Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Abbey na Whilton, obodo Northamptonshire, na Disemba 22, 1785. N'oge ntorobịa ya, ọ bụ onye nkuzi nke James na David Davis, na nke Hugh Russell mgbe afọ 1818 gachara, ha abụọ bụ ndị a ma ama na-ewu ụlọ n'oge ha. N'afọ 1826, Abbey gara Paris, na ọkpụkpọ òkù nke Sébastien Érard, onye a ma ama na-emepụta ụbọ akwara na piano, ka ọ rụọ ọrụ n'ahụ organ nke Érard chepụtara, nke o zigara na Ngosi nke Mmepụta nke National Industry na 1827, yana iwu ụlọ maka Convent nke Legion of Honour, na St. Denis. O wukwaara otu ụlọ egwu site n'atụmatụ Érard maka ụlọ ekpere nke Tuileries, nke, n'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, nwere nanị ndụ dị mkpirikpi, na-ebibi na
Mgbanwe nke 1830.