BIOS Reporter – Volume 37, No.4 – October 2013

In this issue of the “Reporter” you can read an interesting article of Durham Cathedral Organs. It is unlikely that any reader of this periodical would not have visited or heard of Durham Cathedral, so it is fascinating to read about such a famous building. It is also fascinating to read about Irish organists and organ-builders, which an area of research that has not enjoyed much coverage of late in this periodical.

In stark contrast, last Saturday my local organists’ association made a ‘bus tour of 4 historic organs in Central Scotland, two of which had Grade I certificates and the other two were worthy candidates. All of them are untouched and in splendid condition. Hardly any of the attendees knew of all of the instruments, despite them being within 40 miles of Edinburgh. The resident organists and members of the congregations were rightly proud of their instruments…