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This year we have seen a considerable increase in the number of churches facing a serious decision regarding the future of their pipe organs. A number of these involve what were, when new very good instruments indeed. Passage of time and perhaps the lack of regular maintenance have now brought some to a sorry state…
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OrganFest started 3 years ago so the Hull gathering was the 4th in the series having previously been at Birmingham and Edinburgh. This was my first attendance at organ fest or indeed Hull and both were worth the trip. Despite its rather lacklustre reputation Hull has a lot to offer. There has been substantial regeneration…
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Some years ago, we asked our audience if they could tell if recordings were made on a digital organ or a pipe organ. We thought it would be fun to run the challenge again, so we have done that in the quiz you will see below. TAKE THE TEST NOW The last time, some people…
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It has been over a year since I was last required for a recording by my friend and great musician Joseph Nolan. Over a number of years I have been privileged to help him with his Widor recordings at Saint Sulpice, Saint Sernin and Saint Ouen to name but a few. That series is now…
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Two spectacular events at St Mary’s Church in Wingham, Canterbury on the 17th and 18th of November 2017. Firstly an Organ Concert with Daniel Moult and then a chance for you to get hands on with the King of Instruments yourself at the Open Day. Two events that surely can’t be missed! Organ Spectacular Concert…
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Wikepedia lists just fewer than 100 ‘musicians’ that have reached or passed the age of 100 and for the most part, the names on the list are unknown to me. As yet Francis Jackson is not amongst them. I suppose if I knew how I should have added him. The names that did strike a…
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On occasion, we have a need to divide an organ console into two sections to allow it to be placed into the customers chosen room. While the pedal boards detach as a matter of routine there are times when doors are too narrow or stairs turn through 90 degrees and the console will just not…
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Hymn of the Month for October is “Jerusalem the Golden” which is a Christian hymn by John Mason Neale (1818-1866). The text is a translation of a section of Bernard of Cluny’s (12th century) Latin verse satire De Contemptu Mundi. The hymn is accompanied by the tune Ewing by the Scottish born composer Alexander Ewing…
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The Cadet product range, our very successful home practice organs have remained substantially unchanged for the last 6 years. They are ‘sampled sound’ instruments with a library of voices from which customers can build their own style of organ if they so wish or just rely on the factory set designs available as starter points….
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Organ Outreach Project gets our support The organ is a magnificent instrument to challenge both the technical and creative skills of any musician. Perhaps only the most gifted of students will master it but it will captivate and engage with all levels of skill. It is difficult not to be concerned for the future of…
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Recently we supplied a hire instrument to St John’s Berkswell to cover the renovation of their Willis pipe organ and the discovery of this small Warwickshire church was a revelation in more ways than one. I will write up in detail information on the hire later including a lot of images of the very fine…
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The Hymn of the Month this time is “Let us with a gladsome mind” which is a text written in 1623 by John Milton (1608-1674), the famous poet and author of Paradise Lost. This is set to the hymn tune Monkland, by John Antes (1740-1811), a Moravian minister and composer. Monkland’s melodic contour is a…
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