Past issues of our newsletter archives:

Post-earthquake visit to the organ:
see pictures here .

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2012 Pipe organ calendars



For more information see our calendar page or go directly to www.organcalendars.com to see the wide range of customisable calendars at www.organcalendars.com

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Screensaver free to download


To celebrate our latest calendars for 2011, we have made a sampling screensaver that includes a variety of images from the new range. For PC only, download size of 7.1MB
[Download page here]

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Desktop organ pictures free to download

2 sizes. Click here to go to the desktop pictures page

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Visit our ORGAN GIFTS AND GOODIES SHOP


Our Zazzle shop sells organ goodies:
products carrying elegant, conventional images showing the grandeur of the instruments, at www.organgifts.com


And here you will find a stunning array of organ calendars.
Either way, you're sure to be able to find gifts for your favourite musicians somewhere. There are t-shirts, mugs, cards, calendars, posters, mousepads, aprons, bags yadda yadda yadda ....

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Our videos and DVD are
available online here!

For more information about this specially produced educational video, click here

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For a quick little jigsaw puzzle (you can even attach it to email for your friends!) left click on the image above.
(Sorry Mac users - this is an exe file so usable only on a PC)

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+ Inquiries to organ curator
Martin Setchell
are most welcome or visit Martin's homepage at www.organist.co.nz

Why did the cleaners interrupt Jacques' Back organ concert ?! Go here to find out!


For review and photos of the
Arts Festival Jacques' Back!
concert on August 2, 2000
donk here

For photos and an account of the installation, dink here

Sound files of the organ, dunk here

To buy the videos, DVD, CDs or souvenirs of our organ, donk here

• Damage to the organ in the earthquake was minimal, says Rieger Orgelbaumeister Wendelin Eberle. Watch the slideshow of our visit in the darkness here
• Follow the progress of the 2011 organ expansion in pictures here
• The latest competition can be found here - why not enter? It's free and you COULD win!
• A special tribute to Dr Allan Wicks, former organist and choirmaster of Canterbury cathedral, who died in February aged 86. [More. . . ]
• David Bridgeman-Sutton writes a regular column full of musings and insights into the world of the organ - or trains - or cats- or people - or just about anything... [Musings and Amusings. . .]
• Thanks to the efforts of Shirley Way, yet another song about the devoted Organ Blower has emerged. Click the link to go to the page of the collection of such songs and poems. [Organ Blowers. . . ]
• Many music lovers will remember Dudley Savage with great fondness. David Bridgeman-Sutton recalls this much-loved organist, who died late last year.
• Join Friends of the Organ now and enjoy the benefits! Find out more here
• Rhubarb is more than just the mutterings of on-screen extras - Althea Bridgeman-Sutton shows a number of easy ways to make quick and easy rhubarb dishes. [More. . . ]
• There are two new desktop pictures, free to download and use. But these are not - for once - of organs [More. . . ]
• Looking for those websites featured in our past newsletters, but you've lost your copies of those great links? Never fear - they are listed here
• Peripatetic Pedals is among our pipe organ screensavers for PC. They're all free, and are just a bit of fun and one way we can show you some of the deligtful organs that we have had the pleasure of playing. [Download page ]
Paul Arden-Taylor of Dinmore Records provides a brief guide for the amateur audio engineer who wishes to have a go at recording the organ. [More ]
• With the death of Edward Heath, former Primer Minister of England, the organ world lost a keen fan. David Bridgeman-Sutton writes a personal tribute.
• Broadcaster Alistair Cooke's Letters from America were one thing; his telegrams were another. And why was he sending them to a headmaster in Lancashire? Find out in this special edition of Musings and Amusings [More . . . ]
• When Mussorgsky wrote his Pictures at an Exhibition, it was as a reaction to paintings by his friend Hartmann. Now, one of the top New Zealand artists has done the opposite ~ reacting on canvas to Mussorgsky's music ~ and the resulting suite of artworks partnered the music. [More...]
• What became of the little wide-eyed chorister in the front row when Elgar was conducting one day? He became quite something actually. Read about it here in an exclusive interview with Sir David Willcocks, in Christchurch in January to conduct a performance of "Dream of Gerontius".
• Why do audiences behave badly? And what can we do about it? Here organ curator Martin Setchell opens a sweety, coughs loudly, and muses in a loud voice on the question ....
• Organ Blowers immortalised in verse? See these gems for yourself!
• "1430s? - 1722 CDs of Organ Music" - This listing, by Jo Huddleston ( of "Organ CDs - a Place-Name Index" fame) shows CDs which make some claim at having recorded old organ pipework throughout Europe (with Mexico making an occasional appearance). A fascinating undertaking...
• Fine Tuning a King - an interview with Kenneth Aplin, tuner of the Rieger in the Town Hall.
• Vox populi - The philosophy behind giving the pleasure of this organ back to the people who all helped to provide it.
• Bach 250th celebration concerts - reviews, photos, programmes
• History of the organ
• Stop List
• Rieger Orgelbau - The official website.
• Other organ page links
• Useful New Zealand links
• School concerts held
• Souvenir mugs, mousepad, postcards, of organs around the world!
• CD orders
• Coming events that involve this organ
• Sound files
• Odds
• CD and Book Reviews