Organ Update 14
UPDATE Compiled by Boz Oram
boz@historyinharmony.com
www.historyinharmony.com
Welcome to Update Number 14 – as usual, there are no photographs as there are plenty of people who are not on broadband, so a big file takes ages to download and there is no point in creating problems just for the sake of it! I would also like to apologise for the lateness in this Update ending up on your computers, but I have been rather busy on the workfront and playtime (such as this) takes second place as we have had a whole host of tours to run and finalise. It is therefore a slight bit longer than usual, but next one should return to a more compact size for you. (thanks for the gee-up as well from some of you as this is behind time) As per usual, if you do not wish to be on the email list, then please let me know. Conversely, a big and hearty welcome to all of the new members of the Update - if you like it please pass on the email boz.oram@andover52.fsnet.co.uk and I'll sort it out. (still no-one from China or Japan yet)
AGM’s
Much has happened recently with many clubs and societies having their various AGM’s which is of course the groups way of allowing the membership to have their say in what goes on within their particular society. If your club still has an AGM planned, then please do go and support it – a lot of effort goes into arranging them and there is nothing worse than indifference from the membership, especially from those who grumble after the event has taken place.
Talking of doing something…
Steam Apprentice Club UK
The Steam Apprentice Club (SAC) is the only society devoted within the preservation movement in the UK to bringing up, educating and making the whole experience fun for our up and coming younger generation. I notice that within the excellent parent magazine Steaming, the journal of the National Traction Engine Trust, that the bureaucratic long arm of the Protection of Children Act has caught up with our hobby in the UK. The SAC has adopted a Child Protection Policy that they believe has navigated the fine line between being too prescriptive on one side or too woolly that it then becomes meaningless to actually do anything for anyone. They ask that the engine owners bear with the inevitable form filling that necessitates allowing our future generations to actually learn anything of any consequence. Do remember that if you want to encourage a minor (I am guessing that this is under the age of 16), then the relevant bits and pieces ought to be adhered to. For more information please contact Elaine Massey, NTET Child Protection Officer (yes, we now have to have one of those too!) of the Steam Apprentice Club on her email address elainermassey@aol.com For other details about the Steam Apprentice Club, please contact John Durling, the very approachable Chairman on his email address: john.r.durling@uk.transport.bombardier.com
Waldkirch 2005 Germany
The Long Tour of 10 days that covers collections in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and France now has just four places left, so if you are interested please contact us NOW for a booking form. That tour is on a first come first served basis however the short tour is designed to accommodate people without a limit, so if you are interested, then you can book on that one without pressure – remember that it goes to the Show itself and the Scenic Tour has a healthy number of passengers. As the name suggests, it is scenic for those people who like mechanical organs, but are also keen to see some of the beauty of the German landscape. For further details, contact tours@historyinharmony.com and a more in-depth write up later on in this Update.
From Bernie Brown, Chairman of the South Wales Player Piano Association UK
“I am still the chairman of the Player Piano Association of South Wales and the West. Please can you give us a mention in your excellent updates? (Yes of course, and that includes all other societies that want similar exposure)
The Player Piano Association of South Wales and the West, was originally founded to bring together people who were interested in player pianos and other automatic musical instruments.
The PPA hold regular meetings throughout the year at various members houses where like-minded people can meet, chat, buy or swap player piano and organ rolls, and of course enjoy a good old fashioned sing song around the pianola. We also have outings to visit mechanical music museums and some larger private collections, which are not generally accessible to the public, in addition we run small courses on restoration where skills like hot gluing, case restoration, and leather work are taught.
If you have an interest in mechanical music why join us and learn more about a fascinating subject - you don't have to own a player piano or mighty Gavioli - the association welcomes everyone and all are welcome.
If you are interested, then contact our secretary Anne Brown tel 01275 849130 or write to Weston Lodge, Valley Road, Portishead, BS 20 8JY UK or email bernieg.brown@virgin.net ”
Having known Bernie for more years than I care to mention, and having seen his and Anne’s own collection of musical memorabilia with all of the restoration work that has gone into all of it, then I would suggest that you do join the society, because you’ll certainly have fun learning about mechanical music. In fact, there might be something later on for those of you with the more dextrous mechanical instrument - Welte 100.
From Des Lang in Australia
I got an email from a name wishing to join the Update that I thought I recognised from the days of travelling around the world.
