© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2024
St Michael & All Angels, Sutton (Northamptonshire)
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Barrel & finger organ, 1855. Nameplate above the music desk: ‘J.W. Walker, London, 1855.’ Engraved on keyframe: ‘J.W. Walker, MAKER,
London, 1855’, and another on the side: ‘This organ was bought from Waldingfield church [Suffolk] in 1888 by the Rev. William Hopkinson’.
The organ stands in a side aisle and the barrel mechanism is operated from the rear. Originally blown by hand, the organ now has an
electric blower. Stained softwood case with gold painted dummy pipes (25).
Stop list: Open Diapason, Dulciana, Stopped Diapason Bass, Stopped Diapason Treble, Principal, Fifteenth, Mixture.
Restored in 1961 by J.W. Walker & Son. Tunes recorded in 1999. BIOS Historic Organ Certificate awarded 1999 (ungraded).
One dark green carriage-mounted barrel x 10 tunes corresponding with the original tunelist pasted inside the case.
References: Boston & Langwill (1967); Turner (2002); Davidson (2003);
NPOR, N13201.
BARREL 1
GREEN
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
LM
1.3
LM
1.4
CM
1.5
CM
1.6
CM
1.7
SM
1.8
87.D
1.9
77.77.77.
1.10
LM