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Inside the Great Chest at Trinity College Dublin
Inside the Great chest at Trinity College Dublin
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Dominic soldering pipes at Trinity college in Dublin
Dominic soldering the last few pipes at Trinity College Dublin
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Nick’s mouldings for the consort organ
Nick’s mouldings for the consort organ!
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Nick scraping a panel for the consort organ
Nick scraping a panel for the consort organ
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gluing the bar frame to the table of the windchest
Gluing the bar frame to the table of the windchest for the new consort organ
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Gabor Birta singing Handel arias at St Lawrence Whitchurch
Gabor Birta singing Handel arias with Stephen Tatlow playing the organ at St Lawrence Whitchurch last Sunday
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Edward making a keyboard
Edward making the keyboard for a new 17th century English chamber organ for a viol consort
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Joe planing the grid of the windchest
Joe planing the grid of the windchest for a new 17th century English chamber organ for a viol consort
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St teilo organ included in cd released by Delphian Records
The cd which Gawain Glenton and In-Echo made with our St Teilo organ has been released by Delphian Records. Link to Delphian records :http://delphianrecords.co.uk/person/in-echo/ Link to part of the recording on Youtube :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BqzvItNUMQ
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Trinity College organ report is now on the website
The report for the Trinity College organ project is now on the website in the project list https://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/opus/. I have also added a link on Instagram @goetzeandgwynn.
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Graham Barbers organ back home
Graham Barber’s organ back home following some repairs and maintenance
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Harley Monograph reports updated
We have had a few issues with The Harley Monograph reports however they are all now back on the website and available to download as pdfs. The following reports are not quite finished but should be on the website soon (25,31,32,33,34,37,45). A link to the page https://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/reports/
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Ben Boswell’s website pictures
If you would like to see a portrait of our workshop, then visit his website at http://www.benboswell.co.uk/search.php?subject=Goetze+Gwynn%2C+Organ+Builders
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Derek and Edward listening to Graham play
Derek Adlam and Edward Bennett listening to Graham playing the Gigue fugue on his GDB organ in our workshop. Graham’s website, including a list of his many recordings, is to be found on https://grahambarber.org.uk/
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Fiona filling in the paintwork
Fiona Hutchinson, our neighbouring ceramics restorer, is seen here filling in the knocks in the paintwork of the GDB organ http://www.harleygallery.co.uk/harley-studios/artist/f-j-hutchinson/
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Graham barber playing
Graham Barber came to the workshop to play his Grant Degens and Bradbeer organ, which has just been given repairs and adjustments by Edward and Chris. The organ has the distinction of being the only organ that Edward designed and made himself, whilst working for GDB in Northampton 44 years ago!! The organ and its …
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Christian Wilson playing the St Teilo organ
The St Teilo organ was played by Christian Wilson (http://www.christianwilson.co.uk/About.asp) for the recording of Byrd’s Great Service, with assistants to blow and prepare the music. Christian also played the Wetheringsett organ when it appeared on BBC4’s ‘Elizabeth I’s Battle for God’s Music’ with Lucy Worsley last October.
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St Teilo organ at St Jude’s Hampstead for a Byrd recording
The St Teilo organ has been in St Jude’s Hampstead Garden Suburb for a recording of William Byrd’s Great Service, with Colm Carey directing the Odyssean Singers (http://www.odysseanensemble.com/about/) with a new performing edition by Byrd expert Andrew Johnstone (also on the staff at Trinity College Dublin).
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St Teilo prior to leaving Romsey Abbey
The St Teilo organ on its last day at Romsey Abbey. It has been there all year and has taken part in two CD recordings, one with Gawain Glenton and inEcho (http://delphianrecords.co.uk/product-group/music-in-a-cold-climate-sounds-of-hansa-europe/) and the other with the Abbey choir directed by George Richford (https://conviviumrecords.co.uk/releases/the-tudor-choir-book-volume-ii/).
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Happy New Year!!
Christmas dinner at The School of Artisan food, here on Welbeck https://www.schoolofartisanfood.org/
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Joe restoring the barrel
Joe restoring the second barrel of the organ clock at Waddesdon
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Abi fitting shallots
Abi fitting the shallots to the trombone for Trinity College Dublin
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Chris working on the pedal action
Chris working on the pedal action of Graham Barber’s Grant Degen and Bradbeer organ, the only organ completely designed and made by Edward Bennett in 1974
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Graham Barbers organ
Graham Barbers GDB organ before removal for renovations; designed by Edward Bennett in 1974
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A view of the Great pipework
A view of the Great pipework at trinity College Dublin
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Rob Balfour-Rowley voicing the Cromhorn
Rob Balfour-Rowley voicing the Cromhorn on the Chair organ at Trinity college Dublin
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Loading the van
Anthony Bosanquet helping Nick Hagen and Edward Bennett load the father Smith/Gray chamber organ onto the van
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Collection of the Father Smith/Gray organ
The Father Smith/Gray organ being removed for restoration after water damage by Edward Bennett and Nick Hagen with the help of Anthony and Sam Bosanquet
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A view of the pipes inside the Chair case
A view of the pipes inside the Chair case
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4m long D# trombone resonator
The D# 4m long trombone resonator glued up and held together with 60 clamps!! Tomorrows pipe is even longer….
