It was announced yesterday that the Cavaillé-Coll organ in Parr Hall, Warrington has been sampled for a well-known "virtual pipe organ" software program.
I hope this might raise the profile of this apparently neglected organ and re-awaken interest in it.
The sample-set producer said:
"The organ has 3 manuals and some 45 speaking stops, including a 32' in pedal, but it is still a chamber organ, voiced originally to fit a small private room.
I must confess that I have never heard such tender and refined voicing before.
This sample set will be a true revelation, because it is so special among other Cavaillé-Coll's production, and also because the organ is today somewhat forgotten, almost unused for any public performance. The sample-set is due for release in about two months."