Community Keyboards

A special programme celebrating the many homes of the ex Oldham Gaumont Wurlitzer organ. Special credit to the Cinema Organ Society and David Lowe for the story as told in the Summer 2023 COS Journal. Additional musical itrems from the collection of Ian Wolstenholme

In this special programme, Ian is joined by BRETT WALES who goes back to his roots in creating the legendary Wersi HELIOS organ sound and chats about the idea for the new album. You can obtain a digital download of HELIOS or the CD version from www.brettwales.com

A Community Keyboards Special edition featuring organist GLYN MADDEN talking with Ian Wolstenholme about his life as MR YAMAHA. Recorded on location at Cheadle Organ society, Manchester, on 3rd April 2023

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, music from DAVID GILSON, ALEX McALLISTER, ANDY CARVILL, JOHN ATWELL, BARRY HALL, ALLAN MURRAY and NIGEL OGDEN.  We visit the Capri Theatre...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme we return to a couple of concerts we recorded at Stockport Town Hall and Victoria Hall in Saltaire as part of last August's COS Northern Convent...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme a mixed bag of ancient and modern!  We turn the clock back 50 years to feature the Philips Philicorda played by KEN BAKER, listen to some g...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.  The August bank holiday weekend saw the return of the Cinema Organ Society’s Northern Convention featuring several of the area’s theatre organs and a dozen...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme it’s another opportunity to turn the clock back to hear again some classic keyboard instrument sounds which were released on 33 and a third rpm...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, music and conversation from AARON HAWTHORN and a preview of his latest "creepy" project - NOSFERATU - A SYMPHONY OF HORROR.  We also meet...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, a chance to hear a selection of theatre organ recordings old and new as featured in the daily lunchtime online programme MECHANICAL MUSIC RADIO...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme we have music from MICHAEL SULLIVAN, SAMUELE PAGLIARNI, ALEXANDER MCALLISTER, ROY JEVONS, NIGEL OGDEN and our special guest is JIM VOGELMAN who...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, a chance to hear a selection of theatre organ recordings old and new as featured in the daily lunchtime online programme MECHANICAL MUSIC RADIO...

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme take an accidental musical journey thanks to a mistake with the sat nav!  Sounds intriguing!  Music from KLAUS WUNDERLICH, HUBERT DEUR...

Welcome to a special edition of the programme celebrating organ and keyboard music around the Stockport area of Cheshire.  GARETH EDWARDS from Stockport Organ & Keyboard Club drops into the studio for a chat about how the club is thriving post-pandemic and how you can get involved in its many activities. We visit the Stockport Town Hall to hear the superb WurliTzer organ owned and maintai...

Welcome to a special edition of the programme featuring the full interviews with RICHARD BOWER and PAUL THIRKETTLE from Yamaha Backstage, plus TREVOR FLUNDER from Allen's Music Centre in Great Yarmouth, chatting about the work of LOWREY organs and other instruments stocked there.  Conversations were recorded at the recent KEYBOARD CAVALCADE festival in Blackpool.

Welcome to the second of two June editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, a chance to hear a selection of theatre organ recordings old and new as featured in the daily lunchtime online programme MECHAN...

Welcome to the first of two June editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme we visit the Keyboard Cavalcade Festival held at the end of last month at the Village Hotel in Blackpool with a chance to meet an...

A special edition from Leeds Cathedral featuring four young organ scholars there CHRISTIOPHER DAVIS, RACHEL MAPP, ANTHONY BECKWITH and CHRISTOPHER HUGHES who each perform a short programme of music from Bach, Vierne, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Hunt and Elgar, at a lunchtime recital as part of the Leeds International Organ Festival on 23rd May 2022.  We meet the artistes plus a chat with Artis...

Welcome to the second of two May editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, a chance to hear a selection of theatre organ recordings old and new as featured in the daily lunchtime online programme MECHANI...

Welcome to the first of two May editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme explore some slightly longer light classical tracks with music from BRYAN RODWELL, HECTOR OLIVERA, ALEX PAYLER, CHRIS POWELL, JOHN...

Welcome to the second of two April editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, a chance to hear a selection of theatre organ recordings old and new as featured in the daily lunchtime online programme MECHA...

Welcome to the first of two April editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme we catch up with popular entertainer JEAN MARTYN who's celebrating 50 years in the organ and keyboard world, we have music from...

Welcome to the first of two March editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme a listen to some recently acquired rarer recordings from HAROLD SMART, SIMON GLEDHILL, ALAN HAVEN, JERRY ALLEN, BRYAN RODWELL, W...

Welcome to the second of two February editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, a chance to hear a selection of theatre organ recordings old and new as featured in the daily lunchtime online programme ME...

Welcome to the first of two February editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme we'll be featuring some tracks from the new downloadable album from BRETT WALES, a chance to hear the seldom-heard BAMBOO ORG...