© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2024
St James, Edgcote (Northamptonshire)
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Barrel & finger organ, builder’s nameplate: ‘G.M. Holdich, Organ Builder, 4, Judd Place East,
New Road, London’. It is included in the firm’s 1855 list.
The barrel mechanism is operated from the front and the organist’s music desk has a window
through which the barrel can be seen. The softwood Gothic case has three panels of gold
painted dummy pipes.
Tunes recorded in 1999.
Two carriage-mounted barrels x 6 tunes corresponding with the handwritten tunelists pasted
to the casework.
References: Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); Davidson (2003); NPOR, D02950.
BARREL 1
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
CM
1.3
CM
1.4
SM
1.5
87.D
1.6
77.77.D
BARREL 2
Tune
Metre
2.1
LM
2.2
LM
2.3
LM
2.4
CM
2.5
SM
2.6
113th
© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
St James, Edgcote
(Northamptonshire)
Barrel & finger organ, builder’s
nameplate: ‘G.M. Holdich, Organ
Builder, 4, Judd Place East, New
Road, London’. It is included in the
firm’s 1855 list.
The barrel mechanism is operated
from the front and the organist’s
music desk has a window through
which the barrel can be seen. The
softwood Gothic case has three
panels of gold painted dummy
pipes.
Tunes recorded in 1999.
Two carriage-mounted barrels x 6 tunes corresponding with the
handwritten tunelists pasted to the casework.
References: Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); Davidson
(2003); NPOR, D02950.
BARREL 2
Tune
Metre
2.1
LM
2.2
LM
2.3
LM
2.4
CM
2.5
SM
2.6
113th
BARREL 1
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
CM
1.3
CM
1.4
SM
1.5
87.D
1.6
77.77.D
