Classic car man Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Hi Folks, does anyone know what the organ in Hull Crem is like as I have been asked to play for a family funeral there next week and it might help to decide the music! ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_L Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi Folks,does anyone know what the organ in Hull Crem is like as I have been asked to play for a family funeral there next week and it might help to decide the music! ta NPOR doesn't give anything - but I don't, in truth, always find that terribly helpful or, indeed, up to date. Are you talking about the Crem on Chanterlands Avenue - near to the University? I went to a funeral there, now fifteen years ago, and don't remember seeing an organ in the chapel - possibly that points to a toaster of some kind! Wish I could be of more help. Hope it goes as well as can be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basdav Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 How many Crems have a pipeorgan these days or are they all toasters and the Wesley System? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Allison Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 NPOR doesn't give anything - but I don't, in truth, always find that terribly helpful or, indeed, up to date. Are you talking about the Crem on Chanterlands Avenue - near to the University? I went to a funeral there, now fifteen years ago, and don't remember seeing an organ in the chapel - possibly that points to a toaster of some kind! Wish I could be of more help. Hope it goes as well as can be expected. and think the "newer" one at Castle Hill, may be an Allen toaster, only been there once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Oakley Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 How many Crems have a pipeorgan these days or are they all toasters and the Wesley System? It was a few years ago when I was last there, but one of the eldest of Sheffield's crems on City Road did have a pipe organ. I think it was maybe by Albert Keats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Dutfield Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 How many Crems have a pipeorgan these days or are they all toasters and the Wesley System? I'm fairly sure that Coychurch crematorium, near Bridgend, South Wales, has TWO pipe organs - one in each chapel! S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Sheppard Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I'm fairly sure that Coychurch crematorium, near Bridgend, South Wales, has TWO pipe organs - one in each chapel! S One of the chapels at Golders Green has a Compton two manuel pipe organ, as does Eltham Crem. Anybody know what sort of organ is installed at Honor Oak Crem London S.E.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Willis Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 It was a few years ago when I was last there, but one of the eldest of Sheffield's crems on City Road did have a pipe organ. I think it was maybe by Albert Keats. It still does - we maintain it but getting in there to do a tuning or to carry out broader maintenance is always somewhat difficult due to the popularity of the venue!! The management of the Crematorium is very sure that they do want to keep the organ - apparently it's often the case that the bereaved want to have a "real organ". Good for them. DW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Powell Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 One of the chapels at Golders Green has a Compton two manuel pipe organ, as does Eltham Crem.Anybody know what sort of organ is installed at Honor Oak Crem London S.E.4 Haven't been there for a while, but it was an electronic........ Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john carter Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 One of the chapels at Golders Green has a Compton two manuel pipe organ, as does Eltham Crem.Anybody know what sort of organ is installed at Honor Oak Crem London S.E.4 It isn't actually a Compton at Golders Green Crematorium, though there are a couple of Comptons in nearby Churches. It is H N & B, restored by BC Shepherd a few years ago. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iy45 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 One of the chapels at Golders Green has a Compton two manuel pipe organ, as does Eltham Crem.Anybody know what sort of organ is installed at Honor Oak Crem London S.E.4 Years ago, I arrived at Golders Green to conduct a funeral and found the organist practicing the fugue from the Reubke. I played at Honor Oak about a month ago; it's a Miller toaster, the Sprowston model. Smallish two manual and pedals, no playing aids, separate swell pedals for great/pedal and swell. Doesn't sound wonderful, but not horrible either; I thought the reed was much too loud, though. If you're playing it, watch your head as you go through towards the console - I once really banged my head on the bit of woodwork that holds the panels up. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothyguntrip Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Beckenham Crematorium originally had one of those extension organs (from what I can remember) - it was certainly there in around 2000. I went to a funeral there roughly two years ago and it had been scrapped and replaced with a toaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Kemp Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 All the chapels owned by Brighton & Hove City Council - crematoria and cemetries - have the same model of 2 manual classically voiced Allen; perfectly adequate for the job and at least they work. There are no obvious locations within these chapels for pipe organs nor obvious evidence of there ever having been any, so I don't know what they had previously. It certainly helps having the same model in each chapel, especially if you are playing for back-to-back services in adjacent chapels. Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Powell Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 West Norwood Crematorium has a very pleasant pipe organ http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi...ec_index=T01072 Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Beckenham Crematorium originally had one of those extension organs (from what I can remember) - it was certainly there in around 2000. I went to a funeral there roughly two years ago and it had been scrapped and replaced with a toaster. My father's funeral took place at Beckenham Crem last October. I remember thinking then that this a a pretty uninspiring machine. (I wasn't playing it, you understand.) Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothyguntrip Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 My father's funeral took place at Beckenham Crem last October. I remember thinking then that this a a pretty uninspiring machine. (I wasn't playing it, you understand.) Peter Yes, the electronic one there is rather uninspiring, having played it. The pipe organ that was originally there stood in the left hand corner, with the detached console opposite, where the present electronic instrument is. I can only guess that they got fed up with maintaining and decided to scrap it. I'd be interested to know where it ended up, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Richell Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yes, the electronic one there is rather uninspiring, having played it. The pipe organ that was originally there stood in the left hand corner, with the detached console opposite, where the present electronic instrument is. I can only guess that they got fed up with maintaining and decided to scrap it. I'd be interested to know where it ended up, though. As I said recently regrettably the funerals I attend do not have the organ playing, just recorded music which obviously saves the cost of an organist. as hymns are rarely sung. Should crematoriums insist on the organ being used and ban the cd's ? Colin Richell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaConsort Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Should crematoriums insist on the organ being used and ban the cd's ?Colin Richell. Certainly not...the Crem, as much as possible, should carry out the wishes of the family of the departed. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Coleman Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Certainly not...the Crem, as much as possible, should carry out the wishes of the family of the departed.Richard Indeed. Why not leave it to the church to be unpastoral and insensitive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Oakley Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Hi Folks,does anyone know what the organ in Hull Crem is like as I have been asked to play for a family funeral there next week and it might help to decide the music! ta The need for this information is probably no longer required, but I have established from an elderly friend (Wilf Jones) who has played for funerals at the Chanterlands Avenue Crematorium, Hull, that there are two toasters, an Ahlborn and a Viscount. This undoubtedly explains why nothing is listed on the NPOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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