East end of chirchThe Organ of Harlton Church, Cambridge View through the screen to the East End and altar

Home History Speficiation of the renovated organ Appeal for funding Organ recitals Concert programme planned Organ sholarship Trustee

The new manuals in placetw0 of the manuals in placeClose up of oak wall to manuals

 

 

Organ relocated to West tower wall
Click here to play audio files Listen to the organ - old and new

Click here to play video files View videos - construction and recitals

Closeup of reed action
Swell pipes awaiting intsalltion

Rebuilding the organ in its new location has taken longer
than anticipated an Spring 2008 is the more realistic date
for completion

Church Website - Contact Us : Last update June March 20 2008

 

 

The Church of the Assuption, Harlton, Cambridge, dates from about 1375, and is one of the finest of the clunch churches of Cambridgeshire.

One of the glories of Harlton Church is the magnificent organ designed in 1847-8 by the Revd Osmond Fisher, Rector of Harlton (1867-1906), which he installed in the church in 1869. He was strongly influence by both Sir John Sutton, who was an authority on the history of English organs, and A W Pugin, whose architectural and decorative work was much in vogue at the time.

The project includes the conservation of the original Fisher case. The organ has been expanded so that it can incorporate sufficient pipes to become a worthy example of mid-19th century classical English organs. It was originally built by Bishop and Starr, a well known firm of organ builders. The specification for the rebuilt organ is similar to Sutton's scheme as demonstrated in the Sutton organ in the chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge.

For a variety of reasons the organ needed to be relocated. The new organ gallery fills the archway at the west end of the church, complete with a fine oak gallery.