Editing Pershore Abbey (section)

==Organ==
The earliest record of an organ in Pershore abbey is from the parish magazine for June 1825 which stated that the parishioners had started a voluntary subscription fund for the erection of an organ.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Earliest Record |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19400504/072/0005 |newspaper=Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer |location=England |date=4 May 1940 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> This organ was built by Mr. Russell of London and opened by the organist [[Charles E. J. Clarke|Charles Clarke]] of [[Worcester Cathedral]] on 1 November 1826.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The organ recently erected in Pershore Abbey Church… |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001945/18261105/029/0007 |newspaper=John Bull |location=England |date=5 November 1826 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> This organ is thought to have functioned for 47 years when it was sold to Sedgley Parish Church. In 1864 it is recorded that during a restoration of the church, it was reconstructed by Nicholson of [[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]] and moved to the north-east chapel.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Restoration of Pershore Abbey Church |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19400504/072/0005 |newspaper=Worcestershire Chronicle |location=England |date=8 June 1864 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> 

A new three manual organ was built by Nicholson of [[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]] and opened on 18 April 1873.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pershore. New Organ |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18730419/008/0004 |newspaper=Worcester Journal |location=England |date=19 April 1873 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> The Nicholson was restored twice by [[J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd]], in 1940<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pershore Abbey's New Organ |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19400517/037/0003 |newspaper=Gloucestershire Echo |location=England |date=17 May 1940 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>  and 1971.<ref>A specification of the organ can be found on the ''[http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N12480 National Pipe Organ Register]''.</ref> This was replaced by a Bradford electronic organ.

A new pipe organ, costing around £850,000, was commissioned from the Fratelli Ruffatti workshop in Italy and installed in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pershoreabbey.org.uk/2023/05/12/pershore-abbey-is-open-again-2/ |title=Pershore Abbey is Open Again |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 May 2023 |website=Pershore Abbey |access-date=24 May 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

Past organists and masters of music include Charles Tovey (1832-1868<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Deaths |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18680118/029/0008 |newspaper=Worcester Journal |location=England |date=18 January 1868 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>), William Hancox (1868<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pershore |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003389/18680321/041/0002 |newspaper=Bromsgrove & Droitwich Messenger |location=England |date=6 October 1951 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>-1869), Charles Henry Ogle (1869-1896), Edred Martin Chaundy (1898–1899, formerly of [[Enniskillen Parish Church]], afterwards [[Holy Trinity Church, Stroud]] and [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)|Armagh Cathedral]]), Frank Alfred Charles Mason (1900–1949<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Forty-Eight Years Organist |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002217/19481127/101/0005 |newspaper=Tewkesbury Register |location=England |date=27 November 1948 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>), Peter Bruce Waddington (1949-1951), Rodney Clifford Baldwyn (1951<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pershore. New Organist |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002217/19511006/048/0003 |newspaper=Tewkesbury Register |location=England |date=6 October 1951 |access-date=24 May 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>–1981), Ian Gerrard (1993–2003), Sheila Joynes (2003–2004), Mike Pegg (2004–2005), David Barclay (2005–2007) and Alex Crawford (2007–2008). In 2009, Mike Pegg resumed his former duties.
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