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Dallam was the surname of a family of English organ builders, active in England and Brittany. The first known member of the family, Thomas Dallam, originated from Dallam in Lancashire.
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Thomas Dallam I
Main article: Thomas DallamThe first Thomas Dallam (ca. 1570 – after 1614) came from Dallam, Lancashire, but established himself in London where he became a member of the Blacksmiths' Company. During 1599 and 1600 he went on a voyage from London to Istanbul in order to deliver an organ to the sultan Mehmet III.[1] Thomas Dallam afterwards built many important organs, including that of King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
Robert Dallam
Thomas Dallam's son Robert Dallam (born ca. 1602) became an important organ builder in England and in Brittany, where the family continued its career during the English Commonwealth. In 1660, following the restoration of the monarchy, Robert Dallam and other members of the family returned to England, where they built an organ for St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Thomas Dallam II
Robert's eldest son was called Thomas and was born around 1630. As a child, he moved to France with his family. Although his father returned to England in 1660, Thomas remained in France building organs, several of which have been preserved in more or less their original condition.
Organ by Thomas Dallam II at Guimiliau (1677).
Location of Dallam organs
England
- Tewkesbury Abbey. This church has an organ with a case by Robert Dallam.
France
- Ergué-Gabéric. This church has an organ by Thomas Dallam II and his son Toussaint Dallam dated 1680.[2]
- Guimiliau. This church has an organ by Thomas Dallam II.
- Ploujean. This church has an organ by Thomas Dallam II. Dallam's contribution was the pipework rather than the wooden case.[3]
- Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Saint Paul Aurélien cathedral has an organ by Robert Dallam.
See also
References
- ^ Carrington, Dorothy (1949) The Traveller's Eye. London: Pilot Press; p. 81
- ^ (French) Ergué-Gabéric Organ, French Ministry of Culture database entry.
- ^ (French) Ploujean organ, French Ministry of Culture database entry. Retrieved on 11 July 2011.
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Categories:- Business families
- Breton music
- Pipe organ builders
- Organ builders of the United Kingdom
- English expatriates in France
- 16th-century English people
- 17th-century English people
- People from Lancashire
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