Organs (cinema, theatre, church, etc)

Hello, My chapel piano has now been fully overhauled, saving a cost of around £12K to replace as near as possible. The piano that was originally my home piano, is twenty years old, bought at a time of relative prosperity in the industry. It had so much sophistication, that when the chapel were looking to replace their acoustic piano in 2015, the piano market was in recession, so much of the sophistication was being cut from new electronic pianos. It's usually the mechanical mechanisms that wear, so having had the instrument electronics fully inspected, it was recommended by our visiting piano & organ engineer, just to overhaul the mechanics. The end product, I'm literally over the moon. That's the keyboard, upside down having had all of the return springs & contacts replaced. I'm so fortunate to know such a skilled technician, because they don't grow on trees.

Hello, Sad news, The Coventry Gaumont Organ will not be commissioned in time for the Bilston tea dance hall, opening date.

Hello, Ages since I posted on here. Of all the skills of organ & piano playing that really for me take the biscuit, is the "Pasedina" stile. It's where the piano part is pre-recorded, set in motion with the organist then playing to it. My Uncle was brill at doing that at the Coventry Gaumont until his retirement in 1966. I will post a YouTube of this technique for you to see & hear what's going on. An organ & phantom piano duette. Sadly this artist has now passed on. The piano is playing from a pre-recorded scroll, whilst the organist plays to it. Hope you enjoy. Hi-fi, or earphone will bring it out for full enjoyment. I don't believe that there's half a dozen organists in the world that can perform like this. Half a decade on, I'm so proud of my Uncle who really shone with this skill.

Sadly, Not only are cinema organs a thing of the past, the dance venues I believe are possibly on their way out. The tower ballroom in Blackpool has very poor visitor numbers for the most recent years. I've see the dance floor crowded until the millennium, but not anymore.