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All Saint’s Leamington is a wonderful church built in a French Gothic style. The church has a wonderful crossing with the most delightful side chapel in the south aisle featuring the most beautiful altar backdrop (pictured right). This church is a real gem urgently in need of substantial help with restoration and a visit will…
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The idea for an association of Organists was conceived in November 1863 when the organist of St Michael’s Cornhill, Richard Limpus, convened a meeting of his fellow organists at Mullen’s Hotel Ironmonger Lane. This led to further meetings in 1864 and so it was that the ‘College of Organists’ began life holding its first open…
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September 26th 2013 saw the official opening of the stunning new Milton Court facilities for the GSMD that were contemplated as long ago as 1996. A large group of sponsors, suppliers, students and staff (along with myself) filled the Concert Hall together with distinguished guests, to listen to a short concert and formal opening by…
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Many of us are familiar with the phrase ‘Jam and Jerusalem’ as an epithet for the Women’s Institute but did you know that ‘Jam and Journalism’ could be similarly applied to Dundee? Dundee’s association with jam stems from Janet Keiller’s 1797 ‘invention’ of marmalade (pictured left). Journalism in Dundee refers to the publishing company of D. C. Thomson & Co….
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I have to admit that I had never heard of Yarm until we were invited to quote for an instrument for the school’s brand new performing arts auditorium. It’s called the Princess Alexandra Auditorium – since the Princess opened it in May 2012. Yarm is a pretty old market town on Teeside near Middlesbrough situated…
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This post is part of a series where I share some of my world travels which my love for organs has taken me. I help friends, associates and fellow organ lovers with projects that mean I get to see new and old organs in gorgeous settings and really experiment with this instrument. Travelling through Switzerland…
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There are many factors to take into account when considering not only which digital organ to buy, but also which brand/make of organ to invest in. In this post we hope to highlight some the pertinent elements to weigh up based on our years of experience in digital organs, the technology behind them and what…
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This post is part of a series where I share some of my world travels where my love for organs has taken me. I help friends, associates and fellow organ lovers with projects that mean I get to see new and old organs in gorgeous settings and really experiment with this instrument. Following hard on…
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We deal with a variety of different types of buyers in our industry, and in this post we give some insights into the differing needs for these groups of buyers and how we work with them. The Private Digital Organ Player This is the individual buyer who is expressly buying an organ for playing at…
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This post is part of a series where I share some of my world travels which my love for organs has taken me. I help friends, associates and fellow organ lovers with projects that mean I get to see new and old organs in gorgeous settings and really experiment with this instrument. I expect that…
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(Image above courtesy of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama) We had the privilege of working with the dedicated team at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in attaining and installing a beautiful new digital organ for their 608-seat Concert Hall. The School is reportedly one of the world’s leading music and…
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The Yarm School, founded in 1978, is an independent school in the picturesque village of Yarm in North East England. We were delighted to install our Regent Classic in the school’s stunning Princess Alexandra Auditorium. We tailored the instrument according to the school’s requirements and custom-built the Regent Classic in a Cavaille-Coll style console, which…
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In writing this article, we are trying to use our many years experience of digital organs to set out the major factors you should consider when choosing the supplier and instrument, whether this is for home practice, church or concert hall use.
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