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Willis organ relocation

Started by Peter Jones, February 09, 2013, 10:57:35 AM

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Peter Jones

http://www.willis-organs.com/newcastle_general.html

The RC church of St Peter's Cobridge (Potteries) has closed and its 1953 Willis has been remodelled and rebuilt only a few miles away in Newcastle under Lyme.
The project is nearing completion. I must say that I think the quality and voicing of the pipework is excellent.


David Drinkell

There's a very similar Willis in Stowmarket United Reformed Church, Suffolk.

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=H00695

If the Newcastle under Lyme installation enjoys similarly excellent acoustics, it should be a very fine organ indeed.

The Stowmarket organ was in danger a few years ago when the local authority wanted to put a compulsory purchase order on the church (an impressive post-World War II building) in order to redevelop the area, but I believe that this threat has now passed.