“Gee some people have good memories, yes I is he who has a Cowley Steam Roller in the garage as well as a Fairground Organ who also used to have a Super Sentinel Steam Waggon in the garage as well, but have sold the waggon to make way for the new Fair Organ that is being built at the moment. The first one that I have is a 34keyless built by Clarrie Findlay of Melbourne using pipe measurements from the Limonaire that he restored many years ago for Luna Park, I have had it for 18 years and have fitted it into the back of a Toyota Crew Cab van. The organ that Clarrie is now building for me is again a keyless, but with an extra hole to make it a 35, it will have violin 2 ranks, 2 ranks stopped flute, 1 rank open flute, bass drum, snare drum, wood block, tambourine and crash symbol. Most of the 7hrs of music that I have will be able to be used on it as it was cut with the extra hole in place. My wife Dorothy has a 26 keyless roll playing hand cranked organ built by Derek Dean from Bombala in NSW.
Where I work is at Scienceworks, which is a campus of the Museum of Victoria, I am in charge of the early 1900 Pumping Station that used to pump the sewage of Melbourne to the Werribee sewage farm for treatment. There is one Hathorn Davey of 300hp 8million gallon capacity, similar to the one at Kew Bridge Pumping Station in London but larger, and 4 pumps built by the Austral Otis Co in Melbourne. As well as all of this I also am in charge of a Cowley Traction Engine and a Super Sentinel Steam Waggon (as the saying goes why have one at home when I have one at work that I can play with) as well as infernal combustion engines to deal with, I also get involved with manufacturing interactives for the kids to destroy or steelwork for the rest of the Museum. This as well as doing restoration work keeps me busy to say the least.
Regards Des.”
Des and his wife Dorothy invited me into their life nearly twenty years ago when I was backpacking around Australia, and I am still thankful for a bit of home cooking and comfortability when living out of a tent and a camper van. I ought to write a synopsis of it all one day as I saw literally tons of old equipment in Australia. One memory that I have was at a working sawmill at Arrarat, which housed an original 20hp Marshall semi-portable cutting up wood. The engine had been there for years and was still doing what it had always done – saw all of this wood up. I walked into the sawmill and asked if I could take a couple of photos “yea mate, but its only a bloody steam engine – why don’t you take pictures of girls instead” (well I couldn’t really as I was married at the time – divorce happened a few years later!). I don’t know if the engine still works or has become a relic. Maybe one of our Australian members can give an update on this engine.
-Space Tourism Expert Sees La-*test*-('") Innovations as Portal to Spaceflight Revolution (US) Take it or leave it, but this was published on 1 April. Now I know that we do unusual journeys and tours, but this would be a bit of a challenge! (From Travel Wire News)
Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading space tourism company, will participate in a panel discussion on the la-*test*-('") innovations to affect the travel industry at the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 5th Global Travel and Tourism Summit. Founded in 1997, Space Adventures is the only company in the world to have sent private citizens to space. Mr. Anderson has a great vision for commercial space travel, fuelled by incredible innovations in the past year that have made the concept of mass-market space tourism a reality. Space Adventures will fly tens of thousands of people to space over the next 10-15 years. They will fly around the moon and back from spaceports located on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and aboard dozens of different vehicles.
Private space tourism officially began in 2001, when Space Adventures arranged the mission for U.S. businessman Dennis Tito, who became the first private citizen in space and demonstrated to the world that there was a market of people willing to pay to fly to space. More recently, a Zogby poll found that private space exploration could generate revenues for the travel and tourism industry of over $1 billion (USD) a year within 20 years.
Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures, Ltd.: “Space Adventures envisions thousands of passengers in flight. We plan to commence sub orbital spaceflight in the 2007-08 timeframe and look forward to opening the space frontier to all.”
Lest we forget: Four people about whom I would like to just say a few words:
The first being George Fensom. I had known since I was a little lad as my father had been friends with Jack Fensom and was one of the original pioneer enthusiasts who helped shape the world, as we know it. I wasn’t just a case of going out to a show, but also give plenty of encouragement and information to the likes of others and myself. I’ll still remember those words that he used to shout “what’cha doing Ram, tell me what’s been going on” and we would spend ages nattering about plenty of different subjects. Yes a man sadly missed. My thoughts go to his family and friends.
