Abbotsbury : Barrel organ.Ref: Southern Times and Dorset County Herald (13 Ap. 1872) pp.11-2 *Bere Regis : John Gray barrel organ transferred from Puddletown 1852. Transferred to private ownership & then to Dorset County Museum 1935. Restored by John Budgen & Gordon Bartlet in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQVs1vITXQURef: Western Gazette (23 Jan. 1925) p.7 & (13 Feb. 1925) p.7; Western Daily Press (15 May 1925) p.8; F.W. Galpin, The Choir (Jul. 1934) p.150; Gordon Bartlet, ‘The Dorset County Museum Barrel Organ - Part One’, The Music Box, vol.27 no.6 (Summer 2016) pp.212-7; ‘The Dorset County Museum Barrel Organ - Part Two’, The Music Box, vol.27 no.7 (Autumn 2016) pp.251-7*Bothenhampton : Barrel organ.Ref: Bridport News (14 Jun. 1878) p.2; MacDermott (1948) p.67Bridport : Alexander Buckingham barrel organ installed 1827.Ref: NPOR, N10022Buckhorn Weston : Barrel organ installed 1846.Ref: NPOR, N00255*Buckland Newton : Barrel organ converted to finger organ 1859.*Bushey : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1836.Ref: Salisbury & Winchester Journal (10 Oct. 1896) p.8; G.M. Marston, Letter, Notes and Queries, X (1 Apr. 1922) p.254Cerne Abbas : Barrel organ rebuilt c.1864.Ref: Dorset County Chronicle (17 Dec. 1863) p.4Chalbury : Barrel organ.Ref: Dorset History Centre (DHC), PE/CHY/CW 1/3 (1879)Charmouth : Robson & Son barrel organ installed 1836.Ref: DHC, PE/CMO/CW 11 Bills including one for a psalmodic barrel-organ (1836)Church Knowle : Barrel organ built from parts of Tyneham organ.Ref: John Budgen, ‘Experiences with Barrel Organs’, BIOS Reporter (Apr. 1997)Corfe Mullen : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1863.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 7 (1863) p.271Durweston : Barrel & finger organ sold 1877.Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (10 Mar. 1877) p.4Kimmeridge : Barrel organ.Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (10 Oct. 1896) p.8Lillington : See Surviving Instruments*Lydlinch : Robson & Son barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Transferred to Rudston (Yorks.) 1850.Ref: Hull Packet (17 Nov. 1848) p.1; The Organ (Jul. 1958) p.13; Elvin (1976) p.23*Lytchett Maltravers : Bates & Son barrel organ installed 1855. Converted to finger organ 1871.Ref: DHC, PE/LMA/CW 5/2 Bills and receipts for barrel organ (1854-5), PE/LMA/CW 5/3 Receipted bills for converting barrel organ to finger organ (1871); MacDermott (1948) p.67Lytchett Minster : Henry Bryceson barrel organ installed 1845.Ref: DHC, PE/LMR/VE 1/2 Minute book, subscribers to barrel organ (1845); Southern Times and Dorset County Herald (18 Apr. 1874) p.6Netherbury : John Gray barrel organ installed 1828.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1828) p.61*Portland, Reforne : Barrel organ.*Puddletown : John Gray barrel organ installed 1839. Replacement barrel organ transferred to Bere Regis 1852.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p. 127; Dorset County Chronicle (28 Jun. 1855) p.4; Galpin (1934) p.150; Arthur Helps, A Guide to the the Ancient Church of St Mary’s, Puddletown (Bridport, 1938); MacDermott (1948) p.67; Bartlet (2016)Ryme Intrinseca : Barrel organ.Ref: Western Gazette (8 Jan. 1886) p.4*Sherborne : Barrel organ installed 1849.Sixpenny Handley : Barrel organ.Ref: NPOR, N10073Steeple : See Surviving instrumentsStinsford : Barrel organ installed 1840.Ref: Timothy Hands, Thomas Hardy & Stinsford Church (Bridport, 1992)Studland : Barrel organ.Ref: Salisbury & Winchester Journal (10 Oct. 1896), p.8Sturminster Marshall : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1859.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 6 (1859) p.238Tarrant Gunville : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1852.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1852) p.239*Tarrant Keyneston : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1853.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1853) p.251 *Tyneham : Barrel organ. Parts used to build organ at Church Knowle.Ref: Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset (Mar. 1896) p.14; Budgen (1997)*Wimborne St Giles : Barrel organ destroyed by fire c.1908.* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.74-5
