George Fincham

He was apprenticed in 1842–49 to the London organ builder Henry Bevington, and then worked as a foreman for James Bishop & Son.

Fincham emigrated to Australia in 1852 and started working as an organ tuner and repairer 113 Queen Street in Melbourne.

Within ten years of his arrival in Australia he had raised sufficient funds to equip a workshop and buy stock to begin organ building as George Fincham & Sons.

The organ building business grew and by 1904 he had a branches in Adelaide and Sydney, and agents in Perth and Brisbane.

He was outstanding among Australian organ builders for his skill, his business ability and his readiness to keep pace with modern trends.