Meldreth

Holy Trinity, Meldreth (Cambridgeshire)

Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches

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. Tunes recorded in 1998. BIOS Historic Organ Certificate awarded 2008 (certificate of recognition). 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 1 GREEN

Tune

Metre

1.1

Evening Hymn

1.2

Old 100th

1.3

Helmsley

87.87.47.

1.4

Islington

1.5

Cambridge New

1.6

Abridge

1.7

Colchester

1.8

Carlisle

1.9

Carey’s

112th

1.10

Darwell’s 148th

148th

1.11

Hanover

104th

1.12

Easter Hymn

77.77.D

BARREL 2 GREEN

Tune

Metre

2.1

[badly damaged]

2.2

Morning Hymn [Barthélémon]

2.3

New Sabbath

2.4

Angel’s Song

2.5

Portugal New

2.6

Abingdon

2.7

Bedford

2.8

Canterbury New

2.9

Manchester New

2.10

New York

2.11

Mount Ephraim

2.12

Martin’s Lane

113th

Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches

Holy Trinity, Meldreth (Cambridgeshire)

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.