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St. Matthew Cheltenham, New 'Father' Willis Sample Set

PostMon Dec 18, 2023 8:06 am

Hello Everyone.

I'm very proud to announce the release of my first Sample Set, The 'Father' Henry Willis organ of St. Matthew's Church, Cheltenham, England.

Website Link: https://barrittaudio.co.uk/pages/st-matthew-cheltenham
Youtube demo: https://youtu.be/DtM47s49FVw?si=-lMmDRqZBv6K4Uqa

The Victorian Church of St. Matthew houses a fine example of one of Willis's Golden age organs. The organ was originally built in 1865, and was enlarged and restored several times by Willis for the next few decades. The organ has 39 speaking stops, over 3 manuals and pedal with 4 divisions. It is located in two of the South chancel bays with the Great, Swell and Choir divisions sitting in the right bay, and the Pedale division taking up the whole space of the left bay. The Swell division is rather high up, and is far away from the console giving a slight delay in the coupling. The Choir division is located on the West pipe front, and the Great division on Barker Lever action is directly above the console. An unusual feature of this organ is that the Swell Sub and Super octave couplers actually couple directly to the Great, Instead of the Swell.

The introductory price for the Set is £99.99, which will be valid until 2024.
There is a fully playable demo version available to download as well with a reduced stoplist.

I hope you will enjoy my work!

Best Holiday Wishes from Ivan at Barritt Audio.
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Re: St. Matthew Cheltenham, New 'Father' Willis Sample Set

PostMon Dec 18, 2023 8:41 am

Ivan,

You have taken the leap. Good on you and thanks.

A few comments about the web site presentation.

1. On my screen the bold stops of the demo do not show up. If I copy/paste the stops to my word processor I can see the bold.

2. "Loseless" should be Lossless.

3. "Buy Purchasing " should be By Purchasing.

I look forward to trying the demo. Unfortunately this does not include the Ophicleide pedal stop, a Henry Willis special.

All the best,
Stephen
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Re: St. Matthew Cheltenham, New 'Father' Willis Sample Set

PostMon Dec 18, 2023 9:16 am

Stephen, thank for those comments. I've since improved the website.

Best

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Re: St. Matthew Cheltenham, New 'Father' Willis Sample Set

PostSun Dec 31, 2023 12:35 pm

Hello Everyone.

Today is the last chance to buy the St. Matthew Cheltenham Sample Set at the introductory price of only £99.99!
The price of the Sample Set will be going up tomorrow.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year!

https://barrittaudio.co.uk/pages/st-matthew-cheltenham

Also check out Fraser Gartshore's demo of the organ here from his live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/hYWWm9tiU9 ... XOK&t=1542

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