© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2024
St Peter, Raithby (Lincolnshire)
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Stop list: Open Diapason, Principal, Fifteenth.
Restored and repaired by John Budgen & Carl Leonard in 1963. Tunes recorded in 2001.
Three green barrels x 10 tunes in a frame, the original tunelist is pasted inside the case. There is no mechanical tune indicator. Pasted
to the windchest is a print of the mechanism of this organ with faded handwritten instructions for changing the tune. Several tunes on
barrel 3 have been repinned.
References: Grimsby Daily Telegraph (3 July 1963) p.7; Boston &
Langwill (1967); Elvin (1984); Pacey (2002); NPOR, D04122.
BARREL 1
GREEN
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
CM
1.3
LM
1.4
104th
1.5
LM
1.6
CM
1.7
CM
1.8
CM
1.9
SM
1.10
LM
BARREL 2
GREEN
Tune
Metre
2.1
LM
2.2
CM
2.3
CM
2.4
CM
2.5
LM
2.6
LM
2.7
LM
2.8
87.D
2.9
CM
2.10
CM
BARREL 3
GREEN
Tune
Metre
3.1
German Hymn Rockingham
LM
3.2
87.D
3.3
CM
3.4
SM
3.5
Harington Eaton
LM
3.6
SM
3.7
Bexley Colchester
LM
3.8
Carlisle Double Chant: Mornington
3.9
Wiltshire Hotham
7s.
3.10
Handel University
CM
Improved barrel organ. Maker’s stamp on windchest & end of barrel: ‘GRAY & SON’. Installed when the church was rebuilt in 1839.
The organ is located in a narrow west gallery accessed from the ringing chamber. It is operated from the rear, blown by pedal independent of
the barrel mechanism, therefore the barrel can be held in position for accompanying chant without loss of wind pressure. The mahogany and
softwood Gothic case has three flats of gold painted dummy pipes (3-11-3) backed with blue cloth.
© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
St Peter, Raithby (Lincolnshire)
References: Grimsby Daily Telegraph (3 July 1963) p.7; Boston &
Langwill (1967); Elvin (1984); Pacey (2002); NPOR, D04122.
BARREL 1
GREEN
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
CM
1.3
LM
1.4
104th
1.5
LM
1.6
CM
1.7
CM
1.8
CM
1.9
SM
1.10
LM
BARREL 2
GREEN
Tune
Metre
2.1
LM
2.2
CM
2.3
CM
2.4
CM
2.5
LM
2.6
LM
2.7
LM
2.8
87.D
2.9
CM
2.10
CM
BARREL 3
GREEN
Tune
Metre
3.1
German Hymn Rockingham
LM
3.2
87.D
3.3
CM
3.4
SM
3.5
Harington Eaton
LM
3.6
SM
3.7
Bexley Colchester
LM
3.8
Carlisle Double Chant: Mornington
3.9
Wiltshire Hotham
7s.
3.10
Handel University
CM
Stop list: Open Diapason, Principal, Fifteenth.
Restored and repaired by John Budgen & Carl Leonard in 1963. Tunes
recorded in 2001.
Three green barrels x 10 tunes in a frame, the original tunelist is
pasted inside the case. There is no mechanical tune indicator. Pasted
to the windchest is a print of the mechanism of this organ with faded
handwritten instructions for changing the tune. Several tunes on barrel
3 have been repinned.
Improved barrel organ. Maker’s stamp
on windchest & end of barrel: ‘GRAY &
SON’. Installed when the church was
rebuilt in 1839.
The organ is located in a narrow west
gallery accessed from the ringing
chamber. It is operated from the rear,
blown by pedal independent of the
barrel mechanism, therefore the
barrel can be held in position for
accompanying chant without loss of
wind pressure. The mahogany and
softwood Gothic case has three flats
of gold painted dummy pipes (3-11-3)
backed with blue cloth.
