© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2021-2022
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
Two barrels x 6 tunes; the names of the tunes are written on the barrels.
References: Sharp (1957); Boston (1959); Turner (2002); Davidson (2003);
NPOR N03476.
BARREL 2
Tune
Metre
2.1
LM
2.2
104th
2.3
CM
2.4
CM
2.5
2.6
BARREL 1
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
CM
1.3
SM
1.4
LM
1.5
1.6