Reed Organs in England
A comprehensive study of reed organs
in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Contents
FOREWORD
Organisation of the Site
Updates in this Edition
Comments received
Photography
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
The Harmonium
The Reed Organ
Some British, French and US Patents
Sources of Information
Specialists in England
Where to see and hear Reed Organs in the UK
Familiar Makers
R.F. Stevens (1853-1978)
Register of the larger known organs by Stevens.
The Vocalion
A. Cavaillé-Coll (c.1855)
J.B. Baillie Hamilton (c.1872-c.1927)
J. Farmer (c.1872-5)
H. Smith (c.1872)
E.A. Ramsden (1860-94)
H.T. Wedlake (1859-1902)
Whyte (unknown)
William Hill and Son (c.1875-1886)
Register of known Vocalion organs by Hill.
John Holt (1876-1946)
Register of known organs by Holt.
An Analysis of Stops in Holt Organs
Styles and Specifications of Holt Organs.
J.W. Sawyer (1885-1952)
Register of known organs by Sawyer.
An Analysis of Stops in Sawyer Organs
The University Organ
Crane and Sons (c.1899-1969)
The Spencers (1855-c.1963)
A. Wagstaff (1886-1936)
Register of known organs by Spencer.
The Apollo Organ - Rushworth and Dreaper (1910-39)
Register of known Apollo organs by Rushworth and Dreaper.
Humphreys (c.1867-1935)
Register of known reed organs by Humphreys.
Imperial Piano and Organ Co. (1899-65)
Register of known reed organs by Imperial.
THE SERAPHINE
T.C. Bates (c.1812-64)
J. Bell (1847-98)
J. Bisson (c.1842)
J.C. Blackwell (c.1852-62)
J. Braby (c.1855)
D. Campbell (1830-)
Clementi and Co. (1798-1832)
Collard and Collard (c.1833-51)
F. Day, and Day and Myers (1816-45)
Dowler (1829)
W.E. Evans (c.1839-84)
M. Faraday (c.1830)
A. Findlay (1878-1906)
J. Green (c.1794-49)
J.H.A. Gunther, and Gunther and Horwood (c.1819-36)
J. Hart (c.1938)
W. Hattersley and Co. (1845-56)
F.W. Isaac (1833-1845)
Kirkman and White (c.1822-46)
G. Metzler and Co. (1781-1885)
I.H.R. Mott (c.1845-68)
A. Münch (1829-30)
Myers and Storer (c.1837-51)
J.-H. Pape (c.1851-6)
G. Peachey (c.1828-84)
B. Pexton (1838-50)
J.D. Proudman (unknown)
W. Rolfe (1797-1899)
J.C. Schwieso (c.1839)
R. Snell (c.1825-60)
W. Sprague (1837-83)
J. Storer (c.1839-51)
W.H. Tidder (c.1895-1914)
C. Wheatstone and Co. (c.1823-51)
J. Willis (c.1836)
Unknown
HARMONIUMS A-J
W. Adams (1851-93)
A. Adamson (c.1892)
G.F. Adamson (c.1880-1900)
W.J. Allen (c.1891-6)
A. Allison and Co. (c.1872-1929)
T. D'Almaine and Co. (c.1850-67)
C.R. Bailey (1884-88)
W.H. Barnes (1891-1906)
S. Barnett and Son (1832-1921
G.L. Bauer and Co. (1865-97)
J. Baynton and Co. (c.1878-96)
Beare (unknown)
T. Beasant (c.1865-90)
D. Bedford (c.1878-87)
J. Bedford (c.1878-92)
Bedwell and Sons (1890-1946)
J. Bell (1847-1898)
Bennetts and Bennetts (1880-95)
J. Bentley (dates unknown)
S. Benton (c.1879-92)
A. Blaker (c.1900-21)
H.A. Blount (c.1878-9)
A. Bock (c.1905-7)
Boosey and Sons, and Boosey and Ching (c.1859-90)
F. Brooks and Co. (1884-86)
Brown and Sons (c.1878)
C. Cadby (c.1839-79)
G. Camp (c.1865-87)