Ruben Blom And talking of pioneers, the Swedish enthusiast Ruben Blom has also passed from this world to another. He left a fantastic legacy to those people of Sweden and with the help of his sons and family managed to find and save many examples of Swedish manufacture including the well-travelled Munktells traction engine that also has had the King of Sweden upon the footplate driving it! I remember seeing the engine at the famous Bakkersmolen in Belgium back in the mid 1980’s and met the family including Tore and Tage Blom who had, if I remember rightly travelled down from Sweden by ship through some of the most awful and treacherous weather conditions. Fortunately they all survived the ordeal and a bringing together of Nations went one step further towards unity. Again, my thoughts go to his family and friends.
Kimberly Bopp. I would like to send my thoughts and condolences about the death of their daughter Kim, to Ron and Mary Jo Bopp, the Editor and Secretary of the Carousel Organ of the COAA. A death is always a hard thing to bear, but when it is of one so young, then the hurt always seems to be so much more.
Finally to Alan Bloom. Now I only met him once and that was when I organised a MOOS AGM at the Bressingham Gardens and Museum. We had quite a substantial collection of mechanical organs and I was suffering from gout at the time. He took pity on me unlike most other people (who think of gout being rather funny), took me under his wing and pointed me in the right direction, however from Jonathan Wheeler (who brought the Bressingham Museum back onto the map during his time there), I received some words about Alan.
“Alan was the right man in the right place at the right time. He held the reigns firmly and the nursery and the museum prospered to enormous heights. Following his retirement, the nursery had financial problems and was eventually sold off. I am sorry to see Alan go. He and George Cushing (at Thursford) created two unique yet complimentary collections. I wonder what the future holds...”
Horticulturist and steam enthusiast Alan Bloom was the founder of the famous nursery and steam museum in Bressingham where he also created the six-acre Dell Garden where he pioneered the use of hardy perennials in the mid 50’s totalling up to 200 varieties of perennials including astilbe Sprite, achillea Moonshine, geranium Ballerina and pholox Franz Schubert. From 1962 he started collecting old steam traction engines and railway locomotives, many being those machines that had travelled around the lanes of Norfolk during earlier times. He wrote many books on plants, steam, an auto biography as well as trying his hand at writing novels – in all about 30 books, so quite an achievement. He emigrated from the UK to Canada in 1948, however he had to return back in order to recover his failing nursery business. From that time onwards, he never let his hand loose control of the reins until his family could take over. He was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour as well as an MBE. Bressingham will be holding an event on June 21st 2005 to celebrate the life of a man born on 19 November 1906.
And finally a couple more words from Jonathan “Although I wish the new owners every success with it and it will be nice to see the old girl in steam, it's departure pulled at the old heart strings. The President is the last UK Road Locomotive to be restored. It is unique in that it is still in its livery which it left off work 50 years or more ago. It had the feel of a well looked after piece of furniture, a finish that does not come out of a tin! There are very few engines, which have that unique feel to them, and as such, the Science Museum had expressed an interest in it during my time at Bressingham to conserve the engine...”
Thanks from Derek Legg UK
Hi Boz,
Many thanks to yourself and Jim Pickles for the input regarding rubbing down rivets prior to re-painting. Hope the back is OK after the gardening expedition! Looking forward to seeing you at the weekend. (this was the FOPS AGM weekend, and yes everything is back in working order)
Regards
Derek and Pauline Legg
From Jeremy Brice Editor of MOOS magazine, Vox Humana UK
Hi Boz,
“I hope you won't mind if I put in a few correction to your notes about the organs at the M.O.O.S. A.G.M.
1. Although Rob Wichall's organ is badged as a Gaudin, it is actually a Marenghi.
2. The recital Jeff Shackell gave was in memory of Benny Irvin who died on the 3rd of March, not Billy.
3. Dave Heritage's organ is a fairly early 22 keyless 'long case' McCarthy and not the 31 keyless organ built as a 6" scale 89 key VB organ that you described. The biggest giveaway is Peters has the accompaniment pipes in a 'baritone box' on the front. It was built to resemble an 89 key case in 4.5" or 6" scale.”
Jeremy Brice,
Editor - 'Vox Humana'
I do apologise for the inaccuracy, but fortunately there are those of you out there who can correct me in my hour of need.
From Austin Burgess UK, who has taken up the gauntlet to promote mechanical music in Norfolk at the Thursford Museum.
