CATALOGUE OF H&H ORGANS

This catalogue is primarily a list of organs built by Harrison & Harrison since the firm’s foundation in 1861.  Please refer to the Notes for further information.

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This catalogue is primarily a list of organs built by Harrison & Harrison since the firm’s foundation in 1861.  Where there is no description in the right-hand column, it may normally be assumed that an organ was either completely new or has been reconstructed as a Harrison instrument incorporating older material.

In addition, the list includes the firm’s major restoration projects.  The term ‘restoration’ has been used in different ways over the years: here, it is used in a broad sense to signify projects where important characteristics of an earlier builder’s work were preserved or restored, without necessarily excluding selective alterations to the instrument concerned.

Dates are normally those of completion.  Depending on the context, the Date column shows either the date when an H&H organ was installed in the building concerned, or the date when H&H completed work on an organ as described under Details.

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Sources.  The Harrison archives contain few details of the organs built by the firm when based in Rochdale (1861–71).  Information for this period is based mainly on external sources such as newspaper articles and church or municipal records. The firm’s records begin soon after Thomas Harrison’s arrival in Durham (1872), and become increasingly comprehensive from the early twentieth century onwards. The firm is always willing to facilitate research on Harrison organs: enquiries should be addressed in the first instance to h.h@harrisonorgans.com

It is hoped that this catalogue will serve as a useful record of the work of Harrison & Harrison.  We welcome authentic corrections and updates: these should be addressed to h.h@harrisonorgans.com with supporting evidence where available.

Acknowledgements.

The catalogue was started by Cuthbert Harrison during his time as Managing Director (1945–1975), with the help of his secretary Gwen Pattinson.  It was augmented by Laurence Elvin in connection with research for his book, The Harrison Story (1974).  Katherine Venning (Administrator 1990-2011) revised and greatly expanded it, assisted from 2001 by Jim Amos, who transferred it to our website.  Since 2010 Mark Venning and Carole Jeffery have done further work, with historical contributions from Richard Hird.

† =  Organ known to be no longer extant