New England Organbuilders specializes in organs for early music, such as table organs, organs for Basso Continuo use, and as solo instruments for small ensembles. Having a background in church organs, our continuo organs have a sound unlike others. They are more easily tuned, and have a distinctive presence.
About The Builders
Christopher Walton, having worked for many years in the organ industry and coming from a background of building organs, formed New England Organbuilders in order to build instruments for early music in a historically inspired manner.
Chris studied organ and church music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ with Eugene Roan. While a student, he performed with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and the American Symphony Orchestra under such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Kurt Masur, Robert Shaw, Hugh Wolff, and Zubin Mehta. He helped maintain the school's 24 pipe organs and has performed at the request of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He currently shares the position of organist / accompanist with his wife at South United Methodist Church in Manchester, Connecticut.
He has maintained, built and restored numerous organs, including a new portative organ for the home of Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, which was first heard publicly at the Bach Festival in Princeton, NJ.
Table organ for Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt under construction
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Our Mission:
To provide pipe organs and services of quality and distinction to institutions and individuals at a reasonable cost, requiring minimal maintenance and tuning. New organs are designed for the commissioning institution, conceived using historic principles.
Tatiana Lukyanova was born in Barnaul, Russia (then USSR). She studied piano and organ performance at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory, with Prof. N.I. Melnikova and Prof. N. Baginskaya, respectively. From 2006 to 2008 she studied organ with Prof. Daniel Zaretsky, and carillon with Prof. Jo Haazen at the State University of St. Petersburg, earning her Master-degree. From 2009 to 2012 Ms. Lukyanova continued her post graduate organ studies with Prof. Daniel Zaretsky at St. Petersburg State Conservatoire (“N. Rimsky-Korsakov”), and in 2009-2010 studied carillon in the Royal Carillon School (“Jef Denyn”) in Mechelen, Belgium with Prof. Jo Haazen.
From 2008 to 2012 Ms. Lukyanova was a teacher of organ and carillon at the State University of St. Petersburg in the Organ, harpsichord and carillon Department, assisting in the tuning and maintenance of the organs as well. She was carilloneur of the Peterhof Museum from 2009-2011. Tatiana has won prizes at several international organ competitions (St.Petersburg, Moscow, Rimini (Italy) (2007, 2009), Hamburg-Kaliningrad (2009) and has performed internationally on both carillon and organ. Her current performance schedule is growing, and includes 6 recitals on carillon or organ in the summer of 2013. Tatiana is the carilloneur for the First Church of Christ in New Britain, Connecticut
At the organ of Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark
At the keyboard at York Minster, York, England
Among the bells at Peterhof, St. Petersburg, Russia
