{{Short description|17th-century instrument in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire}} The '''Milton Organ''' is a 17th-century instrument in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, which has been relocated several times. thumb|The Milton Organ It was made for Magdalen College, Oxford at the beginning of the 1630s. The builder was Robert Dallam of the Dallam family of organ builders. It may have been the first organ Robert built independently, as his father Thomas Dallam died around 1630.
After the English Civil War it was removed to the chapel of Hampton Court Palace, where Oliver Cromwell took up residence. The poet Milton may have played the instrument at this location before it was returned to Magdalen College as a result of the Stuart Restoration.<ref name="MT">{{Cite journal| jstor=965479 | title=The Organ of Magdalen College, Oxford. 1: The Historical Background of Earlier Organs, 1481–1985 | publisher=Musical Times Publications Ltd. | journal=The Musical Times |volume=127 |issue=1718 | date=May 1986 | author=Harper, John | pages=293–296| doi=10.2307/965479 }} {{registration required}}</ref> It came to Tewkesbury in 1737. Since then, it has undergone several major rebuilds, but still has its Dallam case. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury, Abbey of St. Mary the Virgin |url=https://npor.org.uk/survey/D03548 |website=National Pipe Organ Register (www.npor.org.uk)}}</ref>
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Category:Individual pipe organs in the United Kingdom Category:Tewkesbury Abbey