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Late in 2022 we were asked to quote for the rebuild of the Copeman Hart instrument originally installed in the College Chapel sometime in the 1990’s. It was first installed on the west end gallery where a pipe organ had once been sited. This is a large and impressive building which, at least amongst those…
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Those of us steeped in the digital organ world will long have regarded Copeman Hart instruments as the pinnacle of quality from the 1980’s onwards. There is of course something in the name, a double barrel adding a veneer of quality just as it did with Rolls Royce. Ernest’s instruments deserved their praise. He achieved…
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Large organ jobs seldom progress quickly and our journey with All Saints Wokingham was no exception. The order was taken early in 2022 with a requirement to install the rebuilt instrument in the autumn of that year. We finally installed in summer 2023! The old organ console was put into storage in spring 2022 to…
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Almost 2 years ago now our discussions began with James Buonemani, the Director of Music at St James’ Wilshire Boulevard, who wanted to build a most interesting chamber organ for the church’s Resurrection Chapel on the north side of the main building. Many emails and video conference calls eventually defined an instrument that could never…
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It was in November of 2019 that I attended the first meeting in Winchester to discuss the requirement for a temporary instrument that would cover the rebuilding and restoration of the pipe organ, planned at that time for 2021 if I remember correctly. Plans were agreed. Speakers would be placed in the choir loft and…
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In January 2019 we received an enquiry for a new instrument at Holy Trinity Church Rayleigh. The church committee were in the process of planning some major reordering of the building and part of the plan was to have a new instrument to replace the 2-manual pipe organ which struggled to fill the church and…
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This delightful trumpet tune was written by Alfred Hollins (1865–1942). Alfred was blind from birth, and possibly a better pianist than he was organist (although W. T. Best seemed to hold him in high regard). Hollins overcame the obstacle of his blindness in impressive fashion to become an international recitalist and a composer of modest…
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Bach’s organ sonatas, often known as “trio sonatas”, are challenging exercises for the organist. Each of the parts, like the instruments in a trio, is usually independent of the others, the hands often working in counterpoint or dialogue, the pedals mostly acting like a basso continuo, but sometimes taking a more active role in the…
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