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A NEW one in Ireland!

Started by KB7DQH, November 04, 2010, 09:35:52 AM

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/1104/1224282629023.html

QuoteWhile piped organs are still a common feature of many churches, when they begin to expire and join the great ecclesiastical choir in the sky, the majority of parishes plug in and go electric. Not so in Crosshaven, where it just didn't seem right to replace the old pipe organ with a Yamaha.

QuoteOrgan consultant Mark Duley, who was hired to oversee the project, says the organ is significant on an international level. "Van Eeken is one of the world's foremost organ builders working with historical construction techniques," he says. "It's the first organ of its type in Ireland. The culture here is generally to rebuild older organs and parishes rarely make decisions to build new ones. It is a major addition to the cultural scene in Ireland."

The newspaper has a number of photographs of this instrument on their website and it truly is a remarkable work of art.  Looking at it one would not suspect it is "new, right out of the box" ;) 8)

And a letter to the editor of the Irish Times from someone who attended its dedication...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2010/1109/1224282958737.html

Eric
KB7DQH
The objective is to reach human immortality—that is, to create things which are necessary to mankind, necessary to the purpose of the existence of mankind, and which have become the fruit that drives the creation of a higher state of mankind than ever existed before."