I think Sheffield and Portsmouth at least employed soundboards, etc as well as pipes, which has been the downfall of a number of rebuilt organs - St. Edmundsbury, for example, or Tewkesbury - but didn't Canterbury follow the St. Paul's principle of being all new apart from the pipes? I stand to be corrected on that if I'm wrong. Canterbury is a very fine job indeed, but it's a shame they lost the Solo Organ - it's a bit short on quiet accompanimental stuff (that's not just my opinion - Allan Wicks told me so himself in the course of a consultation lesson many moons ago).
I am totally unqualified to form an opinion about St. lawrence, Jewry, but on paper it looks a bit fierce for that building. Klais can handle large organs in small rooms - Caius College, Cambridge seems to work OK.
I am totally unqualified to form an opinion about St. lawrence, Jewry, but on paper it looks a bit fierce for that building. Klais can handle large organs in small rooms - Caius College, Cambridge seems to work OK.