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Organ Restoration
Also see all the facts about the restored organ
and the Dedication by Bishop Lindsay 12 January 2003
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The organ prior to the dismantling which followed the rain damage of February 2000 |
| A2 |
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The old two-manual console. Just below the lower manual is the blanked-off space where the third (Choir) manual was planned to be. |
| A3 |
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The Front Pipes have been removed revealing the Pedal Violone pipes mitred to fit the restricted roof space. |
| A4 |
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The existing key action is pneumatic. This photo shows some of the miles of narrow gauge lead piping, now frail and totally uneconomic to replace. |
| A6 |
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Part of the electronic control system; it replaces the ailing pneumatic tubing. |
| A7 |
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David wiring up solenoids on the Great wind-chest. |
| A8 |
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Inside the Open Wood wind-chest. 2 solenoids per valve are required to obtain sufficient power to open the valves. |
| A9 |
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A novel use for the Nave Altar! Here is an auxiliary chest being wired up ready for installation on the back wall inside the Swell box. It will contain the Swell Mixture and a new stop: the Fifteenth. Note the colour-coded wiring running away to the right. There is about a mile of wiring in this section alone. |
| A10 |
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Some parts of the organ are unavoidably inaccessible. Here David is sandwiched between the main reservoir and the underside of the Swell box. |
| A11 |
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A general view of the organ interior showing the solid state memory system (centre). to the right of centre is a vertical section of trunking with an unwanted jagged hole, which has now been blocked off. |
| A12 |
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The Choir wind-chest with the top removed showing several hundred solenoids. These are connected to the control system via an under-floor cable. The curious brown objects in the top left-hand corner are chairs in the Nave seen through the West-facing arch. |
| B1 |
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The top of the Trombone wind-chest has been removed and fitted with electric solenoids - one for each pipe - to its under-side. On the extreme right is part of the choir's music library. |
| B2 |
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The Pedal Trombone is to be moved from the side to the rear of the organ where it will blend netter with the rest of the organ. This is its wind-chest in its new position. At the back (under the red bowl) is the main blower with some of its trunking. It supplies wind for everything except the Choir Organ. |
| B3 |
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The complete Trombone section. The longest pipe is 16 feet. Because of the headroom problem each pipe is 'tied in a knot'. This does not affect its working. |
| B4 |
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On the left, the corner of the Swell-box with the Pedal Bourdon (note the stoppers). On the right some pipes of the powerful Open Wood. Note the wooden attachment to each pipe which can be swivelled for tuning purposes. |
| B5 |
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The bottom of the Open Wood. the seven longest pipes are too long to be stood upright and so they are mounted horizontally. These were the only pipes to be cleaned in situ. |
| B8 |
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Part of the Great Organ prior to dismantling. note the old 'Sack-cloth' Altar Frontal here redeployed in an attempt to protect the organ from damage from the hot-air heating system. |
| B9 |
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The Great Organ soundboard now bereft of pipes. the small window in the background is that of the North Transept. |
| B10 |
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The Great Organ soundboard. On the right the passage board and inlet pipes have been removed. |
| B11 |
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The Great Trumpet and (in the background) a better view of the mitred Violone. |
| B12 |
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Some of the pedal-pipe work. Note those stoppers in the ends. This makes them sound an octave lower. |
| B13 |
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The organ loft in disarray! All the pipe-work has to be cleaned. The Violone, now up-rooted from its wind-chest, leaning on the wall awaiting treatment. |
| B14 |
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Organ builder David White at work inside the Swell box. The shutters have been removed. |
| B15 |
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The organ builder's daughter assists with the refitting of the newly painted front pipes. (David White is at the other end of the rope.) |
| B16 |
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The Swell Engine. A wind powered device to enable the player to open and shut the shutters of the Swell box from the console by means of a pedal. |
| C1 |
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The first few front pipes have been remounted. The console and the entire front half of the organ have been moved 1 foot back. |
| C3 |
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The remaining front pipes and the rest of the Great Organ have been re-installed. Note the beige colour flexible tubing to convey wind from the main reservoir to the various chests. |
| C4 |
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The front of the organ showing the newly painted Front-Pipes of the Great Open Diapason and the reconstructed console. |
| C5 |
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Close-up of the new console showing three manual, drawstops, thumb and toe pistons, swell pedal and the top end of the pedal keyboard. |
| C6 |
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A view from behind. Note the backs of the green pipes are left unpainted. |
| C7 |
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Some of the Choir organ pipe-work reposing in the South Transept awaiting installation. Some of the smallest pipes are wrapped in newspaper. |
| C9 |
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A closer view of the Front Pipes |
| C10 |
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The West- facing arch in the South Transept prepared to receive the Pedal Fifteenth. This will be mounted on the specially constructed platform seen here. Just visible in the background is part of the Pedal Trombone. |
| C11 |
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The Pedal Fifteenth installed in the West-facing arch. The smallest of these pipes, invisible in this photo, are tucked around the corners. The longest pipe, which is in the centre, is a dummy. |
| C12 |
The new casework in the South Transept near the St. Francis window is made of oak. The new front pipes are made of zinc to match the originals in the Chancel front. All the visible pipes have been painted, not only to improve the visual aspect of the organ, but as a protection against corrosion caused by the old heating system. Also, as a matter of interest, all the visible pipes except one actually speak (the dummy is the centre pipe in the new Transept front. |
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| C13 |
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The 31 pipes comprising the pedal Fifteenth. These will stand on the platform in the archway with the Choir Organ behind. |
| C16 |
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The Choir Organ chest now complete with the pipes mounted behind the Pedal Fifteenth. Like the Great organ Front-Pipes, the backs are left unpainted. Note the two smaller pipes 'curled round' the corner, behind their brethren. |
Also see all the facts about the restored organ
and the Dedication by Bishop Lindsay 12 January 2003