CATALOGUE OF ORGANS

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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.  The ‘date of installation’ refers to the building mentioned in the left-hand column.  If this is not the organ’s original home, the fact is explained in the right-hand column.

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 info@harrisonorgans.com

It is hoped that this catalogue will serve as a useful record of the work of Harrison & Harrison, but it should not be regarded as exhaustive or infallible.  We welcome authentic corrections and updates: these should be addressed to info@harrisonorgans.com with supporting evidence where available.

Acknowledgements.  The catalogue was started by Cuthbert Harrison during his time as Managing Director (1945–1975).  It was developed by Laurence Elvin in connection with research for his book, The Harrison Story.  From 2000 onwards Jim Amos did important work in updating it and transferring it to an electronic format for our website.  Mark Venning and Richard Hird have done further work following its transfer by Carole Jeffery to the new H & H website, which opened in 2012.

† =  Organs no longer extant

 

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