All Saints, Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire |
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The 'Dumb
Organist'. Holdich supplied his organ for Easton on the Hill, complete with the 'Dumb Organist'. This has now been restored and reunited with the restored organ. ![]() Barrel organs such as this one demonstrate how the organ was played in 1850; in all of its hymn tunes it demonstrates how slowly the hymns were sung and it also provides some interesting harmonies to some of the tunes. The Great has two sets of pallets for the bottom octave. The Bourdon and Stopped Diapason Bass are on one set of pallets which is operated by the bottom octave of BOTH manuals. The "Dumb Organist", built originally, was fitted to two brass brackets
on the Great keys. This had two The barrel attachment plays the hymn tunes: Evening Hymn, Hanover, Bedford, St. Stephens; chants by Purcell, Blow; Barrel I: Morning Hymn, St. Anne's, Mount Ephraim, Old 100th; chants: Farrant and Nares. |