A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bishop and Son

BISHOP & SON, organ-builders in London. This factory was established about the end of the 18th century by James C. Bishop, and was known successively as Bishop, Son & Starr, Bishop, Starr & Richardson, Bishop & Starr, and now Bishop & Son. At different times they have built the organs of St. George's (Catholic) Cathedral, Southwark ; St. James's Piccadilly, and the Oratory, Brompton, all in London; also those of the Cathedral and of the Town Hall, Bombay. They are the inventors of the Claribella stop, the Anti-concussion Valves, and the Composition Pedals. [See vol. ii. pp. 598, 599.]

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