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Accession No	1898.156
Name/Title	BARREL ORGAN; WILLIAMS BARREL ORGAN
Primary Maker	Buckingham, Alexander (active 1821-1828)
Primary Prod Date	1829
Primary Prod Period	19th century
Primary Prod Place	London/England
Credit Line	The first barrel organ in NZ, sent as a gift through a bequest to Archdeacon Henry Williams and his brother William Williams, from their maternal uncle in England, John Marsh, to Paihia, Bay of Island, in 1829. Later installed in the new church at Pakaraka in April 1851. In 1867 it passed into the possession of Henry's eldest son, Edward Marsh Williams, who in 1898 lent it to the Whanganui Regional Museum, through his son, the Rev. Alfred Owen Williams, who was based in Whanganui.

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