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2019 was a momentous year and as I sit typing this account, I am not quite sure where to put the emphasis. The beginning of the year was understandably focussed on some staff changes. Our new sales manager Richard Patt had just joined and we were also making plans for long term friend and colleague…
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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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Continued from Singapore Sojourn part 1. During my time in Singapore last summer I was lucky enough to play the largest pipe organ in the island-nation. Opened in 2002, “Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay” is a premier arts complex in a prime location on the north side of Singapore city’s Marina Bay. The architecture…
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International travel has not been a frequent feature of my life but, earlier this year, I was able to join my wife for 11 days in Singapore where she was working as an examiner for the ABRSM. It was my first visit to this island republic of around 5.6 million people and, I suppose, my…
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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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I have chosen this customer installation to write up in some detail as there is an interesting story to tell that involves a lot of the issues faced by our country churches in general and specifically with organ improvements. All Hallows Church is unusual in the following respects:- The speed with which the formal processes…
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I was delighted to receive an invitation to attend a gathering of organ and church music enthusiasts for a special evensong service at the Chapel Royal St James’s Palace in November. I had been there many years before when Joseph Nolan was playing for a BBC 3 broadcast evensong to act as page turner. Unexpectedly…
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Almost exactly a year ago we were asked to find a new home for a very pretty small pipe organ in a Methodist Church that was about to be converted into flats. It was a sensationally successful social media campaign finding many offers for the instrument and a post that reached over 175,000 readers. We…
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We are delighted to support St Edward’s College in Liverpool with a permanent loan instrument for the College Hall. The digital organ (Viscount Cadet 31) will allow their young organ students access to an instrument in school to practise and perform on. The organ will be used in assemblies, liturgies and concerts in the College…
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For our fifth tutorial in this year’s series, Francis discusses the registration of hymn accompaniments with Jonathan Kingston. Accompanying hymns is many organists’ primary role, and feedback suggests that a number of you would like to hear a bit more about this. We’ve chosen three hymns, “Praise my soul the king of heaven”, “Dear Lord…
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As many organists will no doubt be aware, Buckfast Abbey in Devon has recently benefited from the installation of a remarkable new pipe organ by Fratelli Ruffatti. This dramatic new instrument sports two beautiful consoles and a gallery organ, the whole thing playable from either end of the church. As part of the completion of…
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Local musician John Bell is giving an organ recital on our custom built 3 manual Regent installed in 2014 by Soundtech Classical Organs of Irvine in Lyle Kirk. John will present a programme of both classical and lighter music – some old, some new, with lots of contrasts in style, character and form. Music will…
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