1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VII.: Sacred Harmonic Society
From Graces Guide
38. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, Office, Exeter Hall.
Model of the orchestra of the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall, an amateur society established, in 1832, for the performance of oratorios, etc. Its orchestra comprises 114 stringed instruments (including 16 double basses), 31 wind instruments, and chorus of 500 voices, numbering in all 645 performers (there is also a large organ), conducted by Mr. Costa. The model was executed by Mr. Phidias Clarke, on a scale of half an inch to the foot.
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