Forster and Andrews

Forster and Andrews was a British organ building company between 1843 and 1924.

The company was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bishop. They opened the business that bore their name in Hull in 1843. The business developed and became one of the most successful of the North of England organ builders. It was taken over by John Christie in 1924 and finally wound up in 1956. As well as their Hull headquarters, the company had branches in London and York.^[1]

The German builder Edmund Schulze (1823–1878), an influence on Forster and Andrews, used to recommend them to prospective clients when he was unable to accept commissions.^[2]

List of organs

Congregational Chapel, Derby 1846
St Wilfrid's Church, Alford, Lincolnshire
All Saints' Church, Hessle, Hull 1846, removed to St George's Church, West Grinstead, Sussex 1890,^[3]
St Andrew's Church, Epworth 1849, now in St John the Baptist's Church, Burringham
St James' Church, Hill, Birmingham 1853
St James' Church Glossop 1859
St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley 1860
Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester 1860
St Peter's Church, Lowick 1861
Methodist Church, Partick, Glasgow 1862
St John the Baptist's Church, Collingham 1863 (enlargement)
All Saints' Church, Cambridge 1864
Castle Gate Congregational Centre, Nottingham 1865,^[3] organ rebuilt in St Salvatorkerk, Harelbeke (Belgium) in 2012^[4]
St Radegund's Church, Scruton 1865
St Peter & St Paul's Church, Aylesford 1865, extended F&A 1879
All Saints' Church, North Street, York 1867
York Oratory 1867
All Souls' Church, Halifax 1868
St Oswald's Church, Askrigg 1869 (restored 1998)^[5]
Sts Thomas Minster 1870
Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell 1872
Tondu Wesleyian Methodist Church, Bridgend, South Wales 1872
St Boniface Church, Antwerp 1873
St Andrew's Church, Walpole 1873
St George's Church, Modbury 1873
Ilkley Congregational Church 1873
St Peter's Church, Netherseal 1874
unknown 1875, organ rebuilt in the Regenboogkerk (Rainbowchurch), Leiden (The Netherlands) in 2006
St Philip and St James Church, Booterstown, Dublin 1876
St Paul's Church, Glenageary c. 1876; rebuilt and enlarged by Derek Verso & Co. in 1993
St Margaret's Church, Rochester 1877, subsequently extended by Browns in 1902
St Mary's Church, Boyton, Wiltshire 1877 – given to the church by Prince Leopold^[6]
West Bromwich Town Hall 1878
Parish Church, Hurlford, near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire 1878 (removed from original installation in Hurlford Kirk to the former Reid Memorial Church at the union of the two in 1994.)
Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate 1880
Christ Church, Taney Parish c. 1880 (exact date unknown). Rebuilt and altered by Kenneth Jones & Associates, 1989
St Brigid's Church, Castleknock c. 1880 (exact date unknown)
St Matthias' Church, Ballybrack c. 1880 (exact date unknown)
First Methodist Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1882
All Saints' Anglican Church,^[7] Woollahra, Australia, 1882
Holy Trinity Church, Stourpaine, 1882
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Peru 352 Buenos Aires, April 23rd, 1883. Fully refurbished 2017-2022
The Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East, Yorkshire, 1883
St Patrick's Church, Dalkey 1883
St John the Evangelist's Church, Truro 1884
Robertson Street Congregational Church, Hastings 1884^[8]
Rathfarnham Parish Church, Rathfarnham, Dublin 1885. Rebuilt by R. E. Meates & Son Limited in 1961.
St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr 1885
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Water Orton 1885
St John the Baptist, Potters Bar, 1885 (moved to St Mary the Virgin & All Saints, Potters Bar, in 1915 after St John's was closed)^[9]
Congregational Church (now shop) in Tunbridge Wells 1885, organ rebuilt in the Reformed Church De Tabernakel,^[10] Vaassen (The Netherlands) in 1992
St Audoen's Church, Dublin 1885
St Paul's Church, Clapham 1886,^[11] historically congruent rebuild of the organ was finished in 2019 by Andrew Cooper & Co. Ltd^[12]
St Margaret's, Horsmonden 1886 (rebuild and enlargement of a William Hill and Son organ, built 1837)
All Saints' Church, Matlock Bank 1886^[13]
Saint Joseph's Church, Singapore 1888
St Mary's Church, Redbourn Hertfordshire 1888
St Margaret and St Leonard's Church, Edinburgh 1888
St Peter's Church, Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire 1888^[14]
All Saints Church, Frindsbury, Kent 1889

Saint-Paul's Church, Rennes, 1889 ^[15]

St Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple 1889-1890
St Mary's Church, Nantwich 1890

St Martin le Grand, York, 1891, moved to St Thomas à Becket Church, Hampsthwaite in 1948^[16]

