Charles Lloyd was a pipe organ

Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...

 builder based in Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

 who flourished between 1859 and 1909.

Background

Charles Lloyd had previously worked for Groves of London. Charles Lloyd set up in business first with Lorenzo Valentine and shortly afterwards with Alfred Dudgeon. Their workshop was at 52A Union Road, near the centre of Nottinghan. They were soon at work installing organs in places of worship in and around the Nottingham area. Charles Lloyd was commissioned by Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers

Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers

Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers was a British nobleman and politician.Born at Holme Pierrepont, he was the second surviving son of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers. Educated at Eton, Pierrepont entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1843 and received his BA in 1846...

 of Holme Pierrepont

Holme Pierrepont

Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet located south of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region....

, to construct and exhibit a 2 manual & pedal organ at the Birmingham Trades Exhibition in 1865. It was to win Lloyd a gold medal award for its workmanship and tone. After the exhibition was over the organ was removed back to Nottingham and installed in St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont

St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont

St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont is a parish church in the Church of England in Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest....

.

It appears that Lloyd & Dudgeon were partners until 1876. It then became changed to C. Lloyd & Co, Church Organ Builders, Nottingham.

When the Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway

The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...

 was brought to Nottingham in 1896, land occupied by the Lloyd business had to be cleared to make way for the Victoria Station. Charles Lloyd moved to 79 Brighton Street, St Ann’s.

In 1909, his son, Charles Francis Lloyd took over the business and it continued until 1928 with no change to the name.

Company names and addresses

• Lloyd and Valentine 1859 - 1860, Bilbie Street, Nottingham
• Lloyd and Dudgeon 1862 - 1876, 52A Union Road, Nottingham
• C. Lloyd & Co 1876 - 1896, 52A Union Road, Nottingham
• C. Lloyd & Co 1896 - 1928, 79 Brighton Street, St Ann’s, Nottingham

Apprentices

The first was Ernest Wragg of Carlton, who after his period of training set up as an organ builder himself in 1894 on Carlton Road, Thorneywood, as E. Wragg & Son

E. Wragg & Son

E. Wragg & Son was a pipe organ builder based in Nottingham who flourished between 1894 and 1969.-Background:Ernest Wragg of Carlton trained with Charles Lloyd in Nottingham and set up as an organ builder himself in 1894 on Carlton Road, Thorneywood, Later the company changed its name when his...

, Organ Builders.

The second was John Compton

John Compton (organ builder)

John Compton , born in Newton Burgoland, Leicestershire, was a pipe organ builder. His business based in Nottingham and London flourished between 1902 and 1965.-Life:...

, born in Measham, Leicestershire. He entered into organ building first at Birmingham, then with Brindley of Sheffield, then in Nottingham under Charles Lloyd. When free of his apprenticeship in 1902, along with an organ builder named Musson of Woodborough Road, Nottingham, they became Compton & Musson.

Noted instruments

• St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont
  St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont
  St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont is a parish church in the Church of England in Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest....
  
   1868
• Broad Street Batist Church, Nottingham 1869
• Addison Street Congregational Church, Nottingham 1885
• St. Giles Church, West Bridgford
  St. Giles Church, West Bridgford
  St. Giles' Church, West Bridgford is an Anglican parish church in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
  , Nottingham 1899 at a cost of £300. It was a 3 manual & pedal with Choir organ prepared for. It was rebuilt and enlarged by Henry Willis & Sons in 1952, and removed in 1993.
• Albion Street Congregational Church, Sneinton
  Sneinton
  Sneinton is a south-eastern suburb of Nottingham, England. The area is bounded by Carlton to the north, Colwick to the south, Meadow Lane to the southwest and Bakersfield to the east.-Description:...
  
  , Nottingham 1905