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.

Available to order from www.sheetorganmusic.co.uk from £24.95 for softback and £34.95 for limited edition hardback
11/09/2026

Available to order from www.sheetorganmusic.co.uk from £24.95 for softback and £34.95 for limited edition hardback

21/08/2026

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A splendid way to spend a Saturday evening in Walkden!By Keith HarringtonLast Saturday's Ian Tracey recital at Walkden, ...
03/07/2026

A splendid way to spend a Saturday evening in Walkden!

By Keith Harrington

Last Saturday's Ian Tracey recital at Walkden, conveniently scheduled early enough that we could all watch the England-Panama match afterwards, was a splendid affair. For those of you who have yet to meet him (where have you been?) in addition to playing very approachable music, Ian is a great raconteur and tells some wonderful stories about organs, organists and composers through the years. This recital's content was very much aimed at the general public with plenty of music that is both tuneful and approachable and showed the organ off at its best.

Ian started with the Antonio Soler Minuee from Concerto VI for two organs. It’s a super piece he often plays and gives the organist the chance to give both Great and Swell reeds an outing. It varies in volume from mf to ff and gives the impression that there is much more to come.

Bach’s Fantasia In G major has three movements which are all well known, my favourite being the Gravement which, with some practice, is very playable by itself with a nice pedal solo.

Following the Pescetti Sonata in C and Schumann’s four sketches for Pedal Piano came the Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock. This is a really nice piece of music we carry in stock.. Peter Warlock was also known as Philip Heseltine (1894 - 1930). Ian told us all quite a sad story of his life and eventual su***de. Apparently he was the father of the art critic the late Brian Sewell (1931 - 2015).

Elmore's delightful Pavane from his Rhythmic Suite was followed by the hilarious Serenade by Bourgeois which he wrote in 11/8 and 13/8 time for his wedding procession. Finally, specially for Ben was the Dubois Toccata in G. His special request encore was Widor's Toccata.

For me it was simply wonderful to simply sit back and listen to the organ which Ian and I had voiced some weeks ago with very familiar music being played. I could listen to individual stops and combinations. The organ really does sit together well and I am delighted that this installation is so close to Shaw.

I certainly concur that the church is very lucky to have Ben, an ex-pupil of Ian’s, as organist, but the converse is true, Ben is very lucky to have such a supporting and friendly congregation.

Just a short drive home to sit down and worry for ages that England will win!

Thanks to Church Treasurer Jackie Meredith for the photo from left to right (Prof Ian Tracey, Ben Anguige & Dr Keith Harrington). According to the St Pauls Church Facebook account “What a wonderful evening we’ve had celebrating the new Makin Windermere organ at St Paul’s. It was a joy to hear Professor Ian Tracey play assisted by St Paul’s resident organist, Ben Anguige and Dr Keith Harrington from Makin Organs. A genuine Dream Team.

Church Organ World is now a Yamaha Dealer for Upright, Grand and Digital PianosManaging Director Keith Harrington said “...
03/07/2026

Church Organ World is now a Yamaha Dealer for Upright, Grand and Digital Pianos
Managing Director Keith Harrington said “For some time we have realised that churches often embark upon purchasing both a piano and a digital organ at the same time. Following brief discussions with James Sargeant, Sales & Marketing Manager for Pianos at Yamaha, it became evident that there was a good synergy and working together would be of tremendous benefit to our customers especially since we have some very attractive prices.”
Yamaha have a comprehensive range of upright pianos which caters for every church’s needs, from compact models for occasional use through to larger models suitable for more demanding work. Silent and Trans acoustic variants offer MIDI and Audio connectivity.
Ranging from 151cm to 274cm, Yamaha’s grand piano line offers a range to suit any church’s requirements. A pre-sale site survey is included to ensure the client has the most appropriate options. Post-delivery tuning is included on all models, with custom voicing also included on CX, SX and CF Series.
To start with, we have two demo models in our Shaw showroom, which customers can come and play. Following purchase, new pianos are delivered directly to our customer by Yamaha engineers.
James Sargeant said: “Over three decades working in the piano business, and as a church musician and organist myself, the requirements of so many churches to have both a digital organ and a piano have been very apparent. In the last few years, we have supplied pianos to churches and cathedrals around the UK, for choir rehearsal rooms, church halls, or as an additional instrument in church for those occasions where it’s not possible or musically appropriate to use the organ. We are delighted to have found a synergy with Dr Keith Harrington and his team at Church Organ World. Their commitment to offering the very best customer service aligns perfectly with our objectives to bring the best quality instruments to churches. We look forward to welcoming new church musicians into our Yamaha family!”

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

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