Norman and Beard
Norman and Beard were a pipe organ manufacturer based in Norwich from 1887 to 1916.
History
The origins of the company are from a business founded in Diss in 1870 by Ernest William Norman (1851 - 1927). In 1876 he moved to Norwich where he went into partnership with his brother, Herbert John Norman (1861 - 1936). In 1887 they went into partnership with George A. Wales Beard, and the company was formed. In 1896 the company opened a second office in London.
They worked closely with Robert Hope-Jones and held the patents on many of his developments, including electro-pneumatic action.[1]
The company merged with William Hill & Sons of London in 1916, and became William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd..
Organs
- St. John's Church, Bangalore 1895
- Norwich Cathedral 1899[2] (NPOR N06483)
- Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music 1900 [3] (NPOR D07229)
- St Mary's Church, Oldswinford 1901 [4] (NPOR N03681)
- Nairn Old Parish Church, Nairn 1903 (NPOR R00423)
- Cheltenham College 1905 (NPOR N07470)
- St. Mary the Virgin, Nonington, Kent 1906 (NPOR D04898)
- Great Hall, University of Birmingham 1908 (NPOR N07270)
- Winchester College Chapel 1908 (NPOR D01086)
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1909 (NPOR N05206)
- St. Michael & All Angels Church, Wilmington, Kent 1912 (NPOR N08477)
- The Andaz, Temple 1912 (London)
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh 1914 (NPOR D07910)
- St John the Evangelist, Bierley, Bradford 1916 (NPOR N02678)
- Town Hall, Johannesburg 1916
- Parish Church of Kilmun, Argyll & Bute, 1906 (water-powered)
- St John's Cathedral Brisbane Australia
- St Mary's Parish Church, Slough, Berkshire 1912
- Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand 1907-1912
- Walhampton School Chapel, Lymington, Hampshire, 1913
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References
- ↑ The History of the English Organ, Stephen Bicknell
- ↑ "The organ". Norwich Cathedral. Retrieved 6 October 2011
- ↑ http://apollo.ram.ac.uk/emuweb/pages/ram/display.php?irn=1235
- ↑ Peacock, Roy. A Victorian Church, St Mary's Old Swinford, Stourbridge: the Story of its Re-building in the Nineteenth Century. [Revised edition.] P.C.C. of St Mary's Oldswinford, 2008. p. 44.
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