H. Carloss and Co. (c.1886-1903)
Carr (unknown)
H.T. Cassini (1864-84)
G. Challenger and Co. (c.1892-1900)
C. Chartier (1878-84)
W. and J. Chilvers (1878-82)
W. Clark (1871-87)
Clarke and Sons (c.1882-87)
Cobden Pianoforte Co. (c.1883)
C.A. Coleman (c.1883)
W. Collinson (c.1883)
R. Cook and Co. (c.1883)
I. Cool and Sons (c.1878-87)
J. Cooper and Co. (c.1883-1906)
Wm.R. Crabb (c.1887-86)
J.B. Cramer and Co. Ltd. (1861-1921)
Craven and Co. (unknown)
T. and R. Croger (c.1842-1910)
C. Curtis (c.1879-96)
D. Dale (c.1850-72)
J. Spencer Dane (c.1855-85)
E. Daniels (1879-82)
Wm. Dawes (1864-1884)
Derbayne and Co. (c.1883)
Dicks and Co. (1878-80)
Wm. Dodson (c.1878-83)
W.H. Duffield (1881-c.1920)
A. Eason (c.1871)
J.H. Ebblewhite (c.1883)
E. Enderby and Son (1867-1909)
W.E. Evans (c.1839-84)
S. Farmer (unknown)
J. Farmer (1857-61)
H. Farrant (1878-96)
C.E. Fenton (c.1878-84)
J. Fidler (c.1864-9)
H. and R. Geake (1878-85)
J. Gilmour and Son (c.1864-67)
W. Graham and Sons (c.1882-1910)
H. Graves (c.1883)
D.C. Green (c.1900-9)
Green (unknown)
J. Gregory (1878-96)
E.C. Griffin (1885-92)
T. Grimes and Co. (1878-85)
J. Grover (1830 (43?)-1904)
C. Hardy (1845-1906)
A.J. Harland (1879-c.1926)
W.P. Hattersley and Co. (1856-83)
S. Hay (c.1877-1920)
R. and E. Heath (1880-1906)
T. Higham (1878-83)
J. Hillier(1855-1906)
Holderness and Holderness (1865-1883)
W. Hopley (c.1879-1906)
J. Hoyland (1878-1906)
J. Humphreys (1867-1935)
H. Ivory and Co. (1879)
Jarrett and Goudge (1878-85)
F. Jones (1881-1900)
G. Jones and Sons (1850-1909)
Jones and Co. (1858-1898)
HARMONIUMS K-Z
Charles Kelly and Co. (c.1855-1906)
W.B. Kent (c.1883)
J. Knight (-1878)
W.H. Knight (c.1887-1908)
J.C. Knott (1879-1906)
C. Laurent (1859-86)
E. Leyton (unknown)
T. Liddiatt (1874-89), H. Liddiatt (-1940)
Locke and Son (1878-89)
W.V. Luck and Co. (1879-87)
G. Luff and Son (1846-62)
G.H. Marsh (c.1890-2)
Matthews and Scott
E.L. Merick (1879-82)
Mesnage (1887-1891)
Moore and Moore (1878-1921)
W.H. Moore (c.1878)
J. Morandi (1879-83)
A. Morton and Co. (c.1896)
G. Moutrie and Collard and Moutrie (c.1856-90)
J. Moutrie (1878-94)
J. Nelson (1866-1903)
Dunn and Nicholls, and Nicholls and Nicholls (1872-96)
Oetzmann and Co. (1848-c.1880)
Patriot Excelsior (1880-5)
J. Pell and Co. (c.1876-8)
Penrose (unknown)
V. Penso (1897-1902)
J.A. Peterkin (1879-80)
S.F. Pichler (1851-63)
J. Pickens and Co. (1879-84)
H. Powell (1878-1906)
B. Preston (1838-50)
W. Pridham and Son (c.1896)
H.J. Prosser (1883-1915)
E.A. Ramsden (1860-94)
J.W. Reed (c.1895)
G. Richardson (c.1858)
H. Riley and Sons Ltd. (1851-c.1906)
W.J. Robertson (1847-83)
S. Rolfe (c.1870)
A. Rudd and Co. (1837-1906)
J.F. Scholefield (1886-8)
Seymour and Co. (dates unknown)
E. Shipman (1877-96)
J. Simpson (1879-90)
H.C. Sims (1866-1906)
E. Slack (c. 1883)
R. Slater and Son (1881-1952)
A. Smith (c.1889-90)
H. Smith (c.1867-84)
H.H. Smith (c.1872)
W. Smith (c.1858)
Smith and Smith (c.1880)
Smith and Whincup (c.1882)
E. & W. Snell (1861-1907)
Harry Snell (1895-1901)
