St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen
Aberdeen, St Machar’s Cathedral
Organ by Henry Willis & Sons 1891, overhauled by NP Mander 1970. 3 manuals, 46 stops.
To reinstate Choir stops removed in 1970. Tonal adjustments to the Choir division including the cleaning and repair of pipework
 Dulciana and Concert Flute |
 working Dulciana and Concert Flute |
 Dulciana and Concert Flute |
 Dulciana and Concert Flute |
Dundee, Caird Hall
Dundee Caird Hall
H&H 1923 1992, 3 manuals 50 stops. Upgrade of the piston system.
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 toe pistons |
 toe pistons |
 manuals |
 thumb pistons |
 manuals |
Edinburgh, Sacred Heart RC
Edinburgh Sacred Heart RC
H&H 1971 for St John’s Church, Perth.
Rehomed to Edinburgh by another company.
Attention to actions, Swell shutter mechanism, and voicing.
 Top notes on blocks |
 Great Trumpet |
 Great Trumpet |
 Great Trumpet |
 Voicing the Great Trumpet ( |
 Great Trumpet on the voicing machine |
 Great Trumpet |
 Swell mixture |
St Bride’s, Kelvinside, Glasgow
Glasgow, Kelvinside, St Bride’s Episcopal Church
Hill 1865, H&H 1882, Mirrlees 1903, MacKenzie 1972
2 manual 19 stops.
Complete Restoration. Completed Mar 2018
Jul 2017 (Photos courtesy of Max Hepburn)
 All gone |
 almost gone |
 clearing the chamber |
 final few Pedal pipes |
 Soundboards and mechanisms |
 mechanisms |
 Pedal pipes |
 damaged Swell Horn pipe |
 reservoir |
 removing reservoir |
 Great wind Flute pipes |
 Reed pipes |
 Swell box seen through the facade |
 bellows and Pedal pipes seen through the frame |
 Swell pipes |
 organ screen removed |
 keyboards removed |
 working in Swell box |
 Swell stop jamb |
 Horn pipes boxed |
 erecting scaffolding |
 erecting scaffolding |
 scafffold goes up |
 the team |
Pipework
All pipework will be cleaned and that of 4ft and less will be washed. All stoppers checked, refitted and greased, as necessary. Damaged pipes will be repaired. Swell Oboe – New bass resonators and better support created at a higher level. The reed stops cleaned and repaired where necessary. Review of Swell Mixture to establish a composition more in keeping with the Victorian origins of the instrument. Front pipes resprayed in agreed colour. Once re-assembled, the speech and balance of the pipework will be checked, and the organ tuned.
Oct 2017
 racking in |
 voicing |
 trimming Swell pipes |
 trimming top of Swell pies |
 Nigel working on the reeds |
 racking in |
 pipes |
 Swell Mixture |
Sept 2017
 working on the Swell 2ft |
 Swell 2ft |
 working on the Swell 2ft |
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 working on the Swell 2ft |
 working on the Swell 2ft |
 pipework |
 pipework |
Console
Manual keys cleaned and repaired. Swell pedal re-faced and composition pedals overhauled and wear in mechanism adjusted. Stop action at the console will be re-bushed and the engraving of stop knobs re-filled.
Dec 2017
Nov 2017
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 pedalboard |
 keys |
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Sept 2017
 tracker |
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 stop jamb panels |
 trackers |
 stop knobs |
 keys |
Jul/Aug 2017
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 manuals & stops |
 stripping down console |
 rear of console |
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 console |
 console |
 console rear |
 console front |
Soundboards & Actions
Overhaul of all soundboards including grouting the bars and re-finishing the tables. All pallets will be refaced.
Complete overhaul of the actions and their components. Some new trackers will be made. Any broken or poorly-wound trackers will be repaired and all buttons replaced with new leather. All cloth washers will be renewed. The stop action components will be re-bushed and re-centered and all wear in the mechanism taken up. Re-work of the swell pedal mechanism to ensure that the box can be kept closed.
Dec 2017
Nov 2017
Oct 2017
Sept 2017
 Pedal chest |
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 slider chest |
 slider chest |
 working on the action squares |
 working on the action squares |
 working on the action |
 working on the action squ |
 Pedal rollerboard components to be repaired |
 soundboard |
 pallets |
 soundboard |
 pallets |
 pallets |
Jul/Aug 2017
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 black leading |
 working on soundboard |
 working on soundboard |
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 black leading upperboards |
 ready to be stripped down |
 soundboard components |
 soundboard |
 soundboard |
 soundboard |
 working on the soundboard |
 soundboard |
Wind System
Reservoir to be re-leathered. The Great Organ concussion bellows, the tremulant, and Great Organ wooden wind trunk will be re-leathered. A new wooden trunk, in traditional style, will be made for the Pedal Open Wood.
Swell box checked during re-installation. Re-line the box once it is back in-situ.
Nov 2017
 shutters |
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Oct 2017
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 shutters |
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Sept 2017
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 concussion |
 concussion |
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Miscellaneous
 (Photo: Max Hepburn) |
 (Photo: Max Hepburn) |
 (Photo: Max Hepburn) |
 (Photo: Max Hepburn) |
 bench |
 working a bench for Kelvinside |
 bench |
 bench |
Dec 2017
Nov 2017
Oct 2017
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 ‘scumbled’ casework |
 ‘scumbled’ casework |
 ‘scumbled’ casework |
 ‘scumbling’ the casework |
 ‘scumbling’ casework |
 working on the casework |
 working on the casework |
 working on the casework |
*scumbling – faux graining technique
Installation
Installation Jan-Feb 2018 (Photos H&H)
Finished photos by Max Hepburn
 Photo by Max Hepburn |
 Photo by Max Hepburn |
 Photo by Max Hepburn |
 Photo by Max Hepburn |
 Photo by Max Hepburn |
 Photo by Max Hepburn |
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Finished photos by H&H
Newton Ferrers, Holy Cross Church
Newton Ferrers, Holy Cross
Deane Organ Builders of Taunton 1992. 2 manual 32 stops on extension principal.
Upgraded low voltage transmission and capture system, installation of Petersen machine to Swell shutters
March 2018
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 Installing new link cabling from multisystem to existing pin board |
 Installing new link cabling from multisystem to existing pin board |
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 back of console |
 pedals |
 stop jambs |
 Bass stop jambs with new controls |
 keys |
 console |
 pedalboard |
 multisystem power supply and fuse board |
 pinboard |
 cable loom |
 cable loom for pinboard |
 cable loom for pinboard |
 cable loom for pinboard |
 working on pinboard |
 working on pinboard |
 cable looms |
 Cable looms for new connections |
 Cable looms for new connections |
 Control system input cards |
 Swell key frame cleaned |
 keys |
 Wedges introduced to take up wear in balance pin slots |
 polishing keys |
 polishing keys |
 Great keys |
 Great keyboard being reassembled |
 stop jambs |
 console |
 keys |
 pedal keys being reassembled |
 fitting the pedals |
St George’s Chapel, Windsor
Windsor, St George’s Chapel
H&H 1965, 4 manuals 72 stops
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 leathering the Swell stop action Transept Great Open Diapason |
 Swell stop action Transept Great Open Diapason |
 Swell stop action Transept Great Open Diapason |
 Swell stop action Transept Great Open Diapason |
 Swell stop action Transept Great Open Diapason |
