Kings College, Cambridge[/caption]
H&H 1934, in famous case by Thomas Dallam, 1606: 4 manuals 79 stops.
Complete reconstruction of the organ with new soundboards and revised layout. For more information on work to be done
CLICK HERE
Work started March 2015
(newest work recorded at top of each section after the ‘pre-work’ photos)Design
The new layout has the Pedal upperwork, Choir, Great and Swell soundboards all orientated in the same north/south direction on diatonic chests.
The only difference to the present layout is that the Choir organ runs east/west on chromatic chests into the chair case, and the Pedal upperwork is scattered all around the organ on unit chests and lacks unity.
The Solo (on two levels as before) and remainder of the Pedal organ remain in the same positions below the south screen parapet.
The Pedal Bourdon units will remain on the stairs as there is no space inside the case to bring it in. This lack of space is prevalent in a lot of screen organs (Exeter, York, Ripon etc.) where there is a lot more organ squeezed inside the case than would have been taken up by the original instruments, which were much smaller.
The Tuba remains in the same place as before, between the Swell and Great inside the main case.
 Choir soundboard drawing |
 Choir soundboard drawing |
 Kings College layout drawings on screen |
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 Drawings being drawn up |
 Designer Andrew Hale working on Kings College, Cambridge |
 Section looking North |
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 Section looking East |
Console
The jamb plates will be stripped and refinished; the swell pedal facings will be renewed. The console frame will be reworked to reduce its depth. The console woodwork will be cleaned and refurbished, and the damaged bench top will be stripped and refinished.
The pedalboard will be overhauled and fitted with new contacts.
New keyboards will be installed. The ivory key facings and piston heads will be removed from the present keyboards for re-use. New ebony sharps will be provided. New key and piston contacting will be installed.
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Wk Comm 7th Mar 2016
 cleaning jambs |  jambs | | |
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Soundboard, Actions & Chests
The internal layout of the soundboards inside the case will be revised. The manual slider chests will be renewed, the tables and upperboards being grooved in the traditional manner. The pedal slider chests will be replaced with new 6 stop slider chest. New three stage electro-pneumatic actions will be installed for each of the new soundboards. New unit chests with three stage actions will be provided for the Solo Tuba, Horn and Cor Anglais. All remaining Pedal and off-note chests will be overhauled and re-leathered, and fitted with new magnets. Electric drawstop actions will be installed to each of the slider chests.
Wk Comm 7th Mar 2016
 Leathering motors for the Pedal 3 stop |  motors and pallets for Pedal Basses |  Pedal Basses unit chest | |
 Pedal Basses faceboards |  Pedal Basses unit chest |  Pedal Ophicleide | |
 Pedal Ophicleide and Posaune |  Pedal Ophicleide and Posaune |  Pedal Ophicleide and Posaune | |
 Pedal Ophicleide and Posaune |  Pedal Ophicleide and Posaune |  Pedal Basses unit chest | |
 Great Reeds |  Great Reeds |  Great Reeds motors and valves | |
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Wk Comm 29th Feb 2016
 Primary motors for Great Reeds |  leathering primary motors for Great Reeds |  Pedal Reeds unit chest | |
 Pedal reeds unit chest |  Pedal Reeds unit chest |  Pedal Reeds unit chest | |
 Pedal Reeds unit chest |  Pedal Open Wood unit chest | | |
22nd Feb 2016
 bottom 3 notes of Pedal 32ft reed |  bottom 3 notes of Pedal 32ft reed |  bottom 3 notes of Pedal 32ft Open Wood | |
 bottom 3 notes of Pedal 32ft reed |  bottom notes of pedal open wood |  bottom notes of the 32ft Open Wood | |
 bottom notes of the 32ft Open Wood |  bottom notes of the 32ft Open Wood |  pallets for Pedal Reeds | |
 Great Reeds |  Pedal 3 stop |  Pedal Basses | |
 Pedal 3 stop soundboard |  Pedal 3 stop soundboard |  Pedal 3 stop | |
 cleaning motors for Pedal Reeds |  leathering motors for Pedal 3 stop |  leathering Primary motors for Pedal Reeds | |
15th Feb 2016
 Pedal Open Wood motors |  Pedal Open Wood motors |  Pedal Open Wood motors | |
 Pedal Open Wood |  Pedal Open Wood |  botttom note of Pedal Open Wood | |
