John Page Organs - new organs

<BODY BACKGROUND="10.jpg" BGCOLOR="#65DC86" TEXT="#000000" TOPMARGIN="10" LEFTMARGIN="10"> <H1 ALIGN="center"><FONT COLOR="#804040" SIZE="+3">New Organs</FONT> </H1> <P><IMG SRC="48small2.jpg" WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="264" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5" ALT="48-key organ" ALIGN="RIGHT"> <FONT SIZE="+1">I will welcome the opportunity of tendering for a new pipe organ for a church, but so far my output has been confined to mechanical organs. The first of a slow stream of new organs was constructed in 1985. Sizes range from 48-key to 90-key. 50% are fairground organs, and 50% are "Dutch" street organs. All have "keyed" key frames, although keyless is an option. All these organs were specially commissioned, and no two are exactly alike.<BR> The mechanical, or fairground organ is often considered to be the poor cousin of the church organ. Unkindly this may be due to the class of owner in the fairground. The typical fairground showman is rough and ready, but his working day is very hard and long. Similarly, his organs are also worked hard and long, sometimes over ten hours a day continuously. And he doesn't expect trouble, or he'll lose punters.<BR> My instruments are of two main types - fairgroud organs and "Dutch" street organs. The main differences are that the street organs are usually hand-turned, employing heavy wheels and double-cranks, and contain pipework with different tonality.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1">All sizes of organs produced have numerous possibilities of specification and pipe layout, according to customer preference, so no two organs are exactly alike.<BR> To satisfy those who prefer their organs to play from electronic music systems, I have decided to offer MIDI as an alternative to cardboard books.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1" COLOR="#804040">Following the modern trend towards smaller organs, at present under construction is a 32-keyless "German"-style street organ, providing a contrast to those produced so far. News on this project will appear in due course, so watch this space!</FONT> </P> <HR> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top">Home</A> / <A HREF="church.htm" TARGET="_top">Church organs</A> / <A HREF="harmonium.htm" TARGET="_top">Harmoniums</A></P> </BODY>