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It was just before Christmas that we were in fact approached by two UAE based companies to quote for the provision of a digital organ for the Papal Mass on February 5th 2019. Not really a long time at all considering all the logistics that had to be arranged just to get an instrument airborne…
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Marcel Dupré was one of the foremost French organ virtuoso’s of his time, an heir to the great tradition of Romantic French organ playing and composing. Dupré was famed for his ability to improvise; he also composed substantial works and was a widely travelled recitalist and an influential teacher. What is perhaps less well known…
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So called ‘organ battles’ have been around for years but I suppose did not feature much in musical life until it was possible to move an electronic instrument into a venue to ‘compete’ with the pipe organ. There are some well known venues with more than one pipe organ but the second instrument is often…
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The Skinner style organ has been created for customers who require a Skinner voiced instrument and wish to invest in a console that draws extensively on the design features of period Skinner instruments. The console you see in the videos below is a near perfect copy of an original Skinner Organ built in 1929 for…
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I had been away 2 weeks immediately before we were schedule to film our Custom Skinner style console at Selby Abbey and the new console was not quite finished before my departure on holiday. So I was just a little anxious that all would be well and waiting for me on return to the UK…
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I think there would be little doubt that the name of Ernest Skinner is held in the highest regard amongst US organists and organ builders. Skinner did not only produce instruments that sounded magnificent, interestingly he was one of the first organ builders to try to establish a systematic method for providing fixed dimensions in…
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Regent Classic Organs invite you to the Battle of the Organs at Selby Abbey on the 14th September 2018 at 7.00pm. John Scott Whiteley and D’Arcy Trinkwon will battle it out on the Abbey’s magnificently restored Hill organ and a new Regent Classic Organ that is a replica of a 1930’s Skinner organ console. About the…
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I was invited to visit two Skinner organs in the USA in November 2017. As usual, I took loads of pictures and diarised my adventures on the road for you. I have written two posts about my trip and have given each organ its own focus in each post. In this post I share my…
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