Henry Bryceson, Organ-Builder and Electric Action
<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="043085a3.jpg"> <div> <B>Henry Bryceson, Organ-Builder and Electric Action</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="044d2e83.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="04db6020.jpg" border=0 width="182" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Quarter scale experimental bichromate battery built by David Hemsley for the determination of power output and life expectancy when applied to pipe-organ electric clavier actions in the late 1860s</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.photographics.se" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.photographics.se"><U>Web Site by Mark Hemsley</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04507073.jpg"> <div> Welcome to David Hemsley's Site</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PhD Dissertation"><U>PhD Dissertation</U></A> | <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dissertation Abstract"><U>Dissertation Abstract</U></A> | <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links (Unrelated)"><U>Links (Unrelated)</U></A> | <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Published Papers"><U>Published Papers</U></A> | <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A> | <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Book"><U>Guest Book</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Henry Bryceson (Bryceson Brothers) pioneered electric action in England during the late 1860s.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> The firm employed electro-pneumatic technology originally developed by C. S. Barker in France.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Barker built the world's first electric action organ in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Laurent,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Salon, Bouches du Rhone in 1866.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>