Chamber barrel organ by ‘Wm. Phillips, Manufacturers, Little Tower Hill, London’ presented by Mr J.H. Tritton of Lyons Hall in 1914. Two of the barrels include quadrilles and other secular pieces, suggesting the organ was originally purchased for domestic use (c.1838). The mahogany Gothic case has two flats of gold painted dummy pipes (5-5) backed with red cloth. Four barrels x 10 tunes, two barrels of which are psalm tunes. [There are no links to recordings of this organ.]

References: E.S. Knights, Essex Review (1933); MacDermott (1948) p.68; Hughes (1955) p.14; Boston (1959) p.112; Letter, Daily Telegraph (3 Mar. 1965); Country Life (26 Aug. 1965) p. 520; Boston & Langwill (1967); Geograph www.geograph.org.uk/of/4167849 [accessed 6 Jan. 2025]; NPOR H00603