Category:John Barrett (luthier)
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- Eric Halfpenny (March 1984) (submitted in 1978). "The Berkswell Cello". Galpin Society Journal 37 (Mar. 1984): 2-5. doi:10.2307/841134, JSTOR 841134."EDITORS' NOTE: Eric Halfpenny submitted this article in 1978, the year before he died. Having felt in perhaps inappropriate to print it too soon following his sudden death, we do so now as a contribution in his memory. "
- The Berkswell 'Cello - A rare West Gallery musical instrument. Our Warwickshire (OurWarwickshire.org.uk). CommunitySites. Heritage & Culture Warwichshire. Warwickshire County Council."This article was originally published in the Berkswell Parish Magazine, and is reproduced with the permission of the author. ",
"The Berkswell ‘Cello is labelled and dated by the maker: John Barrett at the Harp and Crown in Pickadilly, London 1720.†The ‘cello is listed in the Berkswell Church Warden accounts in 1794, … ‘paid in part towards the *Basevial for the use of Church… £1-8s-6d’.1 / By 1794 the ‘cello was very much second hand at 74 years old. A musicians’ gallery2 was erected at the West end of the church in 17773. This gallery accommodated a church band and quire that formed part of the ‘West Gallery’ tradition of music for psalmody and hymnody in Anglican Churches at the time. / Nine pews were allocated to parishioners, and paid for, in the gallery in 1778 and three were left for ‘ye singers’4. The gallery was dismantled in 1896 to make way for the installation of a new Willis organ that was blessed at a special service in 1897. ",
"1. 14 June1794: ‘… paid in part towards the *Basevial for the use of Church … £1-8s-6d’ ",
"2. 6 March 1777: Vestry Meeting approved a scheme to build a gallery at the West end of the church ",
"3. 24 August 1777: Robert Hester gave the Churchwardens a receipt for £47-0s-0d, being payment in full …‘for building a Gallery in the Parish Church of Berkswell this present year’. ",
"4. In 1778, nine pews in the Gallery were allocated and paid for; three were left for ‘ye singers’. ",
"5. 13 November 1810, ‘Paid for case for the violoncello … 5 shillings.’ ",
"† Also written in ink on the original label, the name of a local repairer: ‘J Thompson, Berkswell, 1790’ ",
"* Basevial or Bass viol is an 18th Century name for a ‘cello or violoncello. "
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