Corpus Christi Boscombe.

I was very sad to find out that the organ at Corpus Christi had been pronounced beyond repair. The Mary Organ was not up to the needs of a big wedding, so we were asked to provide a suitable instrument. Once we had got the pedalboard up the narrow spiral staircase, the installation went smoothly. The Hereford Cathedral sample set sounded wonderful.

Rental organ at Corpus Christi

St Katherines Southbourne, Bournemouth

A blown blower motor has put the organ at St Katherine’s out of action. We are providing a long-term rental whilst the instrument is repaired. Colin Davey gave the organ a good workout with a fine performance of the Whitlock Fanfare.

Rental Organ at St Katherine’s Southbourne

Rental Organ at St Katherine’s Southbourne

To keep up with the renal demand, we will be add in a 2 manual instrument to our rental fleet.

We have just completed the MIDI-fication of a very nice Compton pedalboard. We have used a Midi Gadgets Boutique mpc32xrs MIDI encoder and our own sensor system.

It is probably the heaviest pedalboard I have every worked on!

Compton Pedalboard

Just before Christmas I visited the Wyvern showroom to setup one of their new Sonata organs with Hauptwerk.

Wyvern supply 2 organ ranges. Their standard spec organs are built by Content in Holland  and their custom organs are built by Renatus here in the UK using the Phoenix WPx system.

The Wyvern Sonata is a Content-built organ. A couple of things of note. These new instruments have a new tone generation system with per-note samples and excellent voicing capabilities. They also have a Hauptwerk mode, the reason for the visit.

Wyvern Sonata and Hauptwerk

Once the secret menu option to enable Hauptwerk mode was located, the integration task was probably the simplest I have ever encountered. It just worked! I was very impressed.

Watch this space. There will be more exciting developments in this space soon!

Romsey OrganWorks can now offer the very best quality virtual pipe organ keyboard stacks and complete consoles using Fatar keyboards, solid oak keyblocks and engraved pistons.

2-manual console with touchscreens

As can be seen in the picture below, craftsmanship is first rate and only the very best materials are used.

Detailed closeup

A 2 manual keyboard with 30 engraved pistons complete with MIDI and a music desk is available for £2000 including VAT. Complete packages are available including 32 note pedalboard and bench starting at £7300 including VAT.

Please call for more information.

Romsey OrganWorks provided an organ for a service of Festal Evensong at the Holy Trinity Church Gosport. S.S Wesley’s Blessed be God and Father and Brewer in D were beautifully performed by the choir. The organ handled everything that was asked it with easy. The post service voluntary got a standing ovation!

Whilst virtual pipe organs will never completely replace pipe organs, they are now so accurate that it is hard to tell the difference. Please contact us for all your VPO needs.

Geoffrey Holroyde at the console

Portsmouth Cathedral Choir