Pierre Lauwers Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 According to the booklet in the following CD: Early english organ music Simon Preston/ Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 415 675-2 1986 The organ at Armitage St-John the Baptist would be: "Built 1789-91 by Samuel Green for Lichfield Cathedral. The organ was brought in 1861 to the parish church of St-John the Baptist in Armitage in the Staffordshire countryside.... ...This organ is the last, largest and best-preserved example of the classical style of english organ building that was continued by Samuel Green after his association with John Byfield. It is in fact the only completely restorable 18th century Cathedral-size organ left." What is its state today? Best wishes, Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 According to the booklet in the following CD: Early english organ music Simon Preston/ Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 415 675-2 1986 The organ at Armitage St-John the Baptist would be: "Built 1789-91 by Samuel Green for Lichfield Cathedral. The organ was brought in 1861 to the parish church of St-John the Baptist in Armitage in the Staffordshire countryside.... ...This organ is the last, largest and best-preserved example of the classical style of english organ building that was continued by Samuel Green after his association with John Byfield. It is in fact the only completely restorable 18th century Cathedral-size organ left." What is its state today? Best wishes, Pierre <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Try this link - it may help. AJJ http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch...ec_index=A00285 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted January 1, 2006 Author Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thank you! Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJK Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 According to the booklet in the following CD: Early english organ music Simon Preston/ Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 415 675-2 1986 The organ at Armitage St-John the Baptist would be: "Built 1789-91 by Samuel Green for Lichfield Cathedral. The organ was brought in 1861 to the parish church of St-John the Baptist in Armitage in the Staffordshire countryside.... ...This organ is the last, largest and best-preserved example of the classical style of english organ building that was continued by Samuel Green after his association with John Byfield. It is in fact the only completely restorable 18th century Cathedral-size organ left." What is its state today? Best wishes, Pierre <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's clearly not in a good state, and I see they need £160k to restore (link below) http://www.churches.lichfield.anglican.org...john/church.htm I'm glad that the organ seems to have survived - I had heard a few years ago that the Church building itself was under threat due to subsidence - a common occurrence in that part of the country due to intensive coal mining. JJK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 'Have just checked NPOR references - Martin Renshaw who builds organs in France wrote the article about former Lichfield Cathedral organs in BIOS Journal 26 (including much on Armitage) - he will know a great deal. Martin.Renshaw@wanadoo.fr and http://www.albany.edu/piporg-l/bios/renshaw.m-bio AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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