My postcard of the organ in St Michael and All Angels parish in Buckingham, shows a memorial tablet, a rather remarkable headpiece, and a sliver of the organ, in black and white. My card is used, with a fairly common stamp. The writer has dated it 1933, from London to Richmond, VA. The tablet, we are told, is from Queen Victoria in memory of the Earl of Beaconsfield.
The first organ in the church was built in 1864, a one-manual instrument. It was rebuilt and expanded in 1882. The most recent work was in 1979. The church's website includes helpful information, including before and after recordings of the instrument's 1979 work. The specification shows a fairly well-developed two-manual instrument. Included in the pdf is an image of the 1883 proposal for the restored instrument: fascinating. The first church on the site was from the 12th century. The facility underwent major restoration in the late-1800s. The church is closely related to Hughenden Manor, the home of Benjamin Disraeli; he is buried at the church.
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