Martin Renshaw -------------- Martin Renshaw b. 1945; Educated at St Paul's Cathedral choir school 1955-59; St Edmund's School Canterbury (Clergy Orphan School) 1959-64; Christ Church, Oxford 1964-7 (reading English Language and Literature). Started own business as organ maker October 1967 Married April 1969; two daughters and one grandson (and a wife, still!) Cantoris tenor lay-clerk, Canterbury Cathedral, 1970-76; Founder member The Canterbury Clerkes (a cappella trio), 1974-present; six recordings to present; Kent Opera 1976-7 (mainly Mozart). Major organs restored and recorded: Knole House, Kent (early 17th-century, or earlier, organ; also various recordings of the five copies of this organ; 1978-present); 'Finchcocks', Kent (various 18th-century organs; 1976-present); Armitage, Staffs. (Green 1789-91; recorded 1983); DGG Archiv 'Messiah' with own c1800 GG-f''' organ (1996). Other interesting organs restored: Attingham Park, Shrops (Samuel Green 1788/Sarah Green 1906); Branston-by-Belvoir, Leics (Hugh Russell 1794-5); Swithland, Leics (John Snetzler, 1765); and other organs by Richard Seede, the Russells, anon. (lots); and major and minor 19th-century makers. (Opus list now in the 130s; mostly restorations with a few small new organs.) Assistant editor of The Organ Yearbook since 1991 Moved to France 1993 to have more quiet, workshop and library space Professional singer with Ensemble Vocal de Nantes, La Maitrise de Haut-Bretagne (Rennes) and other French groups Co-author of 'The Life and Work of John Snetzler', published 1994 Current work: a source-book for the early 19th-century English organ and a book (with Dr Gillian Ward Russell) on the Russell family of organ players, makers and the composer, William. Hopes fairly soon to get a web-site organised....