All Day Visit to Organs in the Bishops Stortford Area

EOA Committee member Andrew Stevens is organising this event for the Essex Organists’
Association, and we look forward to welcoming friends from two of our neighbouring
Associations, Beds & Herts and Enfield & District, to this event. Last year this visit was
cancelled because insufficient expressions of interest were received in a timely manner,
but we are hopeful that it will go ahead this year!

The timetable for the day will be:
10.00am St Mary the Virgin Church, Stansted Mountfitchet (CM24 8UB) – 2 manuals &
pedals (15 stops), originally built by Hill & Son in 1874 but rebuilt and moved by Hill, Norman
& Beard in 1950.
NPOR: npor.org.uk/survey/N18642

12.00 noon St Mary the Virgin Church, Birchanger (CM23 5QH) – 3 manuals & pedals
(24 stops), built by August Gern (previously foreman at the Cavaillé-Coll works in Paris) in
1884. Grade I Historic Organ certificate.
NPOR: npor.org.uk/survey/N08628

1.30pm Pub Lunch at The Three Willows, Birchanger (CM23 5QR)

3.30pm St Michael’s Church, Bishop’s Stortford (CM23 2ND) – 3 manuals & pedals (44
stops), recently rebuilt (2016) by Mander Organs.
NPOR: npor.org.uk/survey/V00394

The cost of this event is £10 for players, and £5 for non-players or players under 18 years old. For further details and to book your place for the visit and for lunch (if required), please email Andrew Stevens as early as possible using a.stevens50@btinternet.com.