Hi!
Currently on the front page of this forum are photographs of
http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D07966
These were taken on the last day of existence of that organ, possibly a Willis, and a delightful small organ arranged over three manuals.
Behind the convent chapel was an enormous pile of broken wood - roof timbers and joists, valuable on the second hand market, just heaped. Nothing was salvaged. The heap was as high as the chapel, and a private second hand fire engine was on hand along the drive to deal with the consequences.
The next day the bulldozers moved in. The chapel was bulldozed. The organ was bulldozed inside the chapel.
Noone cared.
If we are to be able to rebuild our civilisation and what we care for, we cannot just sit back. When you are sliding down a hill, you have to make even greater efforts to progress up the hill.
For that reason this forum exists. In order to reverse the decline, we have to be slightly more evnagelistic about why we think that the organ is worthy of a special place in people's hearts and I hope that all who care about the organ as an instrument might take an active part in showing people why the organ is so amazing.
Best wishes
Forum Admin
Currently on the front page of this forum are photographs of
http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D07966
These were taken on the last day of existence of that organ, possibly a Willis, and a delightful small organ arranged over three manuals.
Behind the convent chapel was an enormous pile of broken wood - roof timbers and joists, valuable on the second hand market, just heaped. Nothing was salvaged. The heap was as high as the chapel, and a private second hand fire engine was on hand along the drive to deal with the consequences.
The next day the bulldozers moved in. The chapel was bulldozed. The organ was bulldozed inside the chapel.
Noone cared.
If we are to be able to rebuild our civilisation and what we care for, we cannot just sit back. When you are sliding down a hill, you have to make even greater efforts to progress up the hill.
For that reason this forum exists. In order to reverse the decline, we have to be slightly more evnagelistic about why we think that the organ is worthy of a special place in people's hearts and I hope that all who care about the organ as an instrument might take an active part in showing people why the organ is so amazing.
Best wishes
Forum Admin