Organ Builders of Bethnal Green, The

Synopsis

Shows the main stages in the making of a small pipe organ with modern casework. The making and voicing of both the wooden and metal pipes is shown and explained. Follows the slow and painstaking assembly of the main parts of the organ in the workshop and its final construction in a church in Edinburgh. The commentary is by John Mander, son of the founder of the small firm of Mander & Son in the East End of London.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 25 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1979

Availability

Hire

Uses

Music courses; courses in craft and design.*

Subjects

Music; Technology

Keywords

musical instruments; organs - musical instruments

Credits

Director

Henry Lewes

Cast

John Mander

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Crafts Council of Great Britain

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.