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Building on the success of the Director’s Challenge in 2023, The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) have developed an idea for a focussed, highly visible event to enable them to expand messaging around playing and learning the organ, and the vital role it plays in supporting worship and communities. This “organ marathon” also forms…
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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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(*Note! Picture of Sonus 60 Organ above is a NOT the actual used instrument described below but shown for reference.) Back in spring 2017 a customer based in Guernsey purchased a Viscount Sonus 60 Organ for home practice. It required a personal delivery service as the instrument was to go into an upstairs room….
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I have completely forgotten how I first came to be involved with the various Oundle initiatives to provide organ teaching to youngsters. I do know it was at least 30 years ago when the programme was under the direction of my old friend James Parsons. James was Director of Music at Oundle School and the…
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St Mary’s Church in Banbury was the host for this event organised by Director of Music Dylan McCaig, who also teaches at the local Warriner School. Dylan is clearly a great ambassador for the organ and hopefully this will be the first of many such organ days in years to come acting to engage local…
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The Bromley Organists’ & Choirmasters’ Association was founded in the 1920s to support the work of local church musicians. In the 1960s it was joined by members from the former Croydon Association and re-formed under its present title. The Association aims to encourage and promote interest in all aspects of church music and it welcomes…
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We were pleased to receive a request from the Purcell School of Music to source a home practice instrument for a young Ukrainian boy who had recently arrived in London with his mother. They are staying with a family of another pupil at the school. The headmaster, Mr Paul Bamborough, happens to be a proficient…
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Sixteen-year-old Ivan Deb has won the first Aprahamian Scholarship for young organists, which includes a brand new two-manuals-and-pedals home organ, on which he can practise. The Arabesque Trust, which set up the scholarship to help visually impaired young organists, has partnered with Viscount Classical Organs to provide Ivan with his own Chorum S40 instrument in…
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If you read our blog or follow us on social media, you will know that we have been able to help a number of young organists over the last year with home practice instruments. The pandemic has prevented many students and organists from using instruments in churches as they would normally do. Our practice instruments…
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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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This much loved and recently restored Harmonium/Reed Organ is looking for a new home. It was restored a few years ago by its former owner so in good condition and a lovely piece of furniture. This instrument from Karn Organs is currently with Chris Edwards in Cardiff, Wales. It can possibly be delivered depending on…
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The Northampton and District Organists’ Association (NDOA) exists to advance the knowledge and enjoyment of the organ. They belong to the Incorporated Association of Organists, and welcome anyone with an interest in the organ – whether organists or simply those who enjoy the music of the organ. NDOA work within Northampton and District (stretching into…
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At Viscount Classical Organs we know how important it is to encourage and help young organists of the future where we can. It is important for our industry, and also for the future of the organ community in general. A digital practice organ helps with studies In January we received an email from young Leicestershire…
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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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Later this year we are providing a new digital instrument for this lovely little country church. The charming small pipe organ works quite well but as you can see from the pictures could do with some TLC and also good clean. Here is its NPOR entry from which you will see that the builder may…
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Viscount Organs are proud to support The Diocese of Leeds Organists’ Training Programme by providing them with a loan instrument. We wrote back in 2016 how we were delighted to provide this programme with an Envoy 35-F organ to be used during organ lessons. The Diocese of Leeds Organists’ Training Programme was created in 2016…
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Early last December we published what turned out to be our most far reaching Facebook Post ever. We were trying to find a new home for a very pretty little pipe organ about to be ejected from a Methodist Chapel that was in the process of conversion into flats (see a picture at the bottom…
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We are very pleased to share some more organ music videos (Louis Vierne, John Cook, Pierre Cochereau and more) from our recording at Selby Abbey. If you missed our first blog post then go to – D’Arcy Trinkwon at Selby Abbey on Regent 356 Organ – it has five more brilliant videos with D’Arcy playing…
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D’Arcy Trinkwon is a well-known concert organist with recital work all over the world. For a long time he has also had a Viscount 3 manual organ at home for practice. In 2014 he very kindly agreed to make a DVD on our instrument at Selby Abbey. This would help publicise the fund raising programme…
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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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Viscount provide 3 practice organs to Oundle for Organists For many years now the name of Oundle has been well known in the organ world for running teaching courses specifically aimed at young musicians. I first was involved over 20 years ago when I sponsored individual recitals which were part of the course activities. Oundle for Organists…
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I have only recently become aware of the National Churches Trust and wondered if you too may not be aware of the help that they provide. They became known to me in the context of a place to advertise our instruments and services. So we are now listed on the online directory along other trades and professionals…
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In 2016 we ran an extensive three month competition to introduce more people to the sound of digital church organs. We developed a Quiz that tested the players as to whether they could identify specific clips of music as a pipe organ or a digital organ. In July last year I had the happy job…
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