![]() Certainly in the period from 1850 to 1950 the United States was still very much the uncomfortable offspring of Great Britain, a place from which we sought liberation in order to pursue the seemingly incongruous goals of being more independent, free-spirited, rugged, uptight, pious and picky. ![]() So before identifying the influences, lets tackle a few basic parameters of this unwieldy topic. All it takes is one bewildering trip to Heathrow airport to realize the cliché that America and England are two countries divided by a common language. Surely many of you have gone to sell an organ, and the first thing out of the organists mouth is that they want a good solid English-sounding organ? As Stephen Bicknell has so adroitly pointed out, this is about as specific as their telling you that they are really looking for an organ made out of wood and metal.īecause of the broad scope of English organbuilding in the last hundred and fifty years, and our own still broader scope in the same time period, our common heritage and language leads us to assume a connection which is now fragmentary at best. ![]() ![]() Those of you who watch South Park will remember the man in the morgue who puts Worcestershire sauce on everything because it makes his food taste, well, more British. English influence in American organbuilding, 1850-1940Īmong Americans, English organs are the most misunderstood of any of the great national styles. ![]()
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