Henry Willis & Sons

E175160

British company pipe organ builder

Henry Willis & Sons is a renowned British firm of pipe organ builders, famous for constructing many of the United Kingdom’s most significant concert and church organs.

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Label	Occurrences
Henry Willis & Sons canonical	4

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British company ⓘ pipe organ builder ⓘ
activity	new organ construction ⓘ organ maintenance ⓘ organ rebuilding ⓘ organ restoration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Willis & Sons ⓘ
associatedWith	Edwardian era organ building ⓘ Victorian era organ building ⓘ
basedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
exportedTo	various countries outside the United Kingdom ⓘ
founder	Henry Willis ⓘ
hasClientType	cathedrals ⓘ concert halls ⓘ educational institutions ⓘ parish churches ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Henry Willis ⓘ surface form: Henry Willis (organ builder) Henry Willis ⓘ surface form: Henry Willis II Henry Willis III ⓘ Henry Willis IV ⓘ
hasNotableWork	Alexandra Palace ⓘ surface form: Alexandra Palace organ (restoration) Glasgow City Hall organ ⓘ Liverpool Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Liverpool Anglican Cathedral organ Royal Albert Hall organ ⓘ Salisbury Cathedral organ ⓘ St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral organ, London Truro Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Truro Cathedral organ Winchester Cathedral organ ⓘ organ of Westminster Cathedral (work on/alterations) ⓘ organ of the Royal Festival Hall (work on/alterations) ⓘ
hasReputation	engineering reliability ⓘ high tonal quality ⓘ historical importance in British organ building ⓘ
heritage	family-run business across multiple generations ⓘ
inception	1845 ⓘ
industry	musical instrument manufacturing ⓘ pipe organ construction ⓘ
influenced	development of British symphonic organ style ⓘ
notableFor	building church organs ⓘ building large concert hall organs ⓘ innovations in organ design ⓘ
operatesIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
specializesIn	electro-pneumatic action organs ⓘ tracker action organs ⓘ tubular pneumatic action organs ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Albert Hall → organBuilder → Henry Willis & Sons ⓘ

Liverpool Cathedral → organBuilder → Henry Willis & Sons ⓘ

Henry Willis → employer → Henry Willis & Sons ⓘ

Henry Willis → founded → Henry Willis & Sons ⓘ