I asked Austin for a small resume of the day.
“I would say around 250 people came to the event - not only do we have agreement for next year but on an annual basis - but only if the numbers hold up - so use it or loose it (where have I heard that before) One visitor from Holland, one from Belgium (that I noticed) apparently there was a "do" in Germany that a number of the Dutch organ fraternity were going to. People from Staffordshire down to Sussex with quite a number of local families participating in the day’s festivities, which was nice to see. Good report on local - BBC - TV on Monday and small article in our local paper.
Next Year’s event will be on the 9th April.
Regards -
Austin
Well-done Austin! I’m pleased that you took that one on and that it was so successful, especially as so many people from outside of the preservation movement, came to witness such an excellent gathering of people and music. I know that Austin is making tremendous efforts to make next year’s event a memorable weekend break
The Fair Organ Preservation Society (FOPS) AGM – Including some ideas from the North West Group Newsletter (further details about the NWG, from stu-marti@lineone.net
Being blessed with warm and bright sunny weather, one of the best days of the month – this attracted a good attendance of approaching 150 to this year’s AGM. Playing in the yard for the entertainment of the early arrivals prior to business side of the meeting were a collection of visiting organs, including Malcolm Reeder’s large Gavioli, with, Paul Kerridge’s super Ruth, Nick Williams with his Cutri Opdem 38 key street organ, Paul Kirrage and Dave Deakin showing off the Voight, recently rebuilt by Kevin Meayers and also the first opportunity of hearing the first recording of this excellent instrument, plus there was one other small hand-turned instrument. The restaurant was kept very busy from 12.00 until the meeting, which opened promptly at 2.00pm. After the business of the meeting had been discussed, it then became the very pleasant chance to honour Mr Herbert Silcock of Southport by awarding him with the Arthur Mills Rose Bowl for services towards the preservation movement.
With a final burst of music for an hour or so more, it was time for those who were staying at the Midland Hotel to have an unexpected surprise of going to the excellent collection of Nicholas Simons. I for one had never been there, but had heard plenty about it, and I was not to be disappointed at all. A bounteous plethora of musical instruments that would have pleased the cockles of anyone’s hearts. From musical boxes to organettes, to player pianos, right through to the larger examples of mechanical instrument, including café organs and Teutonic street organs. Many thanks to Nicholas as well as his family for making our stay so pleasant. All too soon it was time to meander through the myriad of streets to the sumptuous hotel. With a wash and brush up, it was then time to settle down to a fantastic meal, plenty of scintillating conversation and a bar that didn’t seem to close until the early hours!
Breakfast and then off to the Crich Tramway Museum and the other half of the FOPS agm weekend. Through Andrew Willis, and us a day of trams and music was the order of the day. Again under the scrutiny of Peter Haywood, the Kerridge Ruth was in place as well as an instrument that I haven’t seen before – that being the 89 key Gavioli of Chris Dobbs. A real stonker of an organ and even in the cold wind that was generally whistling around the living museum, the instrument played to me like a dream. In fact there was also another Gavioli, owned by Derby Council, the 87 key Gavioli, that I had been told was in pretty bad shape – well I have to dispel that myth. The organ was working really well and by the general hubbub of conversation from those who were listening, would put many other instruments to shame! A Verbeeck at the top of the museum area and a hand-turned instrument, the names of which I don’t know, so could someone please furnish me with details? Oops – I almost forgot, Paul Kirrage’s Voight, the one that was patriated from Holland only recently, was also there. Crich is a fantastic venue for all sorts of events and they are doing a Transport Extravaganza over the August Bank Holiday. Certainly if you want to go there, you will not be disappointed at all. The trams work on regular time schedules with all of the drivers and guards in period costume. All too soon, another weekend of people enjoying their passions was coming to a close, with plenty of us from the South of England, having to make their way around the infamous M25 London Orbital “Car Park” Thanks to FOPS for all of their help with their arrangements over the weekend. Next year, the AGM will be at the new museum of Graham Atkinson up in Yorkshire.
Musical Newsletter plus a few other bits besides from History in Harmony – Boz and Linda.
Waldkirch, June 17th –19th, as many of us know is possibly the world’s best known and respected mechanical organ festival; situated in the heart of Germany’s Black Forest, many instruments from throughout Europe congregate in the picturesque town for one weekend every three years and History in Harmony has on offer three different tours that might be of interest to you.
