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[Choral Accompaniment] Psalm 20 (Chant by Gerald Knight)
For our 2018 tutorial series we’re concentrating on the organ as a means of choral accompaniment. Accompanying a choir requires that the instrument supports boldly in a limited number of places, but recedes at many other times to allow the vocal parts to come through. It is also heard in solo role joining choral sections…
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Video demonstration of the Envoy 35-F
We thought that it would be helpful to provide a detailed run through of one of our more popular instruments, the Viscount Envoy 35-F, on a voice by voice basis. On the video produced you will hear almost all stops individually demonstrated and also their use in the choruses to which they belong. This will…
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Three Viscount Vans
It is about 8 years now since we introduced our new company branding. This was an image we found on one of the stock picture websites of a lovely stained glass window next to an organ pipe façade. We have used it in our advertising, literature and website ever since so it was only natural…
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Growing Network of Organ Dealers
In what I think we would all agree is a slowly shrinking world of classical organs for either home or church use it is very encouraging to see two new partner companies enter the market. These are South Coast Organs owned and run by Mark Gatrell and Viscount Organs Wales owned and run by Tony…
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Chorum Organ Range – Instructional Videos
Many of you will have seen the 12 extensive videos that we have published setting out how to get the best from your Viscount ‘Physis’ organ. These are our Envoy, Regent and Sonus ranges. Some of you may well be pleased to know that the Viscount Chorum Organ Range based on the traditional ‘sampled sound’…
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Our newly refurbished office
Sometimes it just takes a kick in the backside to draw attention to matters that have passed you by in daily life. I have sat in our Bicester offices for 12 years now. In the early years just occasionally as I was involved in other businesses, but in recent years near full time as the…
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Organ Music from the Irish Tour
In the third week of May I had the great good fortune to travel to 3 marvellous locations in Ireland and Eire. With me was my great friend Dr Joseph Nolan, who is an amazing musician. We visited three of our larger church installations to play recitals by way of a thank you to these communities…
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Used Church & Home Organs Galore
We have an unusually large selection of used organs for churches or as practice instruments for home at the moment. We therefore need your help to reduce the stock. Below is a selection of the instruments for sale at the moment. You can click on the images to find out more detailed information about each…
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Dr Joseph Nolan’s Organ Masterclass at our Showroom
We were really pleased to have Dr Joseph Nolan join us for an Organ Playing Masterclass at our showroom in Bicester, Oxfordshire on 21 May 2018. We sent out a special email to our list of customers, friends and colleagues to extend an invitation to join us for the evening. On the day we welcomed…
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[Choral Accompaniment] Haydn “Little Organ Mass”
We continue the 2018 tutorial series where we’re concentrating on the organ as a means of choral accompaniment. In this series church choral music was chosen to illustrate the accompaniment of various parts of the liturgy and to highlight some well-known anthems. Jonathan Kingston plays the organ and is accompanied by four professional singers — Emily Armour,…
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Weighing up the Costs: Pipe or Digital Organs
It is a vexed question – how long should you expect a digital church organ to last and how do costs compare with repairing your pipe organ? On a great many occasions on social media I see comments that digital organs will last at best 15 years while a pipe organ lasts a life time….
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[Choral Accompaniment] Magnificat in B minor
We continue the 2018 tutorial series where we’re concentrating on the organ as a means of choral accompaniment. In this series church choral music was chosen to illustrate the accompaniment of various parts of the liturgy and to highlight some well-known anthems. Jonathan Kingston plays the organ and is accompanied by four professional singers — Emily Armour,…
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