The current mixer/etc., on a table in the small chapel near the altar. It's cheap stuff (snort, giggle...) but has served adequately. The new system will be in a converted closet in the back of the church- the mixer will use LCDs to watch what's going on through some pan/tilt/zoom cameras.




Sadly, I have no good pictures (yet)of the nice old old pipr organ, but this church has something even cooler: a carillion. this is the rack of pull-ropes used to ring the bells in the steeple:




A close-up of the mfr's mark: forgot to ask how old it is. The steel cable is not original; it used to be all hemp.





Looking up the lines into the steeple... the tech guy (a transplanted Brit, BTW) was nice enough to show us around, and even let us mess with the carillion. Big problem with it is that you can't really hear it while playing- eventually they want to mic it and put a monitor speaker down here. Hope I get to do that...



That's all for now; I'll be posting more when we return to start the install.

sweet..

I did many a different setup temprorary and permanent at my old church with 4 different sections of the bulding requiring audio and all sections changing on a daily basis it was "interesting"

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That sounds all too typical I'm afraid. This is all fascinatiing stuff & I'm sure you'll make a decent job of it. I don't object to this sort of thing at all providing it's done in a sympathetic & unobtrusive way. I've seen some very poor examples of installing modern equipment which doesn't seem appropriate & can easily spoil the look of these historic buildings.

You don't have to be religious to appreciate fine architecture & the skill of the people involved in constructiing these old buildings. I still find it hard to believe that they did it so well with the tools & equipment availabe at the time. Not only that but some of them have stood for many centuries, outlasting most other buildings of the period. They're still the centre of the local community & many hold various concerts & other events where everyone is welcome whatever their beliefs. One such event is the carpet of flowers ceremony at Arundel Cathedral that draws visitors from all over the world.*

Now the air display season is over for another year I've been thinking of doing a little tour of some of our local religious buildings including that parish church at Sompting, the fine chapel at Lancing College overlooking Shoreham Airport & the cathedrals at Chichester & Arundel.

*PS. http://www.arundelcathedral.org/activities.htm