The first, which has just a few places left, is the Long Tour (15th – 23rd June), which takes in plenty of different collections through Belgium, Germany (of course!), dropping into Switzerland and returning back through France and enjoying a few of the major collections in that country with the cost for nine days being £659 in a twin. The second one is the Short Tour (17th –20th June), and as the name suggests, this is a quick hop down on the train to the Festival itself, staying in a local Gasthof – for those who want to go on an excursion whilst being down there, then there is the opportunity to do so, – cost £225 sharing or £255 in a single. Finally, for the Scenic Waldkirch Tour (June 16th – 21st by air) which is staying at the Maritim Hotel beside Lake Tittissee and takes in parts of the glorious Black Forest, The Flower Island of Mainau, mountain railway journeys, a whole lot more besides the array of organs. £499 from the UK with flights, £400 joining at Basle airport. Single room supp £100.
Elsewhere in Europe, there are other festivals and one of them in mid August is the rather famous Helevoetsluis festival. For those of you who have never been, this event is based around the old sea harbour (now an inland waterway), where tugs, steamboats and all manner of vessels congregate from all around, but also there is a road steam event, with old tyme fairground as well as mechanical music to whet the appetite. Even more whetting available with the famous music collection in Utrecht – well accepted as the most comprehensive collection in Europe available for all to enjoy.
Returning back to England, shortly afterwards, we have the famous Great Dorset Steam Fair which prides itself on the largest preservation show most likely in the world and due to the amount of people who frequent this show makes first-rate accommodation a drawback, however we have secured a good rate at the Milford Hall hotel in Salisbury, at £50 per person bed and breakfast, sharing a twin during the weekend of September 2nd!
A couple of years ago, Linda and I went over to Romania and I must admit that it was a fantastic experience to see an old country that will change soon to the modern ways, and I have never seen Linda so fired up about anything as she was by the dedication of the team running the museum in Iasi. At this moment, their money is short and life is traditional as it has been lived for the last seventy years; plenty of horse and carts used as transport (on the major roads!), much of Romania is a living museum by our standards, and this is quite frankly a short-lived chance to see history in action especially as the world changes so fast these days. That point aside, the tour coincides with the music museum festival in Iasi, up there in the north-east of the country. The Museum team are totally dedicated but are seriously under-funded, and would sincerely welcome the experience of our friends and colleagues in Western Europe to help them with knowledge to maintain their collection of rare instruments. We have put together with an incoming operator a holiday, which we really hope that someone looking for a new experience will consider. (Westerners would not yet be advised to visit without local professionals, as some areas are very remote and extremely difficult to get to). This promises to be a holiday to remember and an opportunity to share with the museum staff, their pride in their festival, the fantastic talent the young people have to offer as well as a trip out with the staff to the only painted monasteries in the world, hopefully making long lasting friendships in the process. There is the opportunity to visit some beautiful scenery, the phenomenal Peles Castle, and of course, the premises of most infamous character of the 19th century, Count Dracula, the rather nocturnal gent who had tons of fun in Hollywood! We hope to run this trip with a few ambitious friends just to get some new faces over to the event. Price, including flights is (circa £950*) for 10 days full board with excursions.
In November, we have the rather splendid and ever intriguing Mechanical Organ Tour in Holland, organised through the MOOS. Members come first, so if you are ready for some of the best collections in Europe as well as some of the most obscure with good company, then this is one that you ought to get ready for. Cost for four days is just £285 sharing a twin. Date for your diary - circ 10th November.
Interestingly enough, even though mechanical music encompasses many different aspects and sometimes-historical events can sometimes be overlooked - one that was brought to my attention was from Nick Lerescu of the MBSI (Music Box Society International), who is running a tour in conjunction with History in Harmony to celebrate 100 years of Welte – The History of M Welte & Sons Freiberg and New York. Places such as Stuttgart, Heigerloch, Kandel, Furtwangen and Freiberg, plus a whole host of other venues to visit, makes this firstly a very interesting tour, but also and excellent opportunity to do some seasonal shopping – oops, I didn’t mention to you that this is also just before the Christmas period. A very interesting tour with all of the usual trimmings that you would expect. Date will be first or second week in December – approximately 8 days.
Which brings me onto next year, 2006 - is it already that time already? Let me wish you a Happy Christmas right here and now!
