Have you ever searched for an item and been thrown off the scent by finding something else? This happened to organist John Power as he browsed through archives in Glasgow's Mitchell Library. The original intention was to find material for the church newsletter. There, among the various documents, was a Glasgow Herald review of the opening of the Lewis organ at the New Halls Glasgow, in November 1877. The name "St Andrew's Hall" came later. This discovery led John to trace the 85-year history of the organ, the people who played it, and the performance of a significant variety of music enabled by the work of a master craftsman
Have you ever searched for an item and been thrown off the scent by finding something else? This happened to organist John Power as he browsed through archives in Glasgow's Mitchell Library. The original intention was to find material for the church newsletter. There, among the various documents, was a Glasgow Herald review of the opening of the Lewis organ at the New Halls Glasgow, in November 1877. The name "St Andrew's Hall" came later. This discovery led John to trace the 85-year history of the organ, the people who played it, and the performance of a significant variety of music enabled by the work of a master craftsman