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A new organ for St Paul's Cathedral

Started by revtonynewnham, October 21, 2011, 06:42:50 PM

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revtonynewnham

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

Barrie Davis

Hi

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

Barrie

AnOrganCornucopia

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...