Richard Shireby plays the 1877 Conacher tracker pipe organ in the workshop of Ireland-Shireby church organ builders (Lincolnshire, UK) as the organ nears the completion of it's restoration.
This item was recorded off the workshop's internal CCTV system as an experiment & an alternative of using a camcorder. Sound is recorded through a pair of Shure SM57 microphones. All the cameras are Sony, and fed through a Panasonic digital video mixer.
do you have many opportunities for an a apprentice to start with you
tdodd191 2 months ago
Not at present. I am still struggling to make ends meet after losing £180K when WTC9/11 happened. IF I wasn't in such a silly financial rut, the answer would be yes. It's left me having to drive as taxi as well as the organ building & organist work :(
PipeOrganHymnsG0OJF 2 months ago
Very nice Richard ! What is the progress on this organ at the moment ?
cornwall59 3 years ago
The kneeboard needs fitting, which I am currently polishing. The ratchet mechanism for the swell pedal then needs working out & fitting. The top 16 notes of the Gt Harmonic flute need regulating. Gt Dulciana Ten C & D need racking in. & a new stopper needs making for an upper pedal bourdon - it's wandered off somewhere!
PipeOrganHymnsG0OJF 3 years ago