Records of Belsham Pipe Organs
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Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive HANDLIST OF THE BRITISH ORGAN ARCHIVE 2011 1 Copyright of Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham and The British Institute of Organ Studies Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive CONTENTS BUSINESS ARCHIVES OF FIRMS OR INDIVIDUAL ORGAN BUILDERS Name of firm/organ builder Page Aeolian Co Ltd see A. E. Davies Ltd Bellsham Pipe Organs 4 Bevington & Sons 4 Blackett & Howden 5 Cousans & Co 6 A. E. Davies Ltd 6 Elliot & Hill see William Hill & Son Grant, Degens & Bradbeer 7 Gray & Davison 8 Griffen & Stroud 10 Hill, Norman & Beard 10 William Hill & Son 12 Hope-Jones & Co 14 Ingram & Co 14 Jardine & Co 15 T. C. Lewis & Co 16 Jones, Derek see Pipecraft Liddiatt & Sons 18 Minns, John Edward see George Osmond & Co Ltd Nicholson & Co Ltd 18 Norman & Beard Ltd 19 Alphonse Noterman & Co 20 George Osmond & Co Ltd 21 Pendlebury Organ Co 21 Pipecraft 22 Revell, George see Bellsham Pipe Organs Charles Smethhurst 22 Wadsworth & Co 23 Henry Willis & Sons 24 Roger Yates 26 PERSONAL RECORDS OF ANTIQUARIES, SCHOLARS AND OTHERS RELATING TO THEIR INTEREST IN ORGANS AND ORGAN BUILDERS Name of individual Page Adcock, Ernest E. 27 Benham, Gilbert 27 Burn, Rev J. H. 27 2 Copyright of Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham and The British Institute of Organ Studies Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive Name of individual Page Dalby. John B. 28 Edmonds, Rev Bernard 28 Freeman, Rev Andrew 29 Gatward, Willson Bradley 30 Gillingham, Michael 31 Hallowes, M. G. 31 Harvey, Sidney 31 Haycraft, Frank 32 Higginbottom, Marie 32 Holt, C. 32 Holt, D. J. 32 Holt, Edward 32 Knott, Joshua 33 Leffler, Henry 33 Mills, J. Gilbert 33 Moore-Hepplestone, Derek 34 Paget, Gordon 34 Donald Penrose 34 Robbins, Eduard 34 Sayer, Michael 35 Scull, Harold 35 Sperling, Rev John Hanson 35 Taylor, G. B. 36 Walker, F. Dennis 36 Watcham, Michael J. 36 Wilkinson, Mary 37 Williamson, Roy 37 Woodford, David 37 Wright, Donald 38 ORGAN-BUILDER FOLDERS Details Page Alphabetical listing 39-46 PUBLICATIONS Details Page Periodicals 47 Books 47 3 Copyright of Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham and The British Institute of Organ Studies Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive BUSINESS ARCHIVES OF FIRMS OR INDIVIDUAL ORGAN BUILDERS RECORDS OF BELSHAM PIPE ORGANS Administrative history Geoffrey Revell was an Australian who set up his company in Western Australia as Bellsham Pipe Organs. In 1997 he came to live in England but financial constraints meant that the work undertaken was small and mainly took the form of rebuilds of older instruments. Custodial history Revell died in 2007 and his wife deposited his records with the BOA before returning to Australia. Finding aids Information about the English organs produced between 1997 and 2007 have been indexed and included in the BOA database; a few folders about earlier Australian organs have not yet been sorted. Copies This collection has not been microfilmed Access conditions All material is closed - no access without reference to BIOS archivist Scope and content Category Vol Description Date BOA Film/ Box No accession fiche No Work-folders English Organs - 1997-2007 101 costings Work folders Australian organs pre 1997 101 RECORDS OF BEVINGTON & SONS Soho, London W1 Administrative history Henry Bevington served his apprenticeship under the organ-builders Ohrmann & Nutt in Rose Court, Soho and then worked for William Gray. In 1794 he set up in business on his own account at Greek Street, then took over the business and premises of Ohrmann & Nutt in 1798. Following Henry Bevington's death in 1839 two of his sons, Henry and Martin, continued the business, trading as Bevington & Sons. Martin's son Percy Bevington continued 4 Copyright of Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham and The British Institute of Organ Studies Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive the Bevington name until 1925 and the firm continued to flourish until the Manette Street works was bombed in 1941. The remaining ‘stock in trade’ was auctioned off in 1949 and the business name and good-will was acquired by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1950. Bevington & Sons built a large number of small and medium sized instruments, a few of which still remain intact. The majority of the order books and ledgers covering the 150 years of their business were destroyed in 1941 but the BOA holds one remaining work book covering the period 1905-1931 Finding aids The order book has been indexed and entries included in the BOA database Copies This order book is available on microfiche Scope and content Category Vol Description Date BOA Film/ Box No accession fiche No Order Book 1 ‘Work Book’ job 1905-1931 0097 √ 117 numbers 1569-1656 