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    Organ featured on Choral Evensong broadcasts

    I know it's considered a bit nerdy to 'talk organs'. However I thought I'd make the effort to put a link to organs heard on Choral Evensong broadcasts. May others feel free to do likewise if I forget or if there is anything to add.

    Starting off with Merton College, Oxford

    The Dobson Organ
    https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dobson-organ
    The Dobson Organ in Merton College Chapel is one of the finest mechanical action organs in the UK.
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    Excellent - can you instruct the less clued?

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      #3
      Here is a topical link...
      Covid vaccine jabs accompanied by organ music at Salisbury Cathedral
      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/16/covid-jabs-to-be-accompanied-by-organ-music-at-salisbury-cathedral
      800-year-old building becomes temporary vaccination centre for priority patients invited by GPs

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        #4
        Yes, that was on BBC Radio 4 News this morning. Excellent! I gather Lichfield is also making its nave available for jabs, but no mention of organ music....yet.

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          #5
          Already gone off topic (of course!)

          London (Brompton) Oratory organs:

          The Organs — The London Oratory
          https://www.bromptonoratory.co.uk/the-organs


          NB Ralph Downes also designed the large 4-manual Walker organ at Buckfast Abbey. It was excellent in many respects, especially for discreet accompaniment and for the less discreet French Organ School. Also one of the few in the UK to have a rollschweller. Sadly, it has shown signs of ageing in recent years, so the Benedictine Community, never short of a Buck (!) or two, chucked the whole thing out and have a spanking new instrument by Ruffatti....or to be more precise two instruments if you count one in the Choir (4 manuals) and one in the West Gallery.

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            #6
            Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
            Already gone off topic (of course!)

            London (Brompton) Oratory organs:

            The Organs — The London Oratory
            https://www.bromptonoratory.co.uk/the-organs


            NB Ralph Downes also designed the large 4-manual Walker organ at Buckfast Abbey. It was excellent in many respects, especially for discreet accompaniment and for the less discreet French Organ School. Also one of the few in the UK to have a rollschweller. Sadly, it has shown signs of ageing in recent years, so the Benedictine Community, never short of a Buck (!) or two, chucked the whole thing out and have a spanking new instrument by Ruffatti....or to be more precise two instruments if you count one in the Choir (4 manuals) and one in the West Gallery.
            Salisbury's organ features in CE broadcasts doesn't it - so only slightly off course...

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              #7
              St Paul's Cathedral

              404: Page not found | St Paul's Cathedral
              https://www.stpauls.co.uk/documents/Music/St%20Paul%27s%20Cathedral%20Organ%20Specification.pdf


              I'm always amused that Christopher Wren, on re-designing St Paul's, referred to the (then) organ as 'that damned kist of whistles'. Presumably its inclusion interfered with his pure architectural vision.

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                Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
                I'm always amused that Christopher Wren, on re-designing St Paul's, referred to the (then) organ as 'that damned kist of whistles'....
                I guess that view is widely shared amongst R3 bosses from the paucity of organ music and the 'gee-wizzery' of those presenters who have no idea of how it works.

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                  #9
                  Big digression here. I guess presenters also have difficulty understanding how the concert harp works.

                  Basic lesson available from yours truly if required.

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                    #10
                    Truro Cathedral

                    NPOR | The National Pipe Organ Register
                    https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N11147


                    See also, from 2018:

                    Our Father Willis Organ receives some TLC
                    https://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/news/our-father-willis-organ-receives-some-tlc
                    Delivered by boat and installed in the cathedral in 1887, the Father Willis Organ is a treasured piece of Truro Cathedral’s heritage. Built by Willis, widely regarded as one of the greatest organ builders of all time, the instrument has survived tonally intact. Recently though it needed some TLC and, thanks to the cathedral’s generous supporters, a number of urgent repairs have been successfully carried out. Joseph Wickes, our assistant director of music, explains…

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
                      Truro Cathedral
                      This famous Father Willis, surviving almost unaltered from its installation in 1887, was rightly referred to in Daniel Moult’s recent documentary The English Organ as ‘a national treasure’.

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                        #12
                        It is indeed. But were the 'patching up' operations described in "Our Father Willis receives some TLC" intended to last long? It is not unusual for cathedral organs, every so often, to need large sums of money (I mean hundreds of thousands) to do a complete rebuild by a big firm, even to keep them unchanged. After all they do a lot of work!

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                          Clare College Chapel, Cambridge

                          Neo-classical organ by von Beckerath

                          NPOR | The National Pipe Organ Register
                          https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N05197


                          ...and a pic....https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/666884657300214979/

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                            Kings College, The Strand, Chapel Organ

                            King's College Chapel, Strand, London - Mander Organ Builders
                            https://www.mander-organs.com/kings-college-chapel-london-2/
                            The original organ of King’s College was thought to be built in around 1854, and was housed in the old chapel; there is very little information existing of


                            I assume this is the place last week's CE was from? Correct me if I'm wrong.
                            I was amused by the fact that the chapel ceiling had been lowered to build a new anatomy department on top. Must be some theological discussion about that......


                            Edit: Also found this https://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/pri...an/choir/organ
                            Last edited by ardcarp; 01-03-21, 23:15.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
                              But were the 'patching up' operations described in "Our Father Willis receives some TLC" intended to last long?
                              No, the moderate repairs were as described and didn't take long. The swell box now shuts tightly to enable that pent-up full swell effect.

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