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    Does anybody on here have any information on Hunter organs.

    in General discussion

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    Hi Everybody ,

    I just wondered if  anybody connected with this site had any idea if there were any records surviving of the organbuilders Hunter of Clapham  ?

    The reason I am asking is I am trying to get the organ in Brownhill Road Baptist Church into a playable condition , it has not been used  for services for about  25 years and has been unplayable  for the last 20 or so  ,

    NPOR entry  below

    https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=E01116

    I have been trying to find out some of its history  but sadly there is nobody left at the church  that can answer my questions , as far as I have been able to  discover is it was installed in the church second hand   at about the time of the first world war but beyond that I have not been able to discover anything , I just wonder if  anybody  here might have any access to any historical information

    Any information, would be very gratefully  received .

    Thanks in anticipation

    Peter

    Kingsgate Davidson

    in The Organ

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    I can confirm that Ralph Arnold worked for the firm , he set himself up in business in Orpington months before Kingsgate Davidson ceased traiding and was able to pick up some work from the company . Ralph Arnold retired in 1993 , handing his tuning round over to Martin Cross and shortly afterwoods moved to a bungalow in Pevensey , sadly very soon after moving to Pevensey , his wife ( and chief assistant and keyholder) Joan died .

    The Last job that Ralph did in his retirement was to build a direct electric chest and an economy console for my house organ .

    Ralph died on the 22th May 2010 and I played the (nasty electronic) organ at his funeral service at Eastbourne crematorium on the 2nd of June 2010 .

    as far as I know I was the only representative of the organ world at the funeral , I also have some pictures and documentation of his work .

    His legacy lives on in a number of fairly modest , but reliable extention organs around s e London and kent mainly but not exclusively in Free churches .

    Ralph Arnold R I P

    in General discussion

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    I would just like to let everybody know that Ralph Arnold died suddenly last saturday .

    He started out as an apprentice with Wallice of Chislehurst , moving to Kingsgate Davidson and setting himself up in Orpington in 1967 untill he retired in 1993

    His legacy lives on in a considerable number of direct electric action extention organs in south east London and beyond .

    If anybody would like any more informaton or funeral arrangements , feel free to message me

     

    May he Rest in Peace

     

    Peter

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