James Chapman Bishop

James Chapman Bishop (1783 – 2 December 1854[1]) was a notable British organ manufacturer of the 19th century.[2]

The organ of 1829 in St James's Church, Bermondsey

History

He was apprenticed to Benjamin Flight and then set up his own business in London in 1807 initially at York buildings in Marylebone and later at 250 Marylebone Road.

On his death in 1854, the business was run by his son, Charles Augustus Bishop (born 1821), John Starr and William Ebenezer Richardson, and was known as Bishop, Starr and Richardson from 1854 to 1857, and then Bishop and Starr from 1857 onwards. From 1873 it became Bishop and Son.

Works

References

  1. "Died". Morning Chronicle. England. 6 December 1854. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Bush, Douglas Earl; Kassel, Richard (2006). The Organ: An Encyclopedia. Google Books: Psychology Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780415941747.
  3. "NPOR [N07911]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. "Dorchester Musical Festival". Salisbury and Winchester Journal. England. 22 September 1823. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Wednesbury Musical Festival". Aris's Birmingham Gazette. England. 19 July 1830. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Opening of the Cathedral Organ". Norwich Mercury. England. 18 January 1834. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Opening of St Michael's Organ". Aris's Birmingham Gazette. England. 18 April 1836. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Willenhall Church". Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser. England. 22 February 1837. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Yesterday being the day appointed for the opening of the new organ in St James's Church, Devizes". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. England. 3 June 1841. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Sacred Music". Lancaster Gazette. England. 7 August 1841. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "The New Organ at the Gravesend Literary Institution". South Eastern Gazette. England. 13 September 1842. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "The opening of a new organ erecting at Queen Camel Church". Sherborne Mercury. England. 18 April 1842. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. "Opening of the new Roman Catholic Chapel at Stockton". Durham County Advertiser. England. 15 July 1842. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. "Liskeard". Royal Cornwall Gazette. England. 22 November 1844. Retrieved 26 November 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. "The Bowness Church Organ". Kendal Mercury. England. 15 August 1846. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. "Catholic Chapel, Lowther Street, Carlisle". Carlisle Journal. England. 15 December 1848. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. "Hereford Musical Festival". Illustrated London News. England. 15 September 1849. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. "Kingswinford". Worcestershire Chronicle. England. 26 September 1849. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. "The authorities at St James' Church, Piccadilly…". Hampshire Chronicle. England. 23 October 1852. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.


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