Abbotsbury : Barrel organ. Ref: Southern Times and Dorset County Herald (13 Ap. 1872) pp.11-2 *Bere Regis : John Gray barrel organ transferred from Puddletown 1852. Transferred to private ownership & then to Dorset County Museum 1935. Restored by John Budgen & Gordon Bartlet in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQVs1vITXQURef: Western Gazette (23 Jan. 1925) p.7 & (13 Feb. 1925) p.7; Western Daily Press (15 May 1925) p.8; F.W. Galpin, The Choir (Jul. 1934) p.150; Gordon Bartlet, ‘The Dorset County Museum Barrel Organ - Part One’, The Music Box, vol.27 no.6 (Summer 2016) pp.212-7; ‘The Dorset County Museum Barrel Organ - Part Two’, The Music Box, vol.27 no.7 (Autumn 2016) pp.251-7*Bothenhampton : Barrel organ.Ref: Bridport News (14 Jun. 1878) p.2; MacDermott (1948) p.67Bridport : Alexander Buckingham barrel organ installed 1827.Ref: NPOR, N10022Buckhorn Weston : Barrel organ installed 1846.Ref: NPOR, N00255*Buckland Newton : Barrel organ converted to finger organ 1859.*Bushey : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1836.Ref: Salisbury & Winchester Journal (10 Oct. 1896) p.8; G.M. Marston, Letter, Notes and Queries, X (1 Apr. 1922) p.254Cerne Abbas : Barrel organ rebuilt c.1864.Ref: Dorset County Chronicle (17 Dec. 1863) p.4Chalbury : Barrel organ.Ref: Dorset History Centre (DHC), PE/CHY/CW 1/3 (1879)Charmouth : Robson & Son barrel organ installed 1836.Ref: DHC, PE/CMO/CW 11 Bills including one for a psalmodic barrel-organ (1836)Church Knowle : Barrel organ built from parts of Tyneham organ. Ref: John Budgen, ‘Experiences with Barrel Organs’, BIOS Reporter (Apr. 1997)Corfe Mullen : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1863.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 7 (1863) p.271Durweston : Barrel & finger organ sold 1877.Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (10 Mar. 1877) p.4Kimmeridge : Barrel organ.Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (10 Oct. 1896) p.8Lillington : See Surviving Instruments*Lydlinch : Robson & Son barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Transferred to Rudston (Yorks.) 1850.Ref: Hull Packet (17 Nov. 1848) p.1; The Organ (Jul. 1958) p.13; Elvin (1976) p.23*Lytchett Maltravers : Bates & Son barrel organ installed 1855. Converted to finger organ 1871.Ref: DHC, PE/LMA/CW 5/2 Bills and receipts for barrel organ (1854-5), PE/LMA/CW 5/3 Receipted bills for converting barrel organ to finger organ (1871); MacDermott (1948) p.67Lytchett Minster : Henry Bryceson barrel organ installed 1845. Ref: DHC, PE/LMR/VE 1/2 Minute book, subscribers to barrel organ (1845); Southern Times and Dorset County Herald(18 Apr. 1874) p.6Netherbury : John Gray barrel organ installed 1828.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1828) p.61*Portland, Reforne : Barrel organ.*Puddletown : John Gray barrel organ installed 1839. Replacement barrel organ transferred to Bere Regis 1852.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p. 127; Dorset County Chronicle (28 Jun. 1855) p.4; Galpin (1934) p.150; Arthur Helps, A Guide to the the Ancient Church of St Mary’s, Puddletown (Bridport, 1938); MacDermott (1948) p.67; Bartlet (2016)Ryme Intrinseca : Barrel organ.Ref: Western Gazette (8 Jan. 1886) p.4*Sherborne : Barrel organ installed 1849.Sixpenny Handley : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N10073Steeple : See Surviving instrumentsStinsford : Barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: Timothy Hands, Thomas Hardy & Stinsford Church (Bridport, 1992)Studland : Barrel organ.Ref: Salisbury & Winchester Journal (10 Oct. 1896), p.8Sturminster Marshall : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1859. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 6 (1859) p.238Tarrant Gunville : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1852.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1852) p.239*Tarrant Keyneston : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1853.Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1853) p.251 *Tyneham : Barrel organ. Parts used to build organ at Church Knowle. Ref: Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset (Mar. 1896) p.14; Budgen (1997)*Wimborne St Giles : Barrel organ destroyed by fire c.1908.*Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.74-5