Stoneygate Baptist Church Organ Project

20/08/2021

We popped in to check on SBC's BIIIIIIIIG sister... Built the same year, in the same works, Nelson Street, Leicester, in 1914. You really have to take your hat off to Taylor's. They really knew what they were doing!

01/03/2021

Hello everyone, we're back at SBC putting our purse back after reconditioning by Richard Young. Hopefully, tomorrow, we should have this completed, and a little video to show you how it all works. We hope you have a great week. Stay happy!

09/01/2021

Pedal Purse rail restoration update!!
Well, here are some photos very kindly sent over to us of our pedal division purse rails. Richard Young has removed all the old leather, cut new discs of leather and glued them to the rails. Once dry, the purses are dished by the original Taylor hand presses, that may have done these originally, when our organ was built, 107 years ago!
We hope you enjoy seeing a true craftsman at work, ensuring that this instrument continues to give enjoyment for another 107 years.

05/01/2021

Change of plan, catch organist Mike, on BBC Radio Leicester, tomorrow afternoon at around 4pm.

05/01/2021

Meet Bob,
Bob provides the wind for our fine instrument at SBC, and resides in our basement, in his own room!
Long live Bob!

05/01/2021

Whilst we were removing the Pedal purse rails, we inspected the leather of the bellows. The corners are particularly bad, and there are splits at intervals along the to, which is allowing the "ribs" of the bellows to pop out.
We will be patching this to allow the instrument to be playable for recitals soon. Once we have the money for bellows (phase II of restoration), we shall remove all leather and replace with new.

04/01/2021

Whilst our brilliant organ builder is here, we're levelling the Great organ keys...

04/01/2021

All the purse rails have been removed ready to be re leathered by R&S Young Organ Builders. You can see where the purses have popped, due to leather drying out over time, and cracking.
Looking forward to being able to hear ALL of those wonderful low notes again soon!

03/01/2021

Join us tomorrow morning (Monday), as we start work on the pedal division at SBC.
Streaming live on Facebook at around 8.30am.

21/12/2020

If you missed our Carols and Readings service, you can watch it here.
Merry Christmas one and all from all of us at SBC!

Our service of Carols and Readings features contributions from around a dozen members of the congregation. This would normally be a candlelit service, so why not…

15/12/2020

A very Merry Christmas to you all from us at Stoneygate Baptist Church, Leicester!! A sneak peek of our organ, being recorded for our virtual Carol Service!
Look out for a link, coming soon and join us for this special service!