotehis interesting but somewhat unreUable Httle survey, whichhas now become very rare in any form. The items— EtSol Willo Warryn organizanti 40, and to y m of ychildren for keeping of y organs and teaching of y([uoristers, ^10, and others from the Liber Communis, implythe existence of an organ in 1490, 1492, 1557 and the last year the magnificent sum of 6d. was spent ontwo stoj)S for y great organs, from which we may inferthat our organs of to-day are far larger than in 1565. Atany rate some small organ might easily have sto
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