RECORDS OF BLACKETT & HOWDEN Newcastle-upon-Tyne Administrative history The firm of Blackett & Howden was established in Newcastle-upon-Tyne around 1890. It was a small business with few of the resources necessary to produce new organs of any considerable size, the bulk of the trade being in the reconstruction of old organs and the maintenance and tuning of many local instruments in the North-East. In 1924 the business was taken over by Hill, Norman & Beard who continued to run it as a separate entity with Charles Howden and Ralph Blackett as their local managers. Finding aids These records have been indexed and entries included in the BOA database Copies These records are available on microfiche Scope and content Category Vol Description Date BOA Film/ Box No accession fiche No Estimate Book 1 1910-1916 0154 √ 100 Order Book 1 jobs 153-263 1902-1912 0155 √ 100 Account Book 1 ‘Wages no.2’ 1907-1911 0156 √ 100 5 Copyright of Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham and The British Institute of Organ Studies Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive RECORDS OF COUSANS & Co. Lincoln Administrative history John Rusling Cousans (1850-1937) served his apprenticeship with the organ-builder John Harston in Newark-on-Trent and then went to work for Thomas Nicholson in Lincoln before establishing his own business there in 1878. By 1890 he had taken over the premises formerly belonging to Nicholson and had been joined by his sons trading as Cousans, Sons & Co. John Cousans retired in 1914, his two sons Reginald and Louis inheriting a thriving business in the North and Midlands. In 1920 Louis decided to emigrate to Australia but Reginald retained the Lincoln firm until his retirement in 1949. From 1950 the business was run as a limited company but ceased trading in 1974. Finding aids These records have not been indexed on the BOA database Copies This collection has not been microfilmed Scope and content The early records of the firm have not come to light and those that have been deposited with the BOA date from the time when Reginald Cousans took over the Lincoln business in 1920 up until its closure in 1974. From this period only the account books which give scant details of the actual work undertaken have survived. Category Vol Description Date BOA Film/ Box No accession fiche No Account Book 1 Receipts 1949-1974 0204 122 Account Book 2 Accounts due; costings 1919-1920 0205 122 of jobs 1923-1961 Account Book 3 Costings of jobs 1919-1970 0206 122 Account Book 4 Outgoings 1920-1928 0207 122 Account Book 5 Outgoings 1949-1975 0208 122 Account Book 6 Impersonal Ledger 1917-1930 0209 123 Accounts Account Book 7 Business Accounts 1921-1926 0210 123 Account Book 8 Tuning Accounts 1937-1970 0211 123 RECORDS OF A. E. DAVIES LTD West Drayton, Middlesex Administrative history 6 Copyright of Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham and The British Institute of Organ Studies Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive Alfred Edward Davies (1886-1968) served his apprenticeship under Henry Willis & Son and continued to work for them for a number of years before eventually joining the London outlet of the American company ‘The Aeolian Co Ltd.’. He took over the organ production side of the firm from 1932 as ‘Aeolian-Davies Ltd’ and set up a workshop in West Drayton, moving to Hayes (Middlesex) in 1935. He produced many organs built on the ‘extension"’ principle but has gained a reputation over the years for poor quality workmanship and uninspired tonality. The premises were eventually taken over by Grant, Degens & Bradbeer in 1965. Finding aids This collection has not been sorted or listed Copies This collection has not been microfilmed Location Box Nos 138-139 Scope and content No information is available RECORDS OF GRANT, DEGENS & BRADBEER Northampton Administrative history See Maurice Forsyth Grant ‘Twenty-One Years of Organ-Building’, a history of the firms and including details of the organs built between 1960-1981 by Degens & Rippin Ltd, Grant, Degens & Rippin, and Grant, Degens & Bradbeer Ltd Finding aids This collection has not been fully sorted or listed Copies This collection has not been microfilmed Access conditions All is material closed – no access without reference to BIOS archivist Scope and content Category Vol Description Date BOA Film/ Box No accession fiche No Drawings No further information 0797 Tubes Contract Files No further information 0798 102-16 Miscellaneous No further information 0799 121 7 Copyright of Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham and The British Institute of Organ Studies Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library British Organ Archive RECORDS OF GRAY & DAVISON London W1 Administrative history The Gray organ-building dynasty was founded by the brothers Robert and William Gray around 1772 and various members of the family also worked in the business.