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Yes. We announced this here on 15th May. his new Boss will be one of his predecessors (another former Rochester ADoM).

Rochester are now advertising for a new ADoM / Sub-Organist. Closing date 5th August. No mention of starting date. https://www.rochestercathedral.org/job-vacancy-input/fassistantdirectorofmusic

Excellent news. Well deserved. The current post holder played a whole weekend at Rochester for me at short notice when all the Home Team organists were away for the WW1 centenary in 2014. We had guests from Aachen, Rostock and elsewhere in Germany singing with us in the choir. MJ did a brilliant job on an unfamiliar organ with a choir and director he had never worked with before. I’m not surprised that has got to where he has.

I see that Wabbey is now advertising for an Assistant Organist (not Sub-Organist). Does anyone know where the current post holder is going?

More news from Winchester.... https://slippedisc.com/2024/06/exclusive-winchester-cathedral-loses-its-heads/

And they are now advertising for a Sub-Organist.

Winchester - curiouser and curiouser! Last week I saw something about an interim appointment having been made. An internet search leads to a post on Slipped Disc dated 26 May quoting a well-known name (which I’m not mentioning here, for obvious reasons). That post seems to have disappeared, though the first line is still visible…

Jeremy Lloyd, currently Sub Organist & ADoM at Rochester, to be ADoM at Ely from 1st September.

There was a very interesting post on the "Slipped Disc" website a couple days ago. It will tell you all you need to know... 😆

Many thanks to all of you who responded. We now have the full story. As Keitha said above, the restoration was completed earlier this year by Michael Farley.The consultant was Paul Hale. Paul wrote an article on it for Organists’ Review, a PDF copy of which can be found on Paul’s website.

Does anyone have information (e.g. builder, specification) on the organ of All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi (Kenya)? It is said to be one of the largest in Africa, installed in 1934 and enlarged in 1955. That is all I know. Thanks in advance.

I just noticed that the original Walker console from Buckfast Abbey is currently up for sale on eBay.

The "virtual" version of this organ has now been released and is available for sale.

I was very sorry to hear of Francis' passing. He had been an occasional customer of mine over many years, and shared with me a number of sample-sets that he had recorded himself (for HW) of organs by J.E. Gerhard and family in Thuringia.

Thanks, SJF. That's really interesting and helpful. I've just learnt a lot of stuff that I have never been aware of (e.g. recent editions). I bought my copy as a teenager in 1967. It's Leduc, but says copyright 1939, 1943 and 1952. Are there many (or any) significant differences in later editions?