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Abbott and Smith

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Organ in All Souls Church, Blackman Lane. The works was nearby on the same road.

Abbott and Smith were a firm of organ builders based in Leeds, England from 1869 to 1964.[1]

History

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Isaac Abbott established the firm in Leeds in 1869. He had worked for William Hill in London for 20 years. Another Hill employee, William Stanwix Smith, was manager until Isaac Abbott retired in 1889. The firm followed the tonal style of Edmund Schulze.[2]

From 1889 William Smith and Isaac Abbott’s son continued the firm. Later it passed to Smith’s sons and grandson.

In 1964 the firm was bought by J.H. Horsfall.

List of organs

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References

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  1. ^ The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. 2001. ISBN 9781561592630
  2. ^ The Making of the Victorian Organ. Nicholas Thistlethwaite. Cambridge University Press. 1999. ISBN 0521663644. p.391
  3. ^ "Chaddesden". Derby Mercury. England. 4 October 1876. Retrieved 5 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "NPOR | The National Pipe Organ Register". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ^ Catholics in Cambridge, Nicholas Rogers, Gracewing Publishing, Cambridge. 2003. ISBN 0852445687 Chapter 27
  6. ^ "Church launches £100, 000 appeal". infoweb.newsbank.com. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. ^ "NPOR | The National Pipe Organ Register". www.npor.org.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ^ "100th Birthday of Emmanuel Cathedral – Emmanuel Cathedral".
  9. ^ "Parish records of Gate Helmsley". Borthwick Catalogue. University of York. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  10. ^ "DAISY STREET GOVANHILL CHURCH OF SCOTLAND (LB32430)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  11. ^ パイプオルガンについて [For pipe organ] (in Japanese). Taitō Ward. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  12. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Aboyne, Ballater Road, St Thomas's Episcopal Church (LB47053)". Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  13. ^ "St John's Ben Rhydding | History".
  14. ^ "NPOR | The National Pipe Organ Register". www.npor.org.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2024.