Tag: organ

Anglican Chant from a metrical psalmody tune…

Byartsyhonker June 16, 2012 0 Comments
The choir will be singing the Benedictus at St Andrew's next week, and I've been looking for an appropriate setting. Common Worship has a few metrical settings of the text, one of which is Double Common Metre. This fits to a number of tunes, but perhaps my favourite DCM tune is number 373 in the New English Hymnal -- also known as "Third Mode Melody". This was made famous by Ralph Vaughan...

Steeeeeeeeeeam

Byartsyhonker June 4, 2012 1 Comment
In trying to put together bits of organ fundraising yesterday I happened upon our organ technician's website, and found the previous lot of repairs are listed as a case study. As part of this contract, we felt for historic reasons, that it was important to retain the three attached feeders. These still have their iron likages connecting them to the off-set main shaft and the original cogged...

Organ fundraising

Byartsyhonker June 3, 2012 4 Comments
The organ at St Andrew's Leytonstone has been in need of repair for some time. Before I got there, a first stage of repairs was done; the second stage was deferred. Here's a quote from our organ builder's estimate on the second stage: "The four remaining bellows up in the main organ chamber are very awkward to access (being sited on floor level) and require dismantling/removal of the Choir...