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John Mann, Bangour Village Hospital, Christie 2/10 theatre organ, April 1974

‘His Eminents’ Brighton based organist John Mann plays the ex Lonsdale Carlisle Christie in Bangour Village Hospital in concert on 21st April 1974. At that time STOPS was presenting a monthly concert at Bangour, performed by the UK’s and USA’s top organists of the day. This recording is taken from a cassette copy of the original reel to reel tape, so includes only that which has been recoverable, although some items seem to have been ‘chopped’ in the copy to cassette by whoever did the original copying. Since its installation in 1972 the organ had undergone some changes, some of which ‘worked’ others perhaps not so much. The Cathedral Chimes had always been unenclosed in Bangour, originally mounted on the front wall of the organ chambers with the console beneath them, but at the beginning of 1974 the console was moved to the stage at the other end of the hall. The Xylophone and Chrysoglott/Vibraphone units were moved up onto the flat roof of the chambers, one at each side of the space, then the Tuba Horn (a remarkably good HNB example of a Solo Tuba) from 8’ CC joined them, some 20 feet above floor level, mounted in the centre of the chamber roof (and a later addition was a large scale Open Diapason). A 3rd manual was added when the console was moved to the stage, but at this point in time, had yet to have any stops wired to it. John made good use of all the percussion, traps and effects, as well as the tonal resources of the organ’s 10 ranks and shows his training by Brighton legend Douglas Reeve in his use of the Snare Drum in the left hand, a signature sound of both Douglas Reeve and John Mann. STOPS – the Scottish Theatre Organ Preservation Society, founded on 29th October 1972, is Scotland’s oldest cinema/theatre organ society, and is a registered Scottish charity (SC 018217). We own and operate the New Palace Theatre Organ Heritage Centre in Greenlaw, Scotland and present an annual season of silent films with live accompaniment and occasional concerts. Our website is www.stops.org for the Society and www.nptohc.co.uk for the New Palace Theatre Organ Heritage Centre. We welcome donations of all amounts, which can be made to www.paypal.me/stops