My BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Hi Ben, some substandard verse for you: Driving through the countryside Excited for another ride We find ourselves again beside Mr Ben Maton Eagerly we join the search Weaving through the oak and birch Locate the village, find the Church Gems of the nation Doors shut behind, shuts noise outside And in where quiet does reside And for a breath our souls can hide Finding peace therein Respectfully Ben shows us round We marvel wrapped without a sound At treasures lost, now newly found And otherwise forgotten Ben tries the organ out at noon "Sadly we have cause for gloom Alas the organ's out of tune" Our hopes are failing Ben knows the thing our hopes will raise on He pulls the Open diapason Angelic music then ensues With hymns and songs and impromptus Play on dear Ben, play on my son For worship of the Worthy One Must go on and on and on. God bless.

Bonjour Ben and Billy. I'm a french organist and I want to thank you a lot for all your youtube production. Nice country, nice churches, nice music ! Very happy to know you, realy. In communion in music and prayer ( I like too to play abide me!). Yours Jacques

A prayer for Billy and Ben. May God the exalted ruler of all bless you both as you share these lovely ancient sites and beautiful music with us all. May the Lord shine upon you, give you grace and bless you abundantly according to His riches in Christ now and forever.....amen.

God bless you in your work of promoting the Organ and highlighting the hidden gems of the countryside.

Beautiful guitar playing Billy.

Best Flute stop ever. When I was an apprentice I spent many hour's turning and binding new phosphor Bronze wires on trackers. It's quite a fiddly job but when you rebuild a mechanical action organ properly it gets rid of most of the noise. New bushes, new leather adjusting nut's etc. This Organ sounds like it has been restored. It sounds beautiful. Pucker job. And an excellent production too. Very well done lad's. The threads for tracker connecting wires are squeeze formed by a thread making machine with two hardened disc's. If they go out of adjustment the threads come out badly formed. The foreman gave me a bollocking when he caught me adjusting it and told me to use the other one. " This is the other one" I told him. It took an hour to dial it back in but I scored cred point's for fixing what no one else had managed to do. The joy of organ building is in the detail and the discipline it takes to do the job right. Much like being a good musician. Perseverance furthers.

Ben and Billy have reached YouTube perfection. This production is simply superb. I love visiting ancient English churches, countryside, rivers and listening to organ music…so I guess this is the perfect site for me! I am proud to support Ben on Patreon, which I recommend to all other viewers ❤️🎹🛐🌊🌲

You are literally the best channel on the internet.

BRAVO Billy! Your classical guitar is magnificent! 👍👍

I'm two minutes into this periode and I'm guessing: 1) he's going to be a priest, hence the beard, 2) he's going to play a dwarf in a new LOTR-movie, hence the beard, 3) he's going to perform in an add for shaving creme, hence the beard? I love the beard, but please don't leave us!

" Abide with me " , Oh my , always the memories come , then that lump in the throat , and holding back the loving tears .

Once again I cannot thank you chaps enough…. The Tallis is impossibly beautiful - haunting … Please keep those wonderful organ hymns being played in praise of God until the young English Christian congregations return in the future great REVIVAL that is only a matter of time. The Lord’s love of England is written in the stars. The current shameful Godlessness will soon make way for joyous devotion and consequentially a return to His grace. Never give up your loyalty and Faith. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙏

Such creative and talented gentlemen! You Mum must be so proud of you both today and always! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all Moms out there! ❤

Billy is indeed a natural (after lots of practice.). That guitar has a Stradivarius sound, even on my iPad.

For a while, in my early twenties, I had a job which involved a lot of travel from Southampton all over the immediate Southern counties; that was over sixty years ago. Those quiet Wiltshire roads, villages, and churches appear exactly as I remember.

Please thank Billy for the Tallis peace; I’m familiar with the Vaughan Williams theme on this peace. One of the most beautiful works of music played at my fathers funeral. Ben, how can you gave caught so well the link with our history, the core of these churches in our nations history. I love your videos; every time the reminder comes up that you have posted it’s a must watch. Boscombe looks glorious and having spent the last few days tending the garden surrounded by busy bird song and nature is full early Summer mode, it lifts the soul as do your videos. Wonderful news about the new Patreon channel.

Even in Canada we marked Battle of Britain Sunday by singing the airman’s hymn, much beloved by RCAF veterans in the congregation.

VICTOR HUGO , the world famous french literary giant once said: "England has two books.Shakespeare and the Bible. England made Shakespeare but the Bible made England".

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide The darkness deepens Lord, with me abide When other helpers fail and comforts flee Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away Change and decay in all around I see O Thou who changest not, abide with me I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me

"Abide With Me" is a very beautiful hymn. Well done! And the beard and mustache are super nice!