St Wilfrid's Church, Egginton 1892^[17]
now at The Barn Church, Kew, 1894
St Peter's Church, Field Broughton 1894^[18]
St Luke's Church, Shireoaks 1896
Holy Trinity Church, Rugby, Warwickshire 1896
St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber 1898; moved to St Mary's, Barton-upon Humber 1972-4
St James' Church, High Melton 1898
Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Nieuwer ter Aa, The Netherlands 1898
St Mary's and St Helen's Church, Neston 1900
St Andrew's Church, Derby 1902
United Reformed Church, Llandudno (Wales) 1902, rebuilt and enlarged in the Nazareth-Kirche, Hannover (Germany) in 2018-2019 by Orgelbau Reinhard Hüfken^[19]^[20]
Parish Church, Darvel, Ayrshire 1908
St Augustine of Hippo, Grimsby
St Wistan's, Wistow, Leicestershire
St Mary's, White Waltham, 1892
Pilrig St Paul's Church,^[21] Edinburgh 1903
Seven Day Adventist Church (Ex Saint Michael A. Church), Iquique, Chile, 1911
Saint Paul Church, Valparaíso, Chile^[22]

References

^ "Details: Forster & Andrews". The National Pipe Organ Register. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ The making of the Victorian organ. Nicholas Thistlethwaite
^ ^a ^b Laurence Elvin, Forster And Andrews Organ Builders 1843-1956
^ "Feenstra Orgelrestauratie - Harelbeke". www.frfeenstra.nl.
^ "St Wilfrid's, R.C. Church, York, Harrison & Harrison" (PDF).
^ "NPOR [D01836]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
^ "All Saints Church - Woollahra NSW". allsaintschurch.org.au.
^ Hastings and St Leonards Observer, Saturday 19 July 1884, p.7
^ "The Organ". St John the Baptist, Potters Bar.
^ "The Forster and Andrews Organ". Reformed Church De Tabernakel.
^ "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". www.npor.org.uk.
^ "Music | St Paul's Clapham". stpaulsclapham.
^ "Organ Opening at Matlock Bank". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 18 December 1886. Retrieved 6 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Pratt, Graham. "St. Peter's Church, Bourton on Dunsmore".
^ "Le nouvel orgue de l'église Saint-Paul de Rennes". 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024.
^ "NPOR [N02775]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
^ "Egginton. Opening and Dedication of the Organ at the Parish Church". Derby Mercury. Derby. 9 November 1892. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ "St Peters Church – Helping Maintain an Anglican Presence on the Cartmel Peninsula". www.stpetersfieldbroughton.org.uk.
^ "Nazarethkirche hat neue Orgel". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine. 15 January 2019.
^ "Hannover-Südstadtgemeinde: Englische Orgel" (in German). Archived from the original on 7 January 2019.
^ "Pilrig St. Paul's Church".
^ "Records of Forster and Andrews" (PDF). hullhistorycentre.org.uk. p. 1. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

Laurence Elvin, Forster and Andrews, Their barrel, chamber, and small church organs

[1] "Details: Forster & Andrews". The National Pipe Organ Register. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[2] The making of the Victorian organ. Nicholas Thistlethwaite

[auto-3] Laurence Elvin, Forster And Andrews Organ Builders 1843-1956

[4] "Feenstra Orgelrestauratie - Harelbeke". www.frfeenstra.nl.

[5] "St Wilfrid's, R.C. Church, York, Harrison & Harrison" (PDF).

[6] "NPOR [D01836]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.

[7] "All Saints Church - Woollahra NSW". allsaintschurch.org.au.

[hslo18840719-8] Hastings and St Leonards Observer, Saturday 19 July 1884, p.7

[9] "The Organ". St John the Baptist, Potters Bar.

[10] "The Forster and Andrews Organ". Reformed Church De Tabernakel.

[11] "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". www.npor.org.uk.

[12] "Music | St Paul's Clapham". stpaulsclapham.

[13] "Organ Opening at Matlock Bank". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 18 December 1886. Retrieved 6 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[14] Pratt, Graham. "St. Peter's Church, Bourton on Dunsmore".

[15] "Le nouvel orgue de l'église Saint-Paul de Rennes". 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024.

[16] "NPOR [N02775]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.

[17] "Egginton. Opening and Dedication of the Organ at the Parish Church". Derby Mercury. Derby. 9 November 1892. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[18] "St Peters Church – Helping Maintain an Anglican Presence on the Cartmel Peninsula". www.stpetersfieldbroughton.org.uk.

[19] "Nazarethkirche hat neue Orgel". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine. 15 January 2019.

[20] "Hannover-Südstadtgemeinde: Englische Orgel" (in German). Archived from the original on 7 January 2019.

[21] "Pilrig St. Paul's Church".

[22] "Records of Forster and Andrews" (PDF). hullhistorycentre.org.uk. p. 1. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

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