DHM Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 This is being offered by the German firm of Ladach who specialise in re-homing unwanted organs...https://www.gebrauchtorgel.eu/de/pfeifenorgeln/Mander-22-III-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Cooke Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DHM said: This is being offered by the German firm of Ladach who specialise in re-homing unwanted organs...https://www.gebrauchtorgel.eu/de/pfeifenorgeln/Mander-22-III-P That's a bit of a shock! What's the plan for Magdelen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I recall reading something about a new organ being proposed for Magdalen College, but can’t place a finger on it. I think John Mander wrote about the difficulty of constructing an organ in the existing (uniquely?) stone case. The German advertisement offers the organ entire, including the main case, for €30,000 - surely a bargain - but if I have translated correctly, the stone ‘Positive’ case (containing parts of the Great) will remain in the Chapel. As a structurally integral part of the screen, it has to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHM Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 Indeed he did. See here: https://mander-organs.com/magdalen-college-oxford/. Also, It's £30k +VAT +transport (plus cost of re-installing wherever it ends up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowland Wateridge Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Agreed the additional costs are likely to be substantial, but surely still a bargain. One possible snag which I didn’t foresee is that the stone ‘Positive’ case apparently houses the whole of the Great, the ‘main’ case, which goes with the organ, containing the Swell and Pedal. So there will have to be some re-arranging to re-house the Great wherever it ends up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choir Man Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Does anyone know who is building the replacement? Apparently the previous organ was free to anyone who could come to collect it: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17418488.remember-magdalen-college-gave-organ-away-free/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Cooke Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 44 minutes ago, Choir Man said: Does anyone know who is building the replacement? Apparently the previous organ was free to anyone who could come to collect it: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17418488.remember-magdalen-college-gave-organ-away-free/ There is talk of a company called Eule doing it - see the British Pipe Organs Facebook site where a fair bit has been written on the topic. As someone else has commented there, I don't see why they allow the stone screen to be such an impediment to having a decent organ. It seems absurd for the pipework to have to be constrained by one person's 19th century concept of what an organ screen should be like. Can't they be allowed to remove the parts of the screen that purport to be organ casework? Surely worse things have happened. Is this such an important construction that it must be preserved at all costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Butler Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Choir Man said: Does anyone know who is building the replacement? Apparently the previous organ was free to anyone who could come to collect it: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17418488.remember-magdalen-college-gave-organ-away-free/ This is an old news item about the disposal of the instrument prior to the Mander in 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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