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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. {H3} Replacing a 40 year old organ Earlier in the…
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Hello, I’m Cassian Southwick, the newest member of the Viscount Classical Organs team. I’d like to thank David for asking me to introduce myself to you all. I’ve written from the beginning of my love of organs, all the way to the present day. A young enthusiastic musician It took me a little while longer…
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My day started off badly when the phone rang on the way to work. Our service manager Peter was on the other end to tell me his van had broken down. We were due at Christ Church Northampton later that day to complete the installation of an Envoy 350-FV and his van contained the plinth…
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The organ world by nature is bound to be served by small companies. This applies equally to the pipe organ sector and the digital side of the industry. Many of these suppliers may only be single worker entities earning a modest living from their specialist knowledge and skills. A few grow to be more significant…
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Late in 2023 we were asked to visit Christ Church Cathedral and advise on options for an instrument to replace the Quire pipe organ that was on loan from Martin Renshaw. The main west end Rieger organ, a versatile instrument of great beauty which was commissioned in the 1970s, accompanied the Cathedral Choir which was…
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It was over two years ago that we agreed terms to supply the brand new Church of South India in Abu Dhabi, with a light oak Envoy 35-F that would play through 10 external speakers and a sub bass. The advice we gave on this setup was based on the construction drawings available for this…
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It scary to realise that almost 5 years have passed since I was at All Hallows Church in Hargrave concluding this installation just a few months before the pandemic hit. Local organist Nicholas Pollard achieved what is quite a rare feat obtaining permission to install a large 3 manual instrument in a relatively small church….
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My first visit to Southwell Minster was a surprise visit for my 50th birthday to play the Screen Organ there. My 40th birthday had seen a visit to Salisbury Cathedral and my 60th went unmarked, which must mean my 70th is coming up next year and must be a very auspicious venue indeed! Time will…
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After the last two years working with Ralph Allwood and the Trinity Laban Choir at the Old Royal Naval Chapel (ORNC) in Greenwich, we once again returned to St Margaret’s Church in North Oxford for a filming session concentrating exclusively on organs. Showcasing the Ensign range of new Physis Plus organs recently launched in the…
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It’s probably about 4 or 5 years since Anna Lapwood came to our attention as a prolific user of social media to present her enjoyment of the organ in lots of guises and locations. Our first meeting with her occurred just before lockdown in 2020 when she purchased in the nick of time her first…
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One of the great joys of working in this business is the variety of people and locations we get to meet and visit. On that score it would be hard to beat St Mary’s Church in Beverley on both measures. Many will associate Beverley with the better known Minster but if you ever find yourself…
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The final delivery from Italy in 2023 included the final instruments making up the Ensign Organ Range which replaces the Chorum models based on sampled sound. A few days later we had our trusted photographer lined up to take the images needed for the web site and hard copy literature. The new models are designed…
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