Barrel organ. Printed labels on all three barrels read: ‘H. BRYCESON, ORGAN BUILDER & PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURER, 38 Long Acre, LONDON,’ where Henry Bryceson worked from 1816 to 1828. The church has no electricity supply, and is located in a field near the ruins of the big house. The organ is located in the west gallery, mounted on blocks to raise the bottom section above the front of the gallery. The organ is operated from the rear and blown by the crank handle. The mahogany Gothic case has four panels of gold painted dummy pipes backed with red cloth, two of which can be hinged forward to give the appearance of a larger organ. Tunes recorded in 1998. Two yellow carriage-mounted barrels x 10 tunes corresponding with the handwritten tunelists for barrels 1 & 2 pasted to the access door, with the exception of tune 2.10. Barrels 1 & 2 are numbered; barrel 2 has trills, but some have either been removed deliberately or snapped off accidentally. Barrel 3 is a later addition and includes several tunes from The Union Tune Book. The gears are very badly affected by woodworm, and some have sections with virtually no teeth.

References: MacDermott (1948); Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); Ord-Hume (1978); Turner (2002); NPOR, D01146.