Cornet IV Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 How heartening to read in this morning's Telegraph of the restoration of the Wimborne Minster organ contract going to Manders. The picture is of one Stephen Hayley with an "orchestral trumpet" but in the background, there is the instrument disporting a rank of these mounted en chamade. I find this a little curious because whilst I have known many Spanish and other 17th century organs with reeds thus mounted, I have never met a 17th century English instrument so equipped. I suspect this must be a later addition. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_L Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Cornet IV said: How heartening to read in this morning's Telegraph of the restoration of the Wimborne Minster organ contract going to Manders. See in 'Nuts and Bolts' the thread, started by Martin Cooke on the rebuild of Wimborne Minster organ and there are links to pictures on facebook of the dismantling of the organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsphead Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 11 hours ago, Cornet IV said: How heartening to read in this morning's Telegraph of the restoration of the Wimborne Minster organ contract going to Manders. The picture is of one Stephen Hayley with an "orchestral trumpet" but in the background, there is the instrument disporting a rank of these mounted en chamade. I find this a little curious because whilst I have known many Spanish and other 17th century organs with reeds thus mounted, I have never met a 17th century English instrument so equipped. I suspect this must be a later addition. Yes? The organ is effectively a 60's JWW, 1965 I think, so no surprise to hear that the winding system is receiving some attention. The orchestral trumpet belongs to that episode of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 These, surely, are the celebrated chamades so often referred to by pcnd5584 on numerous earlier threads. Rather amusingly, in the original Dorset volume of ‘The Buildings of England’, Nickolaus Pevsner, clearly unfamiliar with chamades, described the Wimborne ones as “a charming idea”! The resonators are of spun brass, and I’m sure pcnd5584 once told us who made them - was it Boosey & Hawkes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contraviolone Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Rowland Wateridge said: These, surely, are the celebrated chamades so often referred to by pcnd5584 on numerous earlier threads. Rather amusingly, in the original Dorset volume of ‘The Buildings of England’, Nickolaus Pevsner, clearly unfamiliar with chamades, described the Wimborne ones as “a charming idea”! The resonators are of spun brass, and I’m sure pcnd5584 once told us who made them - was it Boosey & Hawkes? Yes I remember pcnd5584 mentioning this. I'm surprised he has not returned to discuss the restoration? He last visited this site on 17th January 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choir Man Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 pcnd5584 has posted a YouTube video of him improvising on the final evening before the organ was dismantled: I hope he returns to this site and can tell us more about the restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choir Man Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Also a video posted by the church about the restoration: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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