June was dominated by the final planning and execution of a 5-day tour of some of the fine organs of Norfolk. I took some 45 members of The Organ Club to play twenty organs (averaging 4 per day) from June 10th-14th, ending up with a memorable Norwich visit to St Peter Mancroft and the Cathedral. All went well and a happy crowd of Organ Club members knew far more about Norman & Beard (of Norwich) instruments at the end of the week than they did at the start! Here is a selection of photos showing all the venues we visited.
Wymondham Abbey – the 1793 James Davis console on displayAttleborough, St Mary – Paul playing the unusual Williamson & Hyatt consoleAylesham, St Michael, rare push-button Norman & Beard consoleBlakeney, St Nicholas – the Norman & Beard / Richard Bower organCromer, Ss Peter & Paul, part of the 1892 Southwell Minster casework facing up the north aisleDereham, St Nicholas – the double cases of the 1995 Richard Bower rebuildFakenham, Ss Peter & Paul – the Hele organ of 1926North Walsham, St Nicholas – the Norman & Beard / Richard Bower organQuidenham Carmelite Abbey, Organ Club members listening to the 1998 Richard Bower organThorpe, St Andrew – the south aisle case of the Abbott & Smith / HNB / Wood Wordsworth / Bishop organTrowse, St Andrew – the delightful small 1913 Norman & Beard organWhissonsett, St Mary the Virgin – a Richard Nicholson organNorwich, Chapel Field Methodist Church, the Norman Brothers organ of 1886Norwich, St Andrew – an ornate case for the 1905 Norman & Beard organNorwich, St Peter Mancroft, 1984 Peter Collins organNorwich, St Peter Mancroft, console and BrustwerkNorwich Cathedral, the Stephen Dykes-Bower caseNorwich Cathedral – David Dunnett demonstrating the rebuilt organ
