A pipe organ produced by an old Cross Hills firm is now making music in a Netherlands school.

The 1873 instrument has been transported to the school - at Uddel, near Apeldoorn - from a chapel in Carleton, near Skipton. Now John Laycock - a great-great grandson of the company's founder - and brother David have been to the Netherlands to see the organ in its new setting.

They gave a video show outlining the history of the company, and the school's music teacher performed a recital.

The lovingly restored instrument is centre stage in the main hall of the school, which is situated in grounds owned by the Queen of the Netherlands.

John said: "Most of us who have been into a church or chapel will probably have seen a pipe organ, but how many know it was most likely created by the Cross Hills organ builder John Laycock or his descendants - Laycock and Bannister?

"It was thought that the most remote instrument was in a church at Wick at the very north-east tip of Scotland, but then this one appeared in the Netherlands." An e-mail from a distant relative resulted in John making contact with the Netherlands organ builder who had transported the instrument overseas, and an invitation followed to go over there.