Getting closer and closer towards the re-opening of our Town Hall

The poignant history and latest news of the Christchurch Town Hall  Rieger Pipe Organ

Webcam inside the town hall auditorium is once again active!
​It updates every 15 minutes during work to show the progress of the rebuild.  Click here to view
There is a great deal of new content and fresh material on nzorgan.com. But we also aim to make this site a compilation of the original nzorgan.com website with its unique and historic photos, commentaries, news, events, articles,  and everything else that we followed in the 13 years the Rieger organ was active in the Town Hall. It has been pared to show only the essential details.  As these pages were originally a footprint in time of a special musical instrument, the narrative text about the installation and opening events are as they were recorded. Apart from correcting dead links and other whoopsies, only later developments, the impact of the earthquakes, and rebuilding progress pages have been updated. 
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Organs & Organists:  Now available in the German translation!

 "Hinter den Kulissen Die Königin Lädt ein ; ​Tatsachen und Turbulenzen aus der Orgelwelt" (with foreword by Harald Schmidt)
Visit Dr J. Butz website to read details and order.