Organ update

Our pipe organ was built in 1906 by Norman & Beard Ltd of Norwich. It
has 14 speaking stops, two manuals (keyboards), pedals, a balanced swell
pedal and tracker action. In 2015 a 2' Fifteenth rank was added to the
Great. In 2024 the organ was dismantled, cleaned, overhauled, and
upgraded as follows:

Swell 8' Horn Diapason replaced with a new 8' Open Diapason.
A rank of 8' Trumpet pipes, playable from both manuals, installed.
8' Dulciana rank, in storage since 2015, reinstalled.
Swell 8' Oboe revoiced.
Pedal action electrified.
Keytops replaced.
Tracker action overhauled and worn parts replaced.

SPECIFICATION
GREAT
Open Diapason 8
Dulciana 8
Wald Flute 8
Principal 4
Flute 4
Fifteenth 2 (installed 2015)
Trumpet 8 (installed 2024)

SWELL
Open Diapason 8 (installed 2024)
Gedacht 8
Viol 8
Voix Celeste 8
Gemshorn 4
Oboe 8

PEDAL
Bourdon 16

COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

In 2018, we purchased a portable single manual Johannus ONE digital
organ which is used mainly at Evensong when the organist often needs to
conduct, accompany, and sing with the choir simultaneously!

THE ORGANIST

James Henderson was born on Guernsey and was taught to play the organ by Roger Surcombe at the Town Church. He studied Music & Theology at the University College of Ripon & York St. John, where he received organ tuition from, among others, Philip Moore at York Minster.

After graduating, James worked for two years as a full-time organist for the Lutheran Church of Norway in the four parishes of Tolga.

James returned to Guernsey in 1992 to take up the post of Choirmaster at the Town Church and to teach Music and Religious Studies studies at The Ladies' College, where he is now a Deputy Principal. James has been organist of St. Pierre du Bois since 2013.