Copenhagen (DK), Royal Danish Academy of Music,

J.C. Bishop & Son, 1877/1884

[o] = new, [o] = addition with old pipework

Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal,

Choir to Pedal

In the "orgelsallen" of the Royal Danish Academy of Music in

Copenhagen (DK) we placed a three manual organ built by

J.C. Bishop & Son in 1877. It comes from shopping mall "Lalaport"

in Tokyo (JP). There it stood since 2006, but it was ordered by the authorities to be removed because of stricter legislation on earthquake hazard.

In 1877 Bishop built a two manual organ for Borne Park Baptist Church in West London. It was built on a balcony in devided cases, left and right of a window in the west wall. Already in 1884 it was enlarged with a third manual. In 1908 the organ was sold to the Cricklewood Baptist Church in London, where it was placed in an alcove. After the closure of the church in 1995 we purchased the instrument.

After restoration in coorporation with organconsultant Jacques van Oortmerssen, the instrument was placed in Tokyo on a balcony in the atrium of the newly built shopping mall "Lalaport". Since the instrument did not have a useful case, it was decided to use another historical one. This comes from an instrument built by Forster & Andrews in 1865 for Castle Gate Chapel in Nottingham. The painting in Arts & Crafts style (probably originally made after 1920), was reconstructed by J. van den Berg (from Lienden) and Helmer Hut (from Beerta). The front pipes were painted in imitation gold. The pedal division got a new chest with three stops. The Open Diapason 16 ft. (wood) was placed on the original chest, now mechanically connected (was pneumatic). On the Great was a new Mixture 3 rks inserted instead of a no longer existing 8 ft. Viola.

Also see: Bishop organ from Tokyo to Copenhagen

   Kopenhagen (DK), 2011