R. Stather (1870-1921 [06?])
Stonefield (c.1900-20)
H. Storey and Sons. (c.1878-96)
J. Strohmenger and Sons (1878-1938)
W. Temlett (c.1878-87)
Totterdell and Price (c.1887)
W. Travis (c.1879-85)
E. Trost (c.1863)
W.B. Tucker (c.1900-14)
L. Valentine (1859-90)
Venables and Co. (c.1869)
C. Virot (c.1878-83)
Waddington and Sons (1838-1918 on)
J. Wallis and Son (1848-1930)
H.T. Wedlake (1859-1902)
H. Wellstead (c.1887-1912)
H. Whitehead (1855-61)
C. Wheatstone and Co. (c.1823-51)
G. Williams (c.1897-1900)
REED ORGANS A-M
British Aeolus (c.1886)
A. Allison and Co. (c.1840-1921)
T. d'Almaine and Co. (1875-1931)
Apollo Co. Ltd. (c.1906)
Avill and Smart (1865-86)
W.T. Baldwin (1887-c.1914)
G.L. Bauer and Co. (1865-96)
F. Bedford (c.1900)
Bedwell and Sons (1890-1946)
Bell and Co. (c.1883)
Bell Organ and Piano Co. (unknown)
R. Birch and Son (Organs) Ltd. (c.1953-8)
Bliss American Organ Co. (c.1887-90)
O. Böhmer (c.1886)
W. Bogg and Sons (1878-96)
H. Bork (c.1900-2)
Boyd Ltd. (c.1875-1929)
H. and R. Brasted (1870-1928)
J. Bridges (c.1878-1900)
G.B. Briffett (c.1897-1900)
J.W. Butcher (unknown)
J.J. Carroll (1880-84)
F.C. Carter (1871-91)
A. Cary (c.1886-1940)
Castle (unknown)
Chancel Reed Organ and Pipe Organ Works (unknown)
R. Charlick (c.1892-1900)
Clark and Sons (dates unknown)
W.W. Clarry (c.1875-1949)
R. Cocks and Co. (c.1877-9)
Colclough and Scott (c.1887-9)
Collins Organ and Piano Co. (1882-1902)
A.J. Cox (1885-1941)
J.B. Cramer and Co. Ltd. (1861-1921)
F. Crawford (1900-21)
Cresswell and Ball (c.1885)
Crichton (unknown-1904)
C.F. Cullum and Co. (1859-96)
H. Dawkins and Co. (c.1900-30)
A.R. Downs and Co. (1889-1906)
Edwards (c.1954)
R.S. Gildersleeve (1875-1925)
Gloucester Organ
H.J. Goulden and Goulden and Wind (c.1884-1911)
Graham Organ Co. (dates unknown)
W. Graham (c.1900)
H. Gratian (1870-1900)
Green and Savage (c.1878-1921)
Greenwood (unknown)
Arthur Grimes (1878-91)
C.E. Hale (c.1903)
C.G. Hambleton (dates unknown)
W. Hancock and Sons (unknown)
C.W. Hands and Co. (1866-1903)
J.W. Hargrave (c.1921)
W. Hargreaves (1879-97)
Heard and Sons (unknown)
H. Hicks (c.1912)
Higham and Curran (c.1895-8)
Hilliards (c.1874)
J. Hillier (1855-1909)
C.F. Hocking
E. Horne (unknown)
J. Humphreys (c.1867-1935)
Imperial Piano and Organ Co. (1902-65)
Jacot Reed Organ Co. (1970-78)
W. James Ltd. (1876-85)
Jenkinson and Co. (c.1880-1904)
Jones and Co. (1858-1898)
Jones and Son (unknown)
Kilwards (unknown)
Charles Kelly and Co. (c.1855-1906)
P. Latham (c.1908-36)
F. Laurence and Co. (c.1892-4)
W.H. Lumley (1892-6)
J. Malcolm and Co. (1891-1924)
E. Malkin (c.1929-54)
J.H. Marshall (c.1900-06)
The Melody Organ Co. Ltd. (c.1903)
F. Mesnage (1887-91)
Mickleburgh (unknown)
J.E. Minns (c.1879-1901)
A. Morton and Co. (c.1896)
REED ORGANS N-Z
P.A. Normans (unknown)
Oetzmann and Co. (unknown)
Orchestrelle Co. (1899-1930)
Pasquale and Co. (1903-21)
W.T. Payne (1896-1921)
T. Pear (unknown)
Pioneer Organ Co. ( before 1906)
G. Porter and Co. (1896-1900)
F. Powell (1880-1906-)
J.W. Punter and Co. (1883-1924)
E.A. Ramsden (1860-94)
J.W. Reed (c.1895)
J. Reyner (1879-81)
H. Riley and Sons Ltd. (1851-c.1906)
J. and W. Sames (1855-1903)
J. Scott (1882-1921)
Ed. Senior and Sons (unknown)
Sewell and Sewell (c.1896-1906)
Sherwin (1855-)
C. Smart (1877-91)
R. Smith (c.1850-1907)
W.F. Smith and Co. (1890-6)
