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It was in August 2025 when we received an email from David Van Rooyen, an organ enthusiast from Durban, South Africa. He wanted to develop his organ practice and was interested in purchasing a three manual instrument for his home. David had given a huge amount of thought to his requirements and what the organ…
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This time it was Sherborne Abbey in Dorset. On Wednesday 29th April we received a call from James Henderson (Director of Music) desperate to know if we could provide an instrument for long-term hire within a week. The Abbey was having some internal building work (moving the vestry to create a new internal toilet block)…
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It was in December 2022 when we were first contacted by Robbie Starling, organist at Hanham Baptist Church in Bristol. Their 2-manual Bradford computing organ had given around 30 years of faithful service. However, time had taken its toll and the instrument had reached a point where repair was no longer economically viable. A new…
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It was in April 2025 when we received an email from Timothy Parsons, Director of Music at Wells Cathedral, asking us to prepare a scheme of works and quotation for providing a 3-manual hire instrument with external audio for use while the Cathedral’s Harrison pipe organ underwent significant refurbishment. We were told this work would…
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A Viscount organ has been selected for one of this year’s BBC Proms concerts, not in London’s Royal Albert Hall, but in the North-East at the beautiful Glasshouse International Centre for Music, in Gateshead. On Saturday 26th July 2025, the Glasshouse will host BBC Proms: Bach and Mendelssohn, with a full symphony orchestra and chorus…
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Sometimes, an inquiry for a new instrument can take several years from first contact to installation, and this was indeed the case at St. Michael’s Church in Farnsfield, where the first conversation began back in February 2019. Why replace the Binns? The church’s small 13-stop Binns organ, situated in the northeast transept had become increasingly…
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In February of this year, we received an email from the organist, Roger Tempest at South Aston United Reformed Church in Birmingham. Their 1980’s Wyvern drawstop organ had given up the ghost after around 40 years of good service. Roger had been looking on our website and was drawn to our new Ensign 42-FV as…
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A few weeks back, we were asked to visit St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Willenhall who were looking to replace their Victorian pipe organ with a digital instrument. The decision to consider a digital alternative was due to the prohibitive cost of bringing the original pipe organ back up to standard. A Historic Nicholson…
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Every once-in-a-while, we are invited to a church with a really interesting history, and so it was, when were invited to visit Magdalen Chapel in Holloway, Bath in July of this year. The church has a Viscount Prestige 80 which was installed around 25 years ago. It has given great service over that time but…
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Over the years, we have been lucky enough to supply various instruments to the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. In May of this year, Malcolm L’Amy, a well-known organist in Jersey, approached us with a new request: to find a suitable replacement instrument for the ageing Rodgers 785 organ at St. Peter’s Church. Which, after…
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One of the joys of my job working for Viscount is getting to visit communities and churches that you would otherwise never visit in day-to-day life. My visit to the Parish Church of St. Winwaloe near The Lizard peninsula in West Cornwall was no exception. Earlier in the year we were asked to provide a…
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(Cherwell School provided the picture, and also gained permission from parents to share this with Viscount Classical Organs for the purpose of sharing this good news story with their audiences.) If you have been following us for a while, you will know how passionate we are about our loan schemes with schools. If there is…
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We always love it when we get asked to provide an instrument for younger students who are just starting out on their musical journey. It’s great to see children taking up the organ and we love to do what we can to help and encourage. It was in July when we received an email from…
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Your chance to win a 12 month membership to the Royal College Organists (first prize) or a pair of Viscount headphones (second prize)! All you need to do is to answer the questions below correctly and you’ll be entered into the draw. To enter the competition please first read the rules and then proceed to…
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Around a year ago we were very honoured to be asked to provide an instrument to the chapel of Lambeth Palace. This was to provide accompaniment for services whilst a solution is found and funded for the small organ gallery space. Listen to Choral Evensong from Lambeth Palace on BBC Radio 3. This week, we…
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If you have read our most recent blogs, you will know that we have been delighted to be able to help a number of young organists over the last year with home practice instruments. This is because Covid has prevented them from using instruments in churches as they would normally. Our practice instruments have been…
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The need for home practice organs has never been greater. We have seen a marked increase in enquiries and sales of our Chorum range of home organs, and in particular the Chorum 40-S. However, there might be those organists who want more from their practice organ whilst maintaining the same small footprint as the Chorum…
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Are you looking for organ music for Christmas? Here is a list of our favourite Christmas music for the organ. If you are a church musician (particularly if you are an organist), you’ll know that there is one liturgical season where it’s easy to choose the music, and that is Christmas. There is a treasure…
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The last six months have seen a marked increase in the level of interest in home practice organs, both new organs and pre-loved used organs. In the main, this has been fuelled by churches being closed due to Covid, which has meant that without a practice organ, many organists will not have been able to…
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Those of you who are regular readers of our blog posts may remember an earlier story about young Leicestershire organist Dominic Remedios. He was keen to try for a Cambridge organ scholarship but desperately needed an instrument to practise on at home. Always keen to help young organists progress with their studies, we agreed a…
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Now that Covid-19 lockdown is beginning to ease we have been able to undertake some installations which had been postponed. It is great news for the churches, as they are now able to resume some services and revitalise their music with brand new instruments. Last month we also wrote about how we resumed our organ…
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Following on from David’s Desert Island Discs for organ players – I thought I would add to the theme. We had a great discussion about it and thought: how would we fill our time if we had to isolate ourselves (Coronavirus style) on a desert island. This led to some interesting answers and I think…
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We were contacted by Haslemere Methodist Church in July 2019. They were in search of a new organ to replace their ageing and slightly unreliable two manual Ahlborn organ which was purchased from new around 30 years ago. The instrument had given great service, but the old electronics were causing interference with their new PA…
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For me and for most other organists, a particularly pleasing aspect of Advent and Christmas is that we get to play for a good number of carol services which means playing instruments never experienced before. One such event for me was a recent concert at St. Stephen’s Church Launceston in Cornwall where I was accompanying…
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