Easton-on-the-Hill

All Saints, Easton-on-the-Hill (Northamptonshire)

Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches

Dumb organist and organ by ‘G.M. Holdich, Organ Builder, 4, Judd Place East, New Road, London’. In 1848 the newly appointed Rector, Rev William H. Charlton, ordered the removal of the west gallery and in 1850 purchased the organ and dumb organist for a total of £230. Restored in 1952 and 1976, with a complete overhaul in 1992 by Richard Bower & Co of Wroxham, Norfolk: http://www.bowerorgans.co.uk/organs/Easton.html. BIOS Historic Organ Certificate awarded 1998 (ungraded). Tunes recorded in 1999. Two barrels x 6 tunes; the names of the tunes are written on the barrels.

References: Sharp (1957); Boston (1959); Turner (2002); Davidson (2003); Rodney Matthews, A Reluctant Convert. The Life and Times of G.M. Holdich: Organ Builder (Birling, 2013) pp.48-9; NPOR, N03476.

BARREL 1

Tune

Metre

1.1

Morning Hymn [Barthélémon]

1.2

St Anne

1.3

Mount Ephraim

1.4

Old 100th

1.5

Single Chant: Farrant

1.6

Single Chant: Nares

BARREL 2

Tune

Metre

2.1

Evening Hymn

2.2

Hanover

104th

2.3

Bedford

2.4

St Stephen

2.5

Single Chant: Purcell

2.6

Single Chant: Blow

Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches

All Saints, Easton-on-the-Hill (Northamptonshire)

Dumb organist by ‘G.M. Holdich, Organ Builder, 4, Judd Place East, New Road, London’ who built the organ. In 1848 the newly appointed Rector, Rev William H. Charlton, ordered the removal of the west gallery and in 1850 purchased the organ and dumb organist for a total of £230. Restored in 1952 and 1976, with a complete overhaul in 1992 by Richard Bower & Co of Wroxham, Norfolk: http://www.bowerorgans.co.uk/organs/Easton.html BIOS Historic Organ Certificate awarded 1998 (ungraded). Tunes recorded in 1999. Two barrels x 6 tunes; the names of the tunes are written on the barrels.

References: Sharp (1957); Boston (1959); Turner (2002); Davidson (2003); Rodney Matthews, A Reluctant Convert. The Life and Times of G.M. Holdich: Organ Builder (Birling, 2013) pp.48-9; NPOR, N03476.