ChurchOrganWorld

ChurchOrganWorld UK's leading manufacturer of pipeless digital electronic church organs Value for money is key with an excellent pedigree developed over many years.

ChurchOrganWorld is UK's leading manufacturer of pipeless digital electronic church organs from Copeman Hart, Makin and Johannus using the latest real time sampling technologies. Johannus organs offer an amazing range of digital instruments suitable for home practice through to those suitable for use in the largest of churches. The top quality consoles are built from slow-grown North American Oak;

a Johannus organ looks new, even after 10 years! The use of our breakthrough real-time sampling technology has changed the organ world so whilst you see a digital organ, you hear the original pipes from a pipe organ! The new and unique reverberation is a technical miracle giving customers the opportunity to explore the cathedral sound of their choice! What’s more, these instruments now have English editions with full English specifications and samples used. Makin has been for many years dominant in the production of quality digital pipe organs designed by British organists. Perhaps the most commonly known name for the English organ sound,. With a range of ‘off-the-shelf’ and fully custom instruments, customers have been able to rely on Makin to deliver a fully anglicised instrument with the sounds developed from British pipe organs, divisional pistons, octave couplers, great and pedal pistons coupled and many other British-only features included. Our American and continental cousins really don’t fully understand the needs and desires of organists from this sceptred isle, which is why other brands simply don’t ‘cut the mustard’. This great tradition continues today with beautiful hand crafted consoles. Copeman Hart are simply the best digital organs available, being built to the same exacting standards of the best pipe organ consoles available. With
Copeman Hart, we generally now only build Drawstop consoles, with wood-based keyboards. The customers have the choice of which solenoids to use such as those made by Taylor, Kimber Allen or Syndyne. In terms of sound production our results are simply breathtaking, which of course is down to the quality of all aspects of the software and hardware we use, together with more amplification and speakers than perhaps any other make of digital organ, with typically twenty eight main amplifiers and four bass amplifiers giving a total of eighty eight speaker drivers enclosed in twenty eight speaker boxes. Our new Makin and Copeman Hart custom instruments all come with the on-site voicing skills of Professor Ian Tracey, Organist Titulaire at Liverpool Cathedral, included in the price. There is no other company who offers the skills of such a world renowned organist and musician to its customers; in essence it was concluded that there was little point in following the well trodden path of the competition by have a well meaning, but none the less amateur voicer, when we can offer the best from a true professional. As you can imagine, the results speak for themselves. No other company offers such a range of quality options, all of which come with the best in service and at a price that is eminently affordable. Finally, what about after sales customer service? You should expect the best whether you have a Johannus, Makin or Copeman Hart instrument. With a team of four full time geographically based maintenance engineers we cover the whole country. What’s more since we don’t use third party engineers, customers can be assured that one the rare occasion that an Engineers visit is required, a staff member will attend who has all the in-house and factory training and experience necessary to do the job.

Makin Windermere 3-53D installed at St Brelades, JerseyIn June 2025 the organist from St Brelades Kevin Dean made a day ...
15/05/2026

Makin Windermere 3-53D installed at St Brelades, Jersey
In June 2025 the organist from St Brelades Kevin Dean made a day trip to Shaw to see Matthew on a Saturday. It was early days, but with so many issues with the pipe organ it was evident that Kevin liked what he heard when he played the Makin Derwent 4-68 D. The true Makin English sound was ideal, but the three manual Windermere 3-53 D that would best suit the needs of the church.

Following the production of a survey report, over the next few months a plan was developed with the able help of Church Warden Frank Walker OBE, and after much discussion and consideration of a plethora of options the order was placed in October. One change in the standard specification that Kevin decided upon was for a Cor Anglais 16’ on the Choir to replace the Vox Humana 8’ in the standard specification. The church also wanted a very dark oak polish on the instrument.

Just prior to the installation Kevin returned to Shaw to play what soon would be his instrument and was astonished at the quality of the instrument ‘out of the box’ and as such unvoiced. He commented to Keith “Your organs are an absolute credit to you and everyone at St Brelade’s can't wait for the installation.” Keith very much looks forward to seeing him again in Jersey and in particular seeing his reaction to the finished instrument.

John and Steve Bell had the delight of a few days in Jersey this week installing this lovely organ, in a rich dark oak colour matching the adjacent pews. Whilst they were there they visited several other Copeman Hart and Makin instruments to ensure they are all in tip-top condition. After John and Steve had completed their work, Kevin commented “Thanks again and the guys were brilliant today by the way.”

