Archive for November 2019

Woohoo! After several years of hard effort from the award-winning author Jill Worrall, many interviews and archival research, proof-reading, verifying and clarifying by John & Val Hargraves, Christopher Templeton (our resident archivist), communicating with the editor Renee Lang of Renaissance Publishing and layout designing by Trevor Newman, not to forget the rest of SIOC Team…

The oldest Anglican bluestone church in the city of Christchurch, St Peter’s Upper Riccarton is being extensively restored and reconstructed after the earthquake damage due to amazing generosity of people from all walks of life. We are very proud to be part of this project, doing our bit in regards to the 2 manual 15…

A cleaning and overhaul of the 2 manual 25 rank 1912 Hobday organ has commenced in August 2019, focusing on renewal of the fine leathers of its pneumatic action, many of which are still original. Remarkably, the slider soundboards and double-rise reservoir are still in excellent original condition and can still be left for another…