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The Binns organ in the
Albert Hall, Nottingham, UK

The Binns organ in the Albert Hall, Nottingham

We want to share with you our enthusiasm for this wonderful Edwardian instrument in the Albert Hall, Nottingham. Read about the history and construction of the organ, browse the stop list, hear it being played. And why not plan to attend one of this year's recitals?

New recordings of the Binns organ are now available.

Full details of the 2008 Recital Series are now available.
The next recital will be given by David Butterworth (the Organ Custodian) on 11th May.

History - Jesse Boot's gift to the City of Nottingham
Specification of the organ and history of alterations
Mechanism - what lies inside the organ?
Recordings - download music files to hear the organ
Events in 2008 - recitals and other events
Funding - how you can help to preserve the organ
Links to other sites of interest
Feedback - send us an email

Timothy Byram-Wigfield plays the Binns organ

Custodian

David Butterworth MA Mus.B. FRCO CHM
The Custodian of the organ is David Butterworth, a prominent local organist who has advised on several organ projects in the district including St Mary's Nottingham, Worksop Priory, St Mary's Hucknall and St Mary's Clifton. He oversaw the rebuilding of the Binns organ by Harrison & Harrison in 1992/93 and continues to supervise the maintenance of the organ. He also arranges the annual series of recitals by local, national and international recitalists.

Board of Trustees

The trustees of the Binns Organ Restoration Appeal Fund are:

Kendrick Partington (President)	Hilary Silvester (Chair)
Robert Pascall (Vice-Chairman)	Richard Allen
David Butterworth	Paul Hale
David Hill	John Keys
Neil Page	Ian Wells
June Whitesides	(Joan Orton - minutes' secretary)

EMOR mailing list

If you are interested in receiving email notification of organ recitals in the East Midlands, then why not subscribe to EMOR? "East Midlands Organ Recitals" is a mailing list which will send you occasional emails containing details of recitals in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. To join, simply send an email to emor-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Small print

This site has been created on behalf of the Trustees of the Binns Organ Restoration Appeal Fund and was last modified on 10th May 2008. It is written using Bluefish which is Free/Libre Open Source software.

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