An urgent call-out to St Marys R. C. Church Merthyr Tydfil.

An urgent call-out to St Mary RC Church Merthyr Tydfil.
A £250,000 repair project required all of the speakers in the choir loft to be disconnected for the scaffolding to be erected. A temporary solution was needed for a loudspeaker system and amplifier so the organ could still be used. As most of the interior of the church was occupied by scaffolding, options were very limited for placement. We were also prohibited from drilling any holes, use of cable clips or screws. 

We settled on four loudspeakers and a large bass speaker carefully hidden behind the Statue of St Mary in the Lady Chapel. The organ dating back to 1988 did not falter as we connected a modern amplifier to its aging electronics. It was also very interesting to see up close the listed Father Willis organ. The pipe chest is being removed for storage until the work is completed. www.aspireorgans.co.uk

Fe gawsom ni alwad ar frys i fynd i Eglwys Gatholig Y Santes Fair, Merthyr Tudful. Y mae ‘na brosiect atgyweirio ar ffin dechrau, sydd yn gofyn am yr holl unedau sain i gael eu datgysylltu er mwyn i’r sgaffaldiau gael eu codi yn yr eglwys.

Roedd angen ateb dros dro i’r sefyllfa ar gyfer y system sain, a’r seinydd uchel, fel y gellid defnyddio’r organ o hyd.Gan fod y sgaffaldiau yn y rhan fwyaf o’r eglwys, roedd yr opsiynau yn gyfynedig ar gyfer y lleoliad.Fe gawsom ein gwahardd hefyd rhag drilio tyllau, defnyddio clipiau cebl neu sgriwiau.

Fe wnaethom setlo ar bedwar seinydd uchel ac un seinydd bas mawr, a guddiwyd yn ofalus tu ôl cerflun o’r Forwyn Fair, yng Nghapel yr Arglwyddes. Mae’r organ wedi’i dyddio tua 1988, a gan fod y dechnoleg yn hen erbyn nawr, gweithiodd popeth yn berffaith. Roedd e’n hyfryd, ac yn ddiddorol iawn i weld cist yr organ pib Tad Willis yn cael ei symud i’w storio nes bod y gwaith wedi’i gwblhau.

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