RSCM Chorister
The Chamber Organ
The Chamber Organ at Addington Palace.
One of seven organs that were used at the Palace, this one-manual chamber organ was an antique. It was blown by a foot pump which the organist had to work. Presented by Sir Charles Nicholson it was possibly made around 1777, using some pipes which might date from the late 1600s, and rebuilt by Coleman & Willis of London EC4 in the late 1800s. It was not playable in the 1950s, and funds were not forthcoming to restore it.
In 1957 it was in the Great Hall and was sold in 1975.
Photo: Dick Gilbert, from the 1959 RSCM Chorister's Diary.
The Chamber Organ
The Chamber Organ at Addington Palace.
One of seven organs that were used at the Palace, this one-manual chamber organ was an antique. It was blown by a foot pump which the organist had to work. Presented by Sir Charles Nicholson it was possibly made around 1777, using some pipes which might date from the late 1600s, and rebuilt by Coleman & Willis of London EC4 in the late 1800s. It was not playable in the 1950s, and funds were not forthcoming to restore it.
In 1957 it was in the Great Hall and was sold in 1975.
Photo: Dick Gilbert, from the 1959 RSCM Chorister's Diary.