The Family and the Firm
William Hill
1789
William Hill born in Spilsby
1815
joined Thomas Elliot of London
1832
death of Elliot, first major instruments including novel features: Pedal pipes, 'German' pedal boards, CC compass, 16' registers on the manuals, large Swell divisions, wide-scaled choruses
1833
York Minster
1834
Birmingham Town Hall including first 32' facade pipes of the world
1837
14 months partnership with Frederick Davison
1838
Christ Church, Newgate Street, London: first 'German System' organ
1840
Hill built the first high pressure reed of the world for Birmingham Town Hall
1853
opus magnum for 'The Royal Panopticon of Science and Art' London: IV/P, 60
1870
last major organ for Melbourne Town Hall
1870
William Hill died on 19 December
William Hill, ca 1860
Birmingham Town Hall, ca 1850
Thomas Hill
1822
Thomas Hill born in London
1856
'Hill & Son'
novel features: new grade of pipe metal, terraced stop jambs, horizontal tubas (1859), first 64' reed of the world for Sydney Town Hall (Australia)
1862
Ulster Hall, Belfast
1871
Manchester Cathedral
1874
Worcester Cathedral
1884
Westminster Abbey
1889
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
1889
opus magnum for Sydney Town Hall V/P, 127
1893
last major organ for Queens Hall, London
1893
Thomas Hill died on 22 October
Thomas Hill, ca 1855
Westminster Abbey, ca 1895
Arthur George Hill
1857
Arthur was born born on 12 November to Thomas Hill and Mary Sophie
1883
publication 'The organ-cases and organs of the Middle Ages and Renaissance' (Vol 1)
1883
after leaving Cambridge University (MA) working at the Hill workshop
1886
case design for the Sydney Town Hall
1891
publication 'The organ-cases and organs of the Middle Ages and Renaissance' (Vol 2)
1893
'W. Hill & Son'
1894
opus magnum for Peterborough Cathedral: IV/P, 67
1902
Eton College
1905
All Saint's, Hove
1908
Lichfield Cathedral
1909
Selby Abbey
1912
Westminster Central Hall
1913
Docteur des lettres at the University of Lille (France)
1915
last major organ for All Hallow's, Gospel Oak, London
1916
'W. Hill & Son' amalgamated with 'Norman & Beard'
1923
Arthur Hill died on 22 October
Arthur Hill, ca 1910
Lichfield Cathedral, ca 1910
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