Renatus Harris

Renatus Harris (c. 1652 - 1724) was an English master organ maker in England in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.During the period of the Commonwealth, in the mid-seventeenth century, Puritans controlled the country and organ music was banned in churches.He was also famous for introducing stops to organs which imitated particular instruments - a kind of hallmark - such as trumpet, cremona, cornet, etc.Renatus Harris died at Salisbury in August or September, 1724[1] shortly after completing his last organ with his son John at St Dionis Backchurch in the City of London.Each erected an organ in the Temple Church and they hired prominent organists Giovanni Battista Draghi, John Blow and Henry Purcell to demonstrate the superiority of their instruments.
BretagneSalisburyEnglandCommonwealthPuritansFranceRestorationBernard SmithThomas DallamRobert DallamMoses HarrisTemple ChurchLondonGiovanni Battista DraghiJohn BlowHenry PurcellChrist Church Cathedral, DublinSt John's Church, WolverhamptonSt Botolph's AldgateMartin Goetze and Dominic GwynnThe Elusive English OrganBristol CathedralAll Hallows TwickenhamWorshipful Company of Merchant TaylorsCity of LondonMander OrgansChrist Church GreyfriarsChrist Church NewgateWilliam Hill & SonsHenry Gauntlettthe BlitzSt Michael, Cornhill