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| THE ORGANS AT LLANISHEN METHODIST
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| The first mention of an organ in the Church was in 1904 but nothing more is
known about it. A single manual organ, perhaps obtained from Whitchurch Wesleyan
Church, was installed in the Church in 1912. In 1937 this became the Great Organ
of a two manual instrument built by Chas Gill of Cardiff. This had 11 speaking
stops, tubular pneumatic action and no less than 7 couplers. Although there was
a variety of soft pipework it was mostly at 8 foot pitch and the action was
always unreliable. (Gill Organ Specification, History and Sounds). By 1997 it was clear that a new organ was needed. Leonard Starr (the South Wales Methodist District Organ Adviser) alerted us to the possibility of acquiring a relatively new instrument from a church in Peterborough. The total cost of acquiring, dismantling, transporting and rebuilding the organ was £7000. |
 space ABOVE - Mark Worwood plays the Gill Organ shortly before it was dismantled in July 1998 |
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| Listen to the Gill organ in use by the Church's organists (MP3 files)
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1. St Clements (Ann Thomas) July 2nd 1998
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2. Lift up the barrier (Paul Demery) July 2nd 1998
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3. 8 Short Preludes & Fuges No.7 (Bach) (Mark Worwood) June 26th 1998 |
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| 4. Elegie (JEF Massenet) (Fred Pegington) July 3rd 1998 |
5. Allein Goit in der hoh sei ehr (FW Zachau) (John Dwight) The last music ever played on the Gill Organ - July 5th 1998 |
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