Rushworth and Dreaper was a firm of organ builders, and later general instrument suppliers associated with Paul McCartney[1] based in Liverpool.[2] The manufacturer was founded in 1828 by William Rushworth, operating until 2002. Upon its liquidation, its archives were mostly destroyed, and the Victorian clock in the works tower was removed. The premises are now occupied by Henry Willis & Sons.
Heathfield Road Welsh Presbyterian Church Liverpool - largely demolished 2011 Installed by Rushworth & Dreaper in 1950. Dismantled November 2010 by Jardines for a private owner and moved in several lorries to another former Welsh Presbyterian chapel in Mid Wales for restoration along with some contemporary contents from the since demolished Liverpool Church. Evidence uncovered by Jardines and new owner indicates that this tubular pneumatic instrument was probably rebuilt from a much earlier 19th-century Hope-Jones Organ. There are traces of some tracking, the feet and detail of the wooden pipes are typical of Hope-Jones and have the same paint colours as Hope-Jones examples observed elsewhere. Several cast iron weights from the regulators are cast with the words HOPE JONES and two others have N & L (?) castings. More details on National Pipe Organ Register.
Tyndale Baptist, Clifton, Bristol, 1956. 6 Ranks Extension - Fully enclosed in 2 boxes - Detached tab console. More details on National Pipe Organ Register.
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References
^"University to research history of Rushworths music business - University of Liverpool News". News. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^Stephen Bicknell. The History of the English Organ (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
^"Opening of a New Organ at Bradbourn Church". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 14 September 1866. Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"The impact of the proposed expansion of Southend Airport on nearby parish churches" (PDF). Church Buildings Council of the Church of England. July 2009. pp. 53–59. Retrieved 16 January 2011.