E. & W. Snell (1861-1907)
R. Stather (1870-1921 [06?])
F.C. Stevens (1900-12)
J. Strong and Sons (1889-1949)
Thompson and Govan (unknown)
J. Wallis and Son (1848-c.1921)
White and Sentance (c.1887)
F. Whitefield (c.1888)
W. Whitelock (c.1851-85)
Wholesale Piano and Organ Mfg. Co. (c.1900-6)
G. Williams (c.1897-1900)
H. Williams (c.1893-1904)
A. Zawadski and Co. (c.1878)
Unknown 2MP/10
INSTRUMENTS FOR SILENT FILMS
T. Dawkins (c.1893)
J. Humphreys (1867-1935)
R.F. Stevens (1853-1980)
G. Taylor (c.1907)
Tyler Apparatus Co. Ltd. (c.1915)
Whomes Ltd. (1878-1960)
ENHARMONIC HARMONIUMS
E. Barry (1855)
R.H.M. Bosanquet (1872-3)
C. Brown (1875-85)
T.A. Jennings (1861-3)
Jordan (unknown)
Dr. A.R. McClure (c.1940)
Moore and Moore (1878-1921)
R. Snell (c.1825-71)
Perrett (c.1931)
ORGANETTES AND SELF PLAYING ORGANS
Ariel (dates unknown)
Auto Organ Co. (c.1900)
Peter Black (c.1890-1905)
Boyd Ltd. (c.1875-1929)
Cullum and Best (dates unknown)
John Dewhurst (c.1889)
J.M. Draper (c.1898)
J.H. Ebblewhite (c.1883)
G. Foucher (c.1881)
London Piano and Organ Co. (c.1910)
John Malcolm and Co. (c.1891-1924)
E. Malkin (c.1929-54)
E.H. Mattika (1887-96)
A. Maxfield (1859-1918)
Mojon, Manger and Co. (c.1885-6)
Orchestrelle Co. (1899-1930)
W.H. Tidder (c.1895-1914)
P. Trueman (c.1993)
Wallis Ltd. (c.1898-1900)
P.K. Watts (c.1980)
Welte (???)
Geo. Whight and Co. (1878-1899)
PIPE ORGANS WITH FREE REEDS
Free Reed Pipe Stops
Abbott and Smith (c.1892)
Aeolian (-)
C. Anneessens (1865-1903)
George Ashdown Audsley
J.J. Binns (1880-1929)
J.C. Bishop and Sons (dates unknown)
Commander E.W.E. Caldwell (date unknown)
Rest Cartwright and Sons
The John Compton Organ Co.
Conacher, Sheffield and Co.
Peter Conacher and Co.
John Spencer Dane (1868-75)
Gray and Davidson (1838-unknown)
Harrison and Harrison
Hele and Co. (1865 onwards)
Wm. Hill and Son (c.1837-1916)
R. Hope-Jones (1887-1903)
W.A. Kerman (unknown)
Kirtland and Jardine (1848-89)
T.C. Lewis and Co. Ltd. (c.1860-1918)
J. Milham (1870-95)
Norman and Beard Ltd. (1889-1916)
J.F. Schulze (c.1851-7)
E.F. Walcker (1820-)
J.W. Walker (?)
H.T. Wedlake (1859-1902)
Welte
Henry Willis
Unknown Makers
RETAILERS AND WARE HOUSES
W.C. Burden and Co. (unknown)
Chappell and Co. (1811-c.1883)
Crane and Sons
Dale, Forty and Co. (late 1800s-)
John G. Murdoch and Co. (1883-1918)
Mustel (1853-1980)
The National Sunday School Union (c.1898)
A.E. Ramsden (1860-94)
William Lea
Lister and Sons (1875-1938)
Metzler and Co. (1781-1903)
Scholastic Musical Instrument Company (unknown)
Thompson and Shakell Limited (unknown)
Other Names - Harmoniums
Other Names - Reed Organs
SUPPLIERS OF MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS
G.F. Adamson (c.1880-1900)
B.P.A. Ltd. (-1970s)
BOB: British Organ Blowers
H. Brooks and Co. Ltd. (-1920)
R.W. Clark, later Sebright and Clark (1877-c.1963)
A. Clayton (c.1898)
T. Croger (c.1859-62)
W. Dewar (c.1883)
Jean Estève (1840-c.1875)
Fletcher and Newman (-c.1976)
Herrburger Brooks (1920-)
J.A. Jacobs (1873-c.90)
J. & J. Goddard (1842-c.1924)
Mainguet (-1910)
Munroe Organ Reed Co. (c.1890)
Joseph Marshall (1900-19)
James Murgatroyd (1884-)
J. Payne
Pinet (1875-)
E. Smith and Co. (1879-c.1909)
R.F. Vestey and Son (c.1897-c.1927)
Turban & Cie
C. Virot (c.1878-83)
Watkins and Watson
Bibliography
Rob Allan
2011-12-04