David Ivory
Organist /Entertainer
The Museum was built in 1976 to house Robert Finbow's collection of automatic musical instruments. Later David England's collection of cinema memorabilia (which included the Wurlitzer organ) joined the 'Finbow collection'.
The Museum opened on the 10th of October 1982 with a concert featuring David Ivory and Nigel Ogden at the Wurlitzer. On the following day David Ivory recorded the Wurlitzer for BBC Radio 2.
Originally built for an American cinema, the Wurlitzer spent most of its working life at the Leicester Square Theatre London. David England saved the instrument from destruction and before coming to Cotton had it installed in his home at Diss, Norfolk.
David Ivory has been resident organist since the Museum's opening. Most of his work consists of entertaining the various coach parties who come the Museum for evening tours. He can also be heard playing and demonstrating the Wurlitzer on the last Sunday afternoon of each month the Museum is open.
The Museum is open on Sunday afternoons in June, July, August and September 2:30 - 5:30 pm
The Village of Cotton is located just off the B1113, 6 miles north of Stowmarket, Suffolk.
The 2008 season at Cotton is now over.