Skåtøy Church, Hollenbach, 1888.
Restored 2012,
Matthias Becker. Fredrikstad

From 1996 until 2015, Martin Pearson was Church Music Advisor for the diocese of Agder & Telemark in Norway. His main work was as advisor to local parishes about restoring, renovating and rebuilding organs, as well as advice on new instruments.  In this capacity, he became closely associated with many organ builders from many different countries, and became familiar with their methods for building and restoring.

Fra 1996 til 2015, var Martin Pearson  Kirkemusikalsk konsulent i Agder og Telemark Bispedømme. Hans hovedarbeid var med orgler, hvor han ga råd om restaurering, ombygging av eldre orgler, samt nye instrumenter. I dette arbeidet fikk han nærmere innsikt i arbeidet med flere orgelbyggere, fra flere land.

• Skåtøy Church. Restoring of the Albert Hollenbach organ from 1888, as near as possible to its original condition. Orgelbaumeister Matthias Becker, Fredrikstad, was appointed to perform the restoration.                                                 

          Restaurering av Hollenbach orgelet fra 1888, så nær som mulig tilbake til original               stand.

• Hakadal Church. 2015. New organ built by Harrison & Harrison, Organ Builders, England.  2 manuals, 17 stops; mechanical action throughout. This is Harrison & Harrison's first organ in Norway.                                                                          

          Nytt orgel. Harrison & Harrison sitt første orgel i Norge.

• Grimstad Church. Restoring of the August Nilsen organ from 1880, built to the new church. The organ had not been in use since 1992, It is now restored as near as possible to its original state and is in full working condition, with electric or hand blowing systems. The work was expertly done by Matthias Becker, Fredrikstad.  

          Restaurering av August Nilsen orgelet, bygget til den nye kirke i 1880. Orgelet har             ikke vært i bruk siden 1992, og er nå restaurert tilbake til original stand.

•  Controller for the new organ in Fjære Church, built by Giuseppe Ponzani, Italy.

• Kontrollering av det nye orgelet i Fjære kirke, bygget av Giuseppe Ponzani, Italia.

Present work:

• Advisor for a new organ (2 manuals and pedals, 21 stops) in Hidra Church.

      Konsulent for nytt orgel (2 manualer og pedaler, 21 stemmer) i Hidra kirke.

      The organ is being built by Sandtner Orgelbau, Dillingen/Donau, Germany.

• Advisor for a new organ in Sannidal Church, Kragerø. The basis will be a reconstruction of the original organ built by Hollenbach in 1888.

      Konsulent for et nytt orgel i Sannidal kirke, Kragerø. Utgangspunkt er en rekonstruksjon av        det original orgelet bygget av Hollenbach i 1888.