A. E. Catlin and Co

Mayfield Organ Works, 15A Duncan Street, Edinburgh

Church and cathedral organ builders.

1908 Established by Arthur Edgar Catlin

1914 Church and Cathedral Organ Builders, Mayfield Organ Works, 15A, Duncan Street, Edinburgh, and as D. O. F. Hume, 41, Caird Drive, Partiok Hill, Glasgow. Hours of Business: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Established in 1908 by A. E. Catlin. Present Principal: Arthur Edgar Catlin. One of the most up-to-date firms in Great Britain. Premises: Occupy two flats, each sixty feet by thirty feet. Staff: Fifteen. Specialities: Electro-pneumatic and Mechanical Actions, every description of Organ parts supplied to the Trade, Tuning and Voicing. Piano-player Makers and Repairers.

1919 St. Aidan's Church, Norham. 'Built by Messrs Catlin and Co., Mayfield Organ Works. Edinburgh, the new organ contains the latest type of exhaust pneumatic action which gives the greatest effect in the smallest compass, and makes the touch on the keyboard of the detached console very light. The compass of the organ CC to C (61 notes) on Manuals, and CCC to F (30 notes) on Pedal Organ. A two h.p. electric motor, fitted by Mr Williams, electrician. High Street, Berwick, drives the powerful fan blower which accommodated in outhouse. the instrument, half ton of pneumatic tubing is used, rough mile and quarter piping, and with this the console which is placeed front of the stalls is connected with the organ.'

See Also

• 1914 Whitakers Red Book: O
• 1914 Whitakers Red Book: P
• 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company C
• Arthur Edgar Catlin