Forster and Andrews

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St Mary's Church, Nantwich, 1890

Forster and Andrews was a British organ-building company active between 1843 and 1924.

The company was founded by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had previously worked for the London organ builder J. C. Bishop. They opened their business in Hull in 1843, and it developed into one of the most successful organ-building firms in the North of England. The company was taken over by John Christie in 1924 and was finally wound up in 1956. In addition to its Hull headquarters, the firm maintained branches in London and York. [1]

The German organ builder Edmund Schulze (1823–1878), who influenced Forster and Andrews, often recommended them to prospective clients when he was unable to accept commissions. The most notable example of this relationship was the large instrument completed in 1868 at All Souls' Church, Halifax, funded at the expense—and insistence of—Sir Edward Akroyd (1810–1877). It incorporated material by Schulze following a long visit by the partners to Germany, funded by Akroyd, to study Schulze's techniques. [2]

List of organs

References

  1. ↑ "Details: Forster & Andrews". The National Pipe Organ Register. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ↑ The making of the Victorian organ. Nicholas Thistlethwaite
  3. 1 2 Laurence Elvin, Forster and Andrews Organ Builders 1843–1956
  4. ↑ "Feenstra Orgelrestauratie - Harelbeke". FR Feenstra.
  5. ↑ "St Wilfrid's, R.C. Church, York, Harrison & Harrison" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "NPOR [D01836]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies.
  7. ↑ "All Saints Church - Woollahra NSW". All Saints' Church.
  8. ↑ Hastings and St Leonards Observer, Saturday 19 July 1884, p.7
  9. ↑ "The Organ". St John the Baptist, Potters Bar.
  10. ↑ "The Forster and Andrews Organ". Reformed Church De Tabernakel. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". National Pipe Organ Register.
  12. ↑ "Music | St Paul's Clapham". St Paul's Clapham.
  13. ↑ "Organ Opening at Matlock Bank" . Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 18 December 1886. Retrieved 6 January 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ Pratt, Graham. "St. Peter's Church, Bourton on Dunsmore".
  15. ↑ "Le nouvel orgue de l'église Saint-Paul de Rennes". 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "NPOR [N02775]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies.
  17. ↑ "Egginton. Opening and Dedication of the Organ at the Parish Church". Derby Mercury. Derby. 9 November 1892. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "St Peters Church – Helping Maintain an Anglican Presence on the Cartmel Peninsula". St Peter's Field Broughton.
  19. ↑ "Nazarethkirche hat neue Orgel". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine. 15 January 2019.
  20. ↑ "Hannover-Südstadtgemeinde: Englische Orgel" (in German). Archived from the original on 7 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "Pilrig St. Paul's Church".
  22. ↑ "Records of Forster and Andrews" (PDF). Hull History Centre. p. 1. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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