© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2026
St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk)
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Dumb organist labelled on barrel: ‘T.C. BATES & SON, Organ Builders, 6, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON.’ An old label may have been used, as
the organ itself has the nameplate: ‘BATES & SON, Organ Builders, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON’, which was used from 1859 onwards after
the death of Theodore C. Bates.
Tunes recorded in 1999.
One red barrel x 8 tunes labelled ‘No.1’, but there are no others. The tunelist is written on the barrel and initialled T.B. [Theodore Bates]
References: Turner (2002); NPOR, N06258.
BARREL 1
RED
Tune
Metre
© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2026
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk)
Dumb organist labelled
on barrel: ‘T.C. BATES &
SON, Organ Builders, 6,
LUDGATE HILL,
LONDON.’ An old label
may have been used, as
the organ itself has the
nameplate: ‘BATES &
SON, Organ Builders,
LUDGATE HILL,
LONDON’, which was
used from 1859 onwards
after the death of
Theodore C. Bates.
Tunes recorded in 1999.
One red barrel x 8 tunes labelled ‘No.1’, but there are no others. The
tunelist is written on the barrel and initialled T.B. [Theodore Bates]
References: Turner (2002); NPOR, N06258.
BARREL 1
RED
Tune
Metre