ME Construction Plays Its Part in Installing Elton Johns New Organ
Summary
We’re delighted that the project passed off without a hitch.” The first performances on the new organ take place this autumn and include ‘Bach Unwrapped’ recitals by Bine Bryndorf and Wolfgang Zerer.ME Construction’s Operation Director, Dennis Barnard, said: “Being involved in this project, under the direction of the project’s managers, Davis Langdon, was both exciting and challenging for us – not least because it marked our debut in ‘organ construction’.Over the six years that ME Construction has been in existence, the company has been involved in a number of unusual and highly specialised construction projects – including working at Kew Gardens and Wembley Stadium – but this marks a ‘first’ for us in the music world.” Sir Elton John studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a teenager and has regarded the training he received there as vitally important to the development of his career.Over the past weeks, we’ve watched thousands of ’bits and pieces’, in all sorts of materials, being skilfully assembled into a beautiful whole.“And, having seen the care taken by the masters at Kuhn at every stage of the process, we can be confident that the instrument, made to careful specification from the requirements of our professors and consultants, will sound at least as good as it looks,” he added.Pete Smith, the Academys Estates Manager, expressed a similar sentiment with regard to ME Construction’s part in the proceedings when he said: “We found ME Construction to be skilled and professional in conscientiously carrying out its duties and responsibilities on this project – as we’d expect of a high quality construction specialist.Over the six years that ME Construction has been in existence, the company has been involved in a number of unusual and highly specialised construction projects – including working at Kew Gardens and Wembley Stadium – but this marks a ‘first’ for us in the music world.”Sir Elton John studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a teenager and has regarded the training he received there as vitally important to the development of his career.