These names represented a contemporary roll-call of academic figures, professional and amateur performers and private collectors, enthusiastically following the pioneering activities of Canon Galpin and bringing the relatively unknown term organology, coined in 1941 by Nicholas Bessaraboff, to the attention of a wider public.
A group of prominent figures, including academics, performers, and collectors, were at the forefront of the movement, enthusiastically supporting Canon Galpin's pioneering work and bringing the concept of organology, first introduced by Nicholas Bessaraboff in 1941, to the attention of a wider public.