Andrew Butler

Did this actually happen? JE appears to be at the Naval Chapel, Greenwich......??

Thanks for all the info. I've now forgotten who raised the matter, prompting my question in the first place!!

Apologies if this has been discussed recently, but if so I missed it... Mention has been made in a private discussiob on Facebook, that the Grove organ is in "poor condition and looks unused" Can anyone comment please? There is no indication that I can see on the Abbey website that the organ is not in use...

Thanks David - I hadn't taken on board that it had been a residence organ. Another with a Choir and no Great is http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N08486

Just remembered this http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=E01860

Bristol.... Just found this by accident and had to share it. Organ duly fitting the building!!

I believe some 18th c English organs had a "Cart 2' " - an Anglicisation of "Quarte de Nazard"

Stephen Ridgeley-Whitehouse's cat?

In my book, this had to be the most bizarre: http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N07884

Another one i'd forgotten about http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=R01044

I was looking at this [http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N16628] for another reason (found mention of it in a railway book of all places!) and was struck by the Vox Angelica on the Great - presumably a quiet flue and not undulating. I have come across this [http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N00393] with both a Voix Celeste and Vox Angelica on the Swell Only one of the two was an undulant - can't remember which. . Also this http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N15469] where the Vox Angelica is not an undulant

I was once taking a choir rehearsal, and decided that the psalm chant (in E) was probably too high for the Matins congregation, so I played it in D. A know-it-all tenor asked whether we could "possibly have it in the correct key?" I listened to him and said "What key did you want? E?" And duly played it again in D. He said "Ah! Thank you! Much better!!"

St Chad's, Shrewsbury, Dave

It wasn't a recital as such, but a few years ago, I put on a sponsered 24 hour music marathon at my church to raise funds to send a parishioner's son to America for treatment. There was an audience of some sort all the time. One participant was an organist from nearby, who brought his daughters, who played various instruments, and he accompanied on the piano - with a fairly big, attentive audience. Their programme finished early and he announced "I've still got 1/4 of an hour, so I'll go upstairs and play the organ" Whereupon the entire audience started chatting and continued to do so while he played!! He's a fine player too!

'tis a pity the Llandaff copywriter and/or proof reader doesn't know the difference between Principle and Principal!

Apropos of what?

And at one of my regular churches - Tenterden Unitarian Chapel (easily found on NPOR) Horseshoe-shaped iron pedal mounted horizontally just above centre of pedalboard. Useful and easy to operate.

"Bottom octave of Voix Celeste TC not working"

http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Bryson,_Ernest Just realized there are only 2 of the 7 here

A very interesting article. Thanks for sharing.

From my knowledge of Conachers, this must be a splendid instrument. I do hope that it will be restored to use!

Are there now going to be cases?

Is the Nave organ remaining as it is? Having the console above the north stalls would make it very remote - visibility and hearing-wise - for nave services...

PM coming

That is Oulton, Staffordshire. The NPOR survey is incomplete - just listing footages of stops on each division. They are an enclosed order of nuns!