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Title: A new organ for St Paul's Cathedral
Post by: revtonynewnham on October 21, 2011, 06:42:50 PM

Hi

Before you all get excited/worried that the Willis grand organ is being supplanted, this one is for the OBE Chapel in the crypt of the cathedral. William Drake is busy construction a new organ - the stop list looks very typical of Drake - English classical in style. See http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=E01834

The chapel previously had a 1959 2/p 16 stop Willis, supplanted by an Allen electronic in the mid-1990's. I've not (yet) found a date for the organ's installation & inauguration.

Every Blessing

Tony

Title: Re: A new organ for St Paul's Cathedral
Post by: Barrie Davis on October 22, 2011, 10:24:42 AM

Hi

Does anyone know what happened to the Willis that was originally here?

Barrie

Title: Re: A new organ for St Paul's Cathedral
Post by: AnOrganCornucopia on December 10, 2011, 04:09:46 AM

Looks very nice indeed! As it's by Drake it will also be built to such a high standard that it could withstand most things short of the total implosion of the Universe...

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