I have just been reading the postings relating to Sheffield Cathedral in the hope that there might be some news of a pipe organ to replace the Copeman Hart/Phoenix job, but nothing seems to be brewing. I wonder if the plan for a "new" pipe organ has been abandoned? I hope not.
But comments relating to the former Mander organ are, nevertheless, interesting. I first heard it around 1973, recitals given by Lionel Rogg and Geoffrey Coffin. The organ did not inspire me at all even though I was more or less sitting in its direct firing line from where it was poorly sited. Earlier organs seemed to have been sited at the cathedral's west end, a sensible place I believe, and I think that was certainly so for a R&D.
But comments relating to the former Mander organ are, nevertheless, interesting. I first heard it around 1973, recitals given by Lionel Rogg and Geoffrey Coffin. The organ did not inspire me at all even though I was more or less sitting in its direct firing line from where it was poorly sited. Earlier organs seemed to have been sited at the cathedral's west end, a sensible place I believe, and I think that was certainly so for a R&D.