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Henry Holland of London, Barrel Organ Builder
By Vincent Morgan

In the link below on the history of Trinity Church and its organs,
we read:

  "The first services in the original Trinity Church took place on
  March 13, 1698.  There was no organ until the building was enlarged
  in 1737, after which John Klemm of Philadelphia built a three-manual
  instrument of 26 stops for the gallery in 1740.  A stoplist for the
  Klemm organ has not been located.  This instrument was replaced in
  1764 or 1765 by a 25-stop organ built by John Snetzler of London;
  both the organ and church were destroyed by fire in 1776.  A second
  church was built in 1787 and contained a three-manual organ of 19
  stops by Henry Holland of London.  By 1839, the building showed signs
  of structural weakness and was razed.  The Holland organ was moved to
  the German Reformed Church on Norfolk Street in New York City."

Unfortunately, I cannot find anything about the German Reformed Church
on Norfolk Street.  I believe that both the organ and the church
building were destroyed over time, but that is merely an assumption.
More can be found at http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/TrinityWS.html

Vincent Morgan, New York City



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