© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2024
St Peter, West Tytherley (Hampshire)
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Barrel organ. Engraved on keyframe: ‘H. BRYCESON, 5 Tottenham Court, New Road, LONDON.’ An advertisement and directions for operating the organ pasted inside the doorflap at the rear of the case are headed: ‘H. BRYCESON, ORGAN BUILDER, No. 5, TOTTENHAM COURT, NEW ROAD, LONDON.’ The church was consecrated in 1833 and the organ given the following year – brass plate on case: ‘This Organ was presented to West Tytherley Church by The Honourable B. Bouverie. A.D. 1834.’ The organ is operated from the rear and blown by the crank handle. The oak Gothic case has two flats of gold painted dummy pipes (9-9). Stop list: Stopped Diapason, Principal, Twelfth, Fifteenth. Restored in 1987 by Richard Godfrey of Farley Wardenry. Tunes recorded in 1997. Three yellow carriage-mounted barrels x 10 tunes. The first tune on barrel 3 has been repinned.
References: Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); The Times (9 Jan. 1988); Turner (2002); NPOR, K00794.
BARREL 1 YELLOW
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
77.77.D
1.3
LM
1.4
LM
1.5
87.87.47.
1.6
LM
1.7
LM
1.8
CM
1.9
LM
1.10
LM
BARREL 2 YELLOW
Tune
Metre
2.1
149th
2.2
CM
2.3
CM
2.4
CM
2.5
CM
2.6
LM
2.7
CM
2.8
CM
2.9
LM
2.10
CM
BARREL 3 YELLOW
Tune
Metre
3.1
Morning Hymn: Leyland Duke Street
LM
3.2
CM
3.3
CM
3.4
SM
3.5
SM
3.6
SM
3.7
CM
3.8
87.D
3.9
87.D
3.10
LM
West Tytherley (Hampshire) West Tytherley (Hampshire) West Tytherley (Hampshire)
© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
St Peter, West Tytherley (Hampshire)
Barrel organ. Engraved on keyframe: ‘H. BRYCESON, 5 Tottenham Court, New Road, LONDON.’ An advertisement and directions for operating the organ pasted inside the doorflap at the rear of the case are headed: ‘H. BRYCESON, ORGAN BUILDER, No. 5, TOTTENHAM COURT, NEW ROAD, LONDON.’ The church was consecrated in 1833 and the organ given the following year – brass plate on case: ‘This Organ was presented to West Tytherley Church by The Honourable B. Bouverie. A.D. 1834.’ The organ is operated from the rear and blown by the crank handle. The oak Gothic case has two flats of gold painted dummy pipes (9-9). Stop list: Stopped Diapason, Principal, Twelfth, Fifteenth. Restored in 1987 by Richard Godfrey of Farley Wardenry. Tunes recorded in 1997. Three yellow carriage-mounted barrels x 10 tunes. The first tune on barrel 3 has been repinned.
References: Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); The Times (9 Jan. 1988); Turner (2002); NPOR, K00794.
BARREL 3 YELLOW
Tune
Metre
3.1
Morning Hymn: Leyland Duke Street
LM
3.2
CM
3.3
CM
3.4
SM
3.5
SM
3.6
SM
3.7
CM
3.8
87.D
3.9
87.D
3.10
LM
BARREL 2 YELLOW
Tune
Metre
2.1
149th
2.2
CM
2.3
CM
2.4
CM
2.5
CM
2.6
LM
2.7
CM
2.8
CM
2.9
LM
2.10
CM
BARREL 1 YELLOW
Tune
Metre
1.1
LM
1.2
77.77.D
1.3
LM
1.4
LM
1.5
87.87.47.
1.6
LM
1.7
LM
1.8
CM
1.9
LM
1.10
LM
West Tytherley (Hampshire)