madorganist Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I had a little tinkle on this organ the other day. Henry Fincham is a new one to me. I've discovered he was active in the last half of the 19th C. Does anyone know any more? Major player (rather doubt it) - good/ bad etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I had a little tinkle on this organ the other day. Henry Fincham is a new one to me. I've discovered he was active in the last half of the 19th C. Does anyone know any more? Major player (rather doubt it) - good/ bad etc? 'No time to check but didn't he start with Bevington and go off to Australia sometime in the 1850s. I seem to think the firm flourished there after that. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Treloar Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Fincham indeed was and is a big name in Australia. Details on www.finchams.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Treloar Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Oops, sorry. that takes you to the family history site. It's www.finchams.org/organhistory.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTT Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Fincham indeed was and is a big name in Australia. Details on www.finchams.org The Australian Finchams were descended from George Fincham 1828 - 1910. Henry Fincham was his nephew, being the son of George's elder brother John Fincham 1819 - ?. The whole family were organbuilders. George Fincham was apprenticed to Henry Bevington 1842/3 - 1849. Then he was foreman for James Bishop & Son then worked at Forster & Andrews before heading to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madorganist Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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