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Messages - Michael Macdonald

#1
Organs in danger / Re: Ayr-Cathedral of the Good Sheperd
November 15, 2011, 05:11:09 PM
Quote from: barniclecompton on December 21, 2010, 08:04:23 AM
If Micheal McDonald done any work on it, it wont be much better, if at all, than it was before.
[ No I did not work on the instrument, it was maintained by Messrs Harrison & Harrison who took over the Hilsdon Tuning Round when the business closed.
#2
Organs in danger / Re: Ayr-Cathedral of the Good Sheperd
November 15, 2011, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: barniclecompton on March 28, 2010, 05:24:18 PM
http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=R00220

Thats all the information i can find on it. The church closed a few years back and nothing has been heard of it since. As far as i know the organ is still there.

When the Good Shepherd Cathedral closed the Church of St Margarets was elevated to Cathedral status. The organ (Hardy & Sons circa 1900) was overhauled by Paul Miller about ten years. Unfortuately this has been jettisoned in favour of an electronic substitute
#3
Organs in danger / Re: Ayr-Cathedral of the Good Sheperd
November 15, 2011, 05:02:26 PM
Quote from: barniclecompton on March 28, 2010, 05:24:18 PM
http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=R00220

Thats all the information i can find on it. The church closed a few years back and nothing has been heard of it since. As far as i know the organ is still there.

From memory the instrument was originally constructed by Ingram & Co, installed second hand at the Good Shepherd by Hilsdon in the 1950s with a new stop tab console detached downstairs. The organ was on the West gallery behind a timber screen. The building was supposed to be unsafe and was closed.