Henry Bryceson
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Henry Bryceson was a pioneer of electric action in England
during the 1860s.
Henry was born in Perth
Henry Bryceson founded a firm variously known as Bryceson Brothers, Bryceson and Bryceson, and Bryceson and Son in 1796. The firm produced both barrel organ
s and pipe organs. An example of his work from about 1835 can be seen in the Anglican church at Isle Abbots
. In 1862 Henry built the first electric key-action organ which he installed in Drury Lane Theatre
in 1862. In 1868 the firm acquired sole rights to use the electro-pneumatic technology originally developed by Charles S. Barker
in France.
Henry had two sons, Henry (born 1832) and John (born 1839) who both worked for the firm Henry senior retired around 1860.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
during the 1860s.
Henry was born in Perth
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
Henry Bryceson founded a firm variously known as Bryceson Brothers, Bryceson and Bryceson, and Bryceson and Son in 1796. The firm produced both barrel organ
Barrel organ
A barrel organ is a mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated...
s and pipe organs. An example of his work from about 1835 can be seen in the Anglican church at Isle Abbots
Isle Abbots
Isle Abbots is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Taunton in the South Somerset district...
. In 1862 Henry built the first electric key-action organ which he installed in Drury Lane Theatre
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. The building standing today is the most recent in a line of four theatres at the same location dating back to 1663,...
in 1862. In 1868 the firm acquired sole rights to use the electro-pneumatic technology originally developed by Charles S. Barker
Charles S. Barker
Charles Spackman Barker was an English inventor and organ builder.Barker was born in January 1804 in Walcot, Somerset. He went to France in 1837 where he met Aristide Cavaillé-Coll who was working on the organ at the Basilica of St Denis, near Paris.He exhibited work at Great Exhibition in 1851,...
in France.
Henry had two sons, Henry (born 1832) and John (born 1839) who both worked for the firm Henry senior retired around 1860.