{"id":43974,"date":"2024-12-17T12:26:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T10:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/pipe-organ-revived-for-christmas-day-20241216\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:24:06","slug":"pipe-organ-revived-for-christmas-day-20241216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/pipe-organ-revived-for-christmas-day-20241216\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic pipe organ returns to life at Kommetjie church this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The historic pipe organ at St Norbert\u2019s Catholic Church in Kommetjie will play for the first time in two years on Christmas Day. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bill Robson, the 81-year-old builder of the organ, will perform traditional carols and Bach\u2019s works before and during mass. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The organ, built in 17th-century style using tools dating back to 1735, holds special significance for Robson and the church.<br><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Congregants and guests of St Norbets Catholic Church in Kommetjie are in for a treat this Christmas Day, as the pipe organ that remained silent and untouched for two years will once again be filling the church hall with its sweet melodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes the occasion extra special is that Bill Robson (81) who originally built the organ between 1992 and 1996, will be playing firm favourites as well as music by Bach on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will be playing 20 minutes of Christmas music prior to mass, then during and after mass,\u201d Robson shared with the <span>People\u2019s Post<\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe music will be mostly by JS Bach, including his famous Toccata in D minor at the end of mass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The special pipe organ, which was originally commissioned to be used primarily for concerts and mass, took three years to build back in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is unique in South Africa, being a baroque organ in 17th century style to replace the 1680 Belgian organ intended for the church but for which permission for export to South Africa was refused by the Belgian government at the time,\u201d Robson explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a background in electronic engineering and having played pipe organ since the age of five, it was useful in building pipe organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was born in Pretoria but then my parents moved to England where I was educated and came back as an electronic engineer,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robson built his first pipe organ in 1972 and his passion for building and restoring the instruments grew from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explaining his connection to the organ, Robson said of all the pipe organs he has built over the years, the one at St Norbits was one of the most important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tragic that this organ has been silent and not played for years, it is one of the most important organs I ever built.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recalling how the organ was originally commissioned, Robson said the church\u2019s initial plan was to import an organ from Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey were going to send a 17th century pipe organ from Belgium but it was declared historic and at the time not allowed to leave the country, so I was asked to build the organ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further explained that he had used his grandfather\u2019s 18th century tools to build the organ by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a very big organ which took three and a half years to build,\u201d he explained. \u201cMost of the metal pipes came from a company in Holland. 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