Pipe tribute to retiring cathedral organist

The remarkable contribution of organist Ian Barber to the life of Belfast Cathedral over 35 years was recognised at a special Choral Evensong.

Among the many tributes was one by a former choir lay clerk, Philip Prosser, left, who presented Ian with a gift of a mounted, embossed organ pipe in polished tin.

Philip says: “It was beautifully made in the workshop of my friend Terry Shires with the wooden walnut mount by my son Steve, himself a past chorister of the Cathedral.”

We were delighted to be invited to make this gift to a dedicated and widely respected cathedral musician.

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