Skill and painstaking craftsmanship – the organ restoration in pictures (I)

Pedal chests and rollerboard restored

Orford 5 — Voicing the Oberwerk Metal Gedact. Voicing entails making the pipes speak promptly, clearly and at the correct volume.

Rohrflöte restored — The Rohr Flute stop (Great Manual I) restored

Restored pipes and conveyances — More restored pipes and conveyances

Quintaton restored — The restored Quintadena stop (Hauptwerk Manual I)

Principal _ Octav pipes restored — The restored Principal and Octave pipes (Great Manual I)

Pedal action along the floork, plus new coupler solenoids — Pedal action with new coupler solenoids

Oberwerk chest action under improvement — Improving the Oberwerk (Manual II) action

Oberwerk chest action being updated — Oberwerk wind chest action being updated

New Brustwerk action wires

Hauptwerk Principal pipes restored — Restored Principal pipes (Great Manual I)

Gedeckt restored — Restored Metal Gedact pipes (Oberwerk Manual II)

Flues and reed boots restored

Edwin cleaning reed pipes — Craftsman Edwin Robinson cleaning reed pipes

Building frame with Brustwerk in place — Building frame with Brustwerk (Manual III) in place

Brustwerk slider solenoids (new) — New Brustwerk slider solenoids

Brustwerk Schwimmer releathered — Brustwerk Schwimmer releathered. Schwimmers help regulate the wind supply to the windchests

Brustwerk note action

Brustwerk - close-up of restored pipes — Brustwerk – the restored pipes in the windchest

Brustwerk - bass end of chest — Brustwerk – the bass end of the windchest

Actions cleaned and polished — The action (trackers) cleaned and polished

Orford 14 — The Brustwerk Vox Humana pipes are stripped down, washed and cleaned. The tongues and shallots are polished and refitted.

Orford 8 — Work progressing on the Oberwerk chest, connecting the rollerboard, pallets, pulldowns and leather lozenges. The chest has been fully stripped down and restored. The pallets have new felt and leather, and the pulldown action has been redesigned to make it work more reliably.

Orford 1 — Regulating the Brustwerk soundboard springs to ensure an even key touch.

Orford 4 — Photos by Paul Hale and Ian Carter

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