Goetze and Gwynn
Goetze and Gwynn is an organ builder in England which has a specialism in restoring pre-Victorian British organs.[1]
Company
Dominic Gwynn started organ building with Hendrik ten Bruggencate in Northampton in 1976, before going into partnership with Martin Goetze in 1980. Initially located in Northampton, the company relocated in 1985 to the Welbeck Estate near Worksop in north Nottinghamshire. A third partner, Edward Bennett, joined in 1985.
Martin Goetze died on 23 August 2015. The company continues to restore and produce organs nonetheless.
Reconstructions
The company has produced organs in Tudor style based on the remains of two Tudor organ soundboards discovered in Suffolk.[2] Two of these instruments are managed by the Royal College of Organists.[3]
Restorations
Among the organs they have restored are two in London:
- The organ of St Helen's Bishopsgate, which was damaged by a terrorist bomb attack in 1992
- Handel's instrument at St Lawrence Whitchurch (1994)
References
- The Organ: An Encyclopedia. Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel – 2006
- Gwynn. "The story of the Suffolk fragments". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "Early English Organ Project". www.rco.org.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2018.