Forster and Andrews
Forster and Andrews. British organ building company, was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bishop.
They opened the business that bore their name in Hull in 1843. The business developed and became one of the most successful of the North of England organ builder. The business was taken over by John Christie in 1924 and finally wound up in 1956. As well as their Hull headquarters, the company had branches in London and York.[1]
The German builder Edmund Schulze (1823–1878), an influence on Forster and Andrews, used to recommend them to prospective clients when he was unable to accept commissions.[2]
List of organs
- St Andrew's Church, Epworth 1849, now in St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham
- St James' Church, Hill 1853
- St James' Church Glossop 1859
- St Peter's Church, Lowick 1861
- Methodist Church, Partick, Glasgow 1862
- Castle Gate Congregational Centre, Nottingham 1865,[3] organ rebuilt in St Salvatorkerk, Harelbeke (Belgium) in 2012 [4]
- St Peter & St Paul's Church, Aylesford 1865, extended F&A 1879
- All Souls Church, Halifax 1868
- St Oswald's Church, Askrigg 1869
- Sts Thomas Minster 1870
- St Boniface Church, Antwerp 1873
- St Andrew's Church, Walpole 1873
- unknown 1875, organ rebuilt in the Regenboogkerk (Rainbowchurch), Leiden (The Netherlands) in 2006
- St Philip and James Church, Booterstown 1876
- St. Margaret's Church, Rochester 1877, subsequently extended by Browns in 1902
- West Bromwich Town Hall 1878
- Parish Church, Hurlford, near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire 1878 (removed from original installation in Hurlford Kirk to the former Reid Memorial Church at the union of the two in 1994.)
- St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr 1885
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Water Orton 1885
- St John the Baptist, Potters Bar, 1885 (moved to St Mary the Virgin & All Saints, Potters Bar, in 1915 after St John's was closed) [5]
- Congregational Church (now shop) in Tunbridge Wells 1885, organ rebuilt in the Reformed Church De Tabernakel,[6] Vaassen (The Netherlands) in 1992
- Saint Joseph's Church, Singapore 1888
- All Saints Church, Frindsbury, Kent 1889.
- St James' Church, High Melton 1898
- now at The Barn Church, Kew, 1894
- St Mary's and St Helen's Church, Neston 1900
- Taney Parish 19th century. Originally installed in Christ Church, Bray
- Parish Church, Darvel, Ayrshire 1908
- St Augustine of Hippo Grimsby
- St Wistan's Wistow, Leicestershire
- St Mary's White Waltham, 1892
- Pilrig St. Paul's Church,[7] Edinburgh 1903
Existing organs extended
- St.Margaret, Horsmonden 1886 (built bij Wm. Hill and Son, 1837)
See also
Tondu Wesleyian Methodist Church, Bridgend, South Wales 1872
References
- ↑ British Institute of Organ Studies, The National Pipe Organ Register, retrieved 10 September 2012
- ↑ The making of the Victorian organ. Nicholas Thistlethwaite
- ↑ Laurence Elvin, Forster And Andrews Organ Builders 1843-1956
- ↑ http://www.frfeenstra.nl/harelbeke.html
- ↑ http://stmaryspb.org.uk/tourTheChurch.html#theOrgan
- ↑ http://www.detabernakel.nl/forster-andrews-orgel
- ↑ http://www.pilrigstpauls.org.uk
Literature: Laurence Elvin, Forster and Andrews, Their barrel, chamber, and small church organs