After Christmas, we have that awful time of darkness and short days (ok in the Southern Hemisphere it is the opposite to this end of the Globe, but I’m sure that you get my drift) – never fear, but we run the German Museums Tour which revolves around the excellent Model Engineering Exhibition in Sinsheim – a show that is regularly featured in many different magazines throughout the world. It takes place in five different exhibition halls and has no less than 5 kilometres of 7 ¼” gauge railway track running live steam locomotives throughout the day – something that doesn’t happen here in the UK. Museums feature all sorts of different aspects of German heritage including Speyer and Bruschal and what better way to enjoy the dismal days of winter than in the exciting collections of Germany!
Finally to this bit, just a bit of advance warning – Dordt in Stoom 2006 – held on a bi-annual basis, this Dutch event is again well-renowned as being one of the six great events that are held in Holland and include steam boats, mechanical organs, road steam, rail steam, vintage busses plus plenty of choirs of male voices with shanty singing, and an exhibition of model engineering with a fantastic day out. Did I say day? Staying at the excellent Hotel Ara our base, we also have even more different collections that we will be going to. Full itinerary will depend upon the KDV’s event held at the Arnhem Open Air Museum.
Pinkney’s Green 2005
I popped into Pinkney’s Green this last weekend, and as usual was greeted on the famous fairground not far from Maidenhead, by plenty of well-known faces in the preservation world. Pinkney’s Green is the only Steam Fair to travel regularly throughout London and the Home Counties. Started by John and his wife Anna a few decades ago as a family concern, the same vision of giving the contemporary family a bit of nostalgia and a fine day out still holds true and with this in mind, the whole concept of bringing original steam traction engines to power the fair and show modern families how the whole theme of enjoyment was done many years ago. Plenty of people join in the fun with the crews as well as the fair staff really getting into the swing of things and with this in mind, the gaily coloured, sparkling showman’s engines are there giving extra rhythm to the event along with this year, a truly excellent display of Scammell Showtracs. The steam engines included Lion, one of the last Fowler show engines to be built as well as the Foster of Russell Cook, however the bulk of the power was provided by three Burrell showman’s engines – those being King George VI, Starlight and the very powerful Princess Mary, along with the resident Tidman centre engine and Savage swing engine, using Rabbet motion, all belonging to Carter’s Fair. Musically, the fair has Gavioli, Dean and Chiappa but on this occasion the guest organ being the A Ruth of Mrs Margaret Cook. I hope some of you made the journey down to see history in action. Many thanks to Anna and her extended family for once again putting the highlight of the preservation calendar back on again.
Renown by Brian Steptoe
While I was at Pinkney’s Green, I also met up with Brian Steptoe who is well-known in the carousel world as a historian and photographer of fairground art, however he has branched out into the world of Showman’s Engines and produced a truly excellent biography of the Howard family’s famous engine, number 15653, Renown, built in 1920. The engine has been in Gary and Ian’s guardianship since 1979 and has travelled extensively throughout the UK as well Europe and is always a favourite machine to see as it is always used for the intended purpose that it was built for – being on the fairground and under load. It was therefore with great sadness for all of us to hear that on the morning of September 22nd 2003, fire had broken out in the Upper Barn of Alton Engineering and rapidly took hold, trying to destroy everything in its path. Renown was reduced to a burnt out hulk and a complete write-off in insurance terms. The initial reaction was that it would take many years to complete a full restoration and to lesser people, the task would have been almost impossible, but the resilience of the family Howard actually completed the engine into a steamable and roadworthy machine in less than a year after the fire and was presented for its first public engagement at the Great Dorset Steam Fair to thunderous applause for their dedication to return this magnificent icon back to the rally fields – the engine then went off on the National Traction Engine Trust’s 50th road run a fortnight later in Northamptonshire to then have full and further cosmetic work done on it during the winter to bring it back to the exceptional standard that the Howard Brothers are so well-known for.
The book is a superb example of the history, its life and reasons why it still survives, plus it also has plenty of magnificent detailed photographs from its construction, right up to the present day. An excellent book and a worthy one to set standards to. Priced at a mere £5 for this excellent publication, postage and packing are extra and for further details, please contact Brian on Bsteptoe@compuserve.com who will furnish you with further details.
(I have to mention that whilst I write this, the music that I am playing is Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries – quite apt I think)
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