© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2021-2022
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Holy Trinity, Meldreth (Cambridgeshire)
Originally a barrel organ, this
instrument was purchased from St
Peter & St Paul, Bassingbourn in
1865 for £100. In 1866 J.W. Walker
converted it into a barrel & finger
organ.
The barrel mechanism is operated
from the rear. The Gothic case has
three panels of gold painted
dummy pipes.
Restored in 1974 by Norman Hall &
Sons, Cambridge.
Two (formerly three) green carriage-
mounted barrels x 12 tunes. The
original tunelist is illegible.
References: The Organist and Choirmaster (Jun. 1900), p. 52; ‘Notes of the
Month’, The Antiquary (1907), p. 248; MacDermott (1948); Boston &
Langwill (1967); Turner (2002); NPOR N03061.
BARREL 2
GREEN
Tune
Metre
2.1
LM
2.2
LM
2.3
LM
2.4
LM
2.5
LM
2.6
LM
2.7
LM
2.8
LM
2.9
LM
2.10
LM
2.11
LM
2.12
LM
BARREL 1
GREEN
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
LM
1.3
LM
1.4
LM
1.5
LM
1.6
LM
1.7
LM
1.8
LM
1.9
LM
1.10
LM
1.11
LM
1.12
LM