Mander Organs is an English pipe organ maker and refurbisher based in London. Although well known for many years in the world of organ building, they achieved wider notability in 2004 with their refurbishment of the Royal Albert Hall's Father Willis organ. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany // The pipe organ is a musical (keyboard) instrument that produces sound by admitting air under pressure through a fipple mechanism of a whistle and/or through one or more reeds incorporated into pipes. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ... Reading Town Hall Organ, built by Willis in 1864, extended in 1882 and rebuilt by Harrison & Harrison in 1999 Henry Willis & Sons is a firm of pipe organ builders in the UK, examples of whose work can also be found in other countries. ...

Mander have completed several famous organs, chief among which is probably the 68-stop four manual and pedal organ in the Church of St Ignatius Loyola, New York - reportedly the largest mechanical action built to date by a British builder. Simon Preston said of this instrument: "It is difficult to do justice to this famous instrument in a couple of sentences; suffice to say that to look at this beautiful instrument is to know the sound that will come out of it." Simon Preston (b. ...

In keeping with the modern fashion, new Mander organs are generally tracker action, which enables the player to give somewhat more expression and removes the delays which are inherent in many electrically-actuated organs. Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs to indicate a mechanical linkage between the key pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe(s) of the corresponding note. ...

The company was founded in 1936 by Noel Mander MBE, FSA (19 May 1912 - 18 September 2005). An early setback was the loss of the organ he was working on, along with all his tools, in the first air raid of the Blitz in 1940. Ironically it was the rebuilding of church organs after the war which provided a firm foundation for the company. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... Blitz, the German word for lightning, and often used figuratively as in blitzschnell (as fast as lightning), may mean any of a number of things in English: Blitzkrieg, the lightning war strategy of WWII Germany The Blitz, the German aerial attacks on Britain in WWII Baedeker Blitz, the reprisal bombing... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

The firm is now run by John Mander, Noel Mander's son and pipe organs have been built and installed in Australia, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the United States. A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe. ...

History of Firm

Mander Organs was founded by Noel Mander MBE FSA in 1936. There have been organ builders in his family since the 18th century. From modest beginnings, the firm expanded in the 1940s, undertaking the reconstruction of many organs which had been damaged in the Second World War. A number of important contracts had been completed by 1960, and Noel Mander's affection and appreciation for old organs gained the firm an unequalled reputation for their restoration. This was also the period when the classical revival in organ-building brought about many changes in the design and voicing of new organs including the re-introduction of mechanical action which had been all but abandoned. The crowning achievement of Noel Mander's work was the reconstruction of the organ in St. Paul's Cathedral which set new standards in the approach to the rebuilding of large romantic instruments in Britain. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ...

In 1978, Her Majesty the Queen made Noel Mander a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition for his services to organ building for over 50 years. He retired in 1983, leaving examples of his work in the Middle East, America and Africa, as well as closer to home. He also bequeathed an experienced team of organ builders, well able to further the high standards for which the firm had become known. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... America usually means either: The Americas, the lands and regions of the Western hemisphere, usually divided into North America and South America The United States of America // America, Netherlands America (band), a rock and roll band America Pavilion at Epcot in the Walt Disney World Resort America (XM), XM Satellite... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...

John Mander, who became managing director on the retirement of his father, served his apprenticeship with Rudolf von Beckerath of Hamburg in 1968 where he was instructed in all aspects of organ building including voicing and pipe-making. Following his three and a half year apprenticeship, that included the organ builders' course at the technical college dedicated to musical instrument making at Ludwigsburg, he remained with Beckerath to further his knowledge in voicing and organ design, culminating in the design of a choir organ for the Petrikirche in Hamburg. Following his return to London after five years in Hamburg, he worked in the drawing office where he was responsible for the conception and design of a number of small mechanical action organs. In 1979 he directed the historic reconstruction of the early 18th century organ at Pembroke College, Cambridge, spending many hours in painstaking research into the history of the organ. Rudolf von Beckerath (February 19th, 1907 – 1976) was a German master organ builder. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... The term voicing may refer to: In phonetics, a type of phonation. ... Ludwigsburg is a city in Germany, about 12 km north of Stuttgarts city center, near the river Neckar. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... An organ is the following: In anatomy, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ... An organ is the following: In anatomy, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ... There are several Pembroke Colleges: Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College, Oxford This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... An organ is the following: In anatomy, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ...

In 1980 he returned to Germany to prepare for the Master Organ Builders' examination which he completed successfully in that year, making him one of the handful of builders with that qualification outside Germany. As managing director, he still takes an active part in the conception and realisation of the firm's work, frequently directing the tonal finishing of organs on site all over the world. For six years he served on the board of the International Society of Organ Builders and he is also a founder member of the Institute of British Organ Building which has been formed to further the education of organ builders in Britain. He lectures on a wide variety of topics associated with organ building, and is often called upon to advise on unequal temperaments, of which he has made a special study.

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