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In 1620 a new organ, built by Thomas Dallam, was installed at a cost of £398 1s 5d, however this was destroyed by parliamentary soldiers in 1643 and another new organ was built in 1662, [1] which was enlarged in 1786, [2] and again in 1855. [3] In 1909–1910 a new organ was built by Harrison & Harrison with the best parts of old organ ...
When Henry moved to Cleveland and began work at the shop, the company underwent a name change to The Votteler-Hettche Organ Company (1903 – 1914). Ownership of the company was shared equally between Heinrich Votteler, Henry Holtkamp, and John Hettche, who was an investor knowledgeable regarding pipe organs. At this time Mary Holtkamp ...
An appeal to save a historic organ has raised half of its £2m target. Fundraisers said they hoped work to restore the deteriorating Wells Cathedral grand organ would begin in 2026, ensuring its ...
Leek Pipe Organ Company, Oberlin, Ohio (1976-2014), then Berea, Ohio (2014- ) [136] Levsen Organ Company, Buffalo, Iowa (1954- ) Link Piano and Organ Company; Los Angeles Art Organ Company, Los Angeles, California; Charles McManis, Kansas City, Kansas (1913–2004) Marr and Colton, Warsaw, New York (1915–1932) Midmer-Losh Organ Company ...
1907, Opus 140. Removed in 1997, pipework was dispersed to several builders. New instrument created in 2021 by the Muller Pipe Organ Company, combining Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1188 (originally built for St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond VA) and Skinner Opus 245 (originally built for Church of the Transfiguration, Cleveland OH) [18]
He was later organ scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge. His organ teachers included Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir, and Nicolas Kynaston and he studied composition with Herbert Sumsion, Bernard Stevens and Alan Ridout. [2] Archer married Alison (an artist and musician) in 1994, and they have a son (b.1997) and a daughter (b.1999).
It has taken months of painstaking cleaning and decontaminating of 8,000 pipes, 115 organ stops and numerous other musical components, but on Saturday the majestic tones of the Grand Organ of ...
The Organ Music of Gerre Hancock (Raven OAR-951) 2-CD set also in digital distribution — recorded in 2013 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York, on the organ Hancock (1934-2012) played for more than 30 years as organist and master of the choristers at St. Thomas Church. Kevin Kwan plays a duet with Wilson on one track.