In early June, Ian Tracey and Keith will go to St Brelades to complete the voicing of this instrument which, following voicing on a note by note, stop by stop basis will more than likely be the best digital instrument on the island. More on that later!

30/04/2026
Makin Rydal 2-25T Installed in St Christopher Pott ShrigleyDavid Garton will be delighted to be able to play the new Mak...
20/03/2026

Makin Rydal 2-25T Installed in St Christopher Pott Shrigley
David Garton will be delighted to be able to play the new Makin Rydal 2-25T organ at this church near Macclesfield in Cheshire which was installed by Steve and John earlier this week. This instrument replaces an old Makin organ which had become a little temperamental and whilst it could be repaired, it was time to upgrade to the latest technology and to benefit from the wonderful new specification and sounds produced. Keith voiced the organ on Thursday afternoon; the church are now all set for many years of service from this little beauty.

We were very saddened to hear of the death of Dr James Hunter earlier this week. Jim was perhaps best known by many as t...
20/03/2026

We were very saddened to hear of the death of Dr James Hunter earlier this week. Jim was perhaps best known by many as the Director of Music at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow who for many years organised the daily recitals on the wonderful 3-48 instrument originally by Lewis.

Jim had a Makin home practice organ for many years. In addition, he provided us with significant help when we installed the Copeman Hart organ at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in 2015. At the time he commented “This organ ably demonstrates the huge advances made in recent years in sampling and speaker technology. The sound is magnificent, truly realistic and fills the vast Concert Hall effortlessly. It is a superb instrument which contains all the organ colours that you could wish for, an ideal instrument for the venue and for the many varied styles that will required of it.”

Jim will be missed by many. RIP

A nice review of our music is in Organist's Review this month. You can purchase it from us at £25.00 per copy.
11/03/2026

A nice review of our music is in Organist's Review this month. You can purchase it from us at £25.00 per copy.

‘Be still for the presence of the Lord’ volume 3 is the next publishing project we are working on. Similar to volume one...
03/03/2026

‘Be still for the presence of the Lord’ volume 3 is the next publishing project we are working on. Similar to volume one and two, as released in 2024 and 2025, this will be a book of preludes and interludes for general service use, especially during the communion service. We are therefore looking for composers to submit pieces, in Sibelius format only, for this venture. The editorial board are looking for original pieces or preludes/interludes based on, for example, well known hymn tunes. However, it is all about the quiet stops, so the big pedal reeds and the Tuba should not come out to play. As ever, we are keen for pieces that are playable by an average organist, up to grade 6 standard in a key with no more than three flats or sharps.

Please submit pieces to be considered by the end of April 2026 by email to [email protected].

In due course we will run a pre-publication offer which will enable subscribers to pay for the copy at a discounted price with delivery taking place on publication a few weeks later.

A splendid day with Ian Tracey on the Makin Derwent organ accompanying the singing of the Kantos Chamber Choir at the Tr...
23/12/2025

A splendid day with Ian Tracey on the Makin Derwent organ accompanying the singing of the Kantos Chamber Choir at the Trafford Palazzo in Manchester.

We wish all our customers a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous new year.

Relive the festive atmosphere of Carols at the Palazzo, a special Christmas event held at the Trafford Palazzo.Throughout the day, Ian Tracey performed a sel...

15/12/2025

Makin Windermere organ for St Paul’s Walkden, Lancashire
Walkden is a town formally in the city of Salford, some seven miles outside of Manchester. For many years St Paul’s Church has had another brand’s first-generation digital instrument which has served them well for many years. However, it has come to the end of its days with repairs now being exceptionally difficult with a lack of both spare parts and an experienced engineer.

Following initial discussions between Dr Keith Harrington and their highly talented and experienced organist Ben Anguige it was clear that a Makin Windermere instrument would meet their ongoing needs for many years to come. Having discussed the option of a tabstop or drawstop instrument the PCC decided that a drawstop instrument would be preferable and the right investment to make to ensure they would continue to attract such a high-calibre organist in the future.

The financial details were soon ironed out with the Treasurer Jackie Meredith and we have started building their instrument with installation expected to be around Easter of 2026. The organ will be voiced by Professor Ian Tracey.

Keith commented “Working with Ben and Jackie has been an absolute pleasure. I can’t wait to have this organ installed.” He added “Voicing with Ian is always such great fun; I have learnt so much from him. Recent advances in the tools we have to voice the new range of instruments has meant that within a matter of hours we can transform an instrument that sounds very good out of the box to something that is simply sensational and more than justifies the investment that a customer makes with us.”

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