Llandaff organ damage

David_Underdown · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 48 Location: South West London

Info on the pre-existing plans for a new organ:

http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/appeal.htm
http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/parishnews.htm#organ

Can't see any more info on the lightning strike though.
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RobCharles · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject:

What a shame it had to happen to the organ oh well these things do happen, I was in The Cathedral when David Thomas was giving a recital with the Cardiff Organ Association the organ sounded quite bad.

What Churches do nowadays is they replace organs with Electronics e.g Copeman Harts Makins ect.

lancecornea · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject:

It would appear from this article that headless griffins are more significant than the cathedral organ Rolling Eyes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6412077.stm
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David_Underdown · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 48 Location: South West London

They have now apparently jury-rigged a single manual and pedal board, so i tis partially usable.

Rob, if you look at the links posted previously you will see that they are planning a new, real, organ.
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Andrew Butler · Resigned Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 145

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lancecornea · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject:

David_Underdown · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 48 Location: South West London

So long as the insurers don't decide it was an act of God...
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RobCharles · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject:

The Organ was infact quite a bad way before anyway It need restoring long before the current problem now - I know one of the organ tuners who tune it as I get all the goss!!

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wickedchorister · Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 175 Location: Britain

I would just like to say, that despite the problems with the organ, Llandaff cathedral choir absolutely rocks.

Ofcourse I'm not an official spokesperson for Llandaff ...
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diapason8 · Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 365 Location: West Somerset, UK

Presumably, this was an 'act of the Divine Arsonist' rather than His humbler assistant, the Diocesan Arsonist Twisted Evil

But was the fire aided by the carpet in the loft which was, allegedly, installed by the Dean & Chapter after a certain Organist indicated when he felt that the sermon had reached its conclusion by dropping hymn books onto the floor of the loft. Shocked

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David_Underdown · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 48 Location: South West London

It was only th ewiring that was fried (as I understand it) rather than any wider conflagration.
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wickedchorister · Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 175 Location: Britain

I wouldnt like to comment!! Confused

This thread has had an unusual amount of hits in a very short space of time ....
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jpfsc · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 27 Location: Brooklyn, NY

I was surprised by WickedChorister's tag - There's more to life than Christus factus est.

It certainly has to be one of the more beautiful chants of the Triduum as it expresses the depth of God's love for us. I'm not sure there's much more in life.