 Pedal Basses of the Open Metal Geigen and Salicional |  Pedal Basses of the Open Metal Geigen and Salicional |  Pedal Basses of the Open Metal Geigen and Salicional | |
 Pedal Basses of the Open Metal Geigen and Salicional | bottom note of Pedal open wood |  new Pedal Bourdon chest | |
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Wk com 07th Dec 2015
 Solo Reeds, Cor Anglais |  Solo Reeds, Cor Anglais |  Solo Reeds, Cor Anglais | |
 looking inside the Solo Reeds, Cor Anglais |  wiring Cor Anglais | | |
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Wk com 30th Nov 2015
 Solo reeds soundboard |  Solo reeds soundboard |  Solo reeds soundboard | |
 Solo stop action |  Choir stop action |  fitting solenoid cover | |
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23rd Nov 2015
 Solo soundboard |  Solo reeds soundboard |  Swell stop action | |
 Great stop action |  routering pallets | | |
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16th Nov 2015
 great soundboards |  staining tuba soundboard |  Solo Reed motors | |
 Testing Tuba soundboard |  solo upperboards |  solo soundboard | |
 solo main actions |  fitting solenoids in choir |  solo reeds | |
10th Nov 2015
 solo actions |  french horn cor anglais |  motors | |
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3rd Nov 2015
 Choir and Pedal soundboards being fitted |  Choir and Pedal soundboards being fitted |  fitting flapper to choir soundboard | |
 fitting trunking and flapper |  Solo soundboard |  Great soundboard | |
 Pedal actions |  fitting magnets | | |
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26th Oct 2015
 Great soundboard |  Great soundboard |  Solo soundboard | |
 Pedal actions |  Pedal actions |  Pedal actions | |
 Solo action |  Solo Tuba chest |  Solo Tuba chest | |
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19th Oct 2015
 Great action |  Great action |  Great action | |
 Great soundboard |  Great soundboard |  pallets for Pedal unit | |
 Pedal Open Wood unit chests |  Pedal Open Wood unit chests |  Pedal Open Wood | |
 Pedal Open Wood |  Solo soundboard |  Tuba action | |
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12th Oct 2015
 leathering Great motors |  hinging Great motors |  Great action | |
 Choir action |  Choir soundboard |  inside Choir soundboard | |
 Great upperboards |  Great valves |  Great pallets | |
 Great motors |  Pedal action |  Pedal motors | |
 Pedal Open Wood actions | | | |
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5th Oct 2015
 Choir motors |  working on the Tuba motors |  working on the back Great soundboard | |
 fitting pallets back great soundboard |  front Great soundboard |  Great upperboards | |
 Open Wood chests |  Pedal Open Wood action |  Great front soundboard | |
28th Sept 2015
 Choir motors |  Great soundboard top |  Great upperboards | |
 Tuba chest |  Tuba chest |  Tuba pallets | |
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21st Sept 2015
 Swell soundboard |  Swell soundboard |  Swell soundboard | |
 Swell soundboard |  Great soundboard |  black leading Tuba chest | |
 fitting Choir motors |  Choir motors |  French Horn and Cor Anglais soundboard grid | |
14th Sept 2015
 back Choir soundboard |  backs of pallets |  Choir pallets | |
 Choir spring rails |  Choir spring rails |  front Choir soundboard | |
 Pedal unit chests |  Swell soundboard |  Swell soundboard | |
 Swell motors |  Solo Tuba |  Solo Tuba | |
 Solo Tuba |  Swell soundboard |  Swell soundboard | |
7th Sept 2015
 Open Wood unit chest |  Salicional unit chest |  Swell action | |
 Swell action |  Swell action faceboards |  Choir back soundboard | |
 Choir back soundboard |  Swell action |  Swell pallets | |
 Swell action |  Swell actions |  soundboards | |
1st Sept 2015
 Choir pallets |  planing pallets |  planing pallets | |
 Choir pallets |  Swell action |  Swell pallets | |
 Swell soundboard |  Tuba unit chest |  Tuba unit chest | |
 motors |  flattening fibre discs for valves | | |
27th Aug 2015
Open Wood unit chest | Salicional unit chest | Kings Swell action | |
Kings Swell action | Kings Swell action faceboards | Choir back soundboard | |
Choir back soundboard | Swell action | Swell pallets | |
Swell action | Swell actions | soundboards | |
20th August 2015
 Choir soundboard |  Choir soundboard |  wiring in Swell actions | |
 Swell actions |  motors |  leathering motors | |
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14th August 2015
 Swell motors |  Swell motors being leathered |  leathered Swell motors | |
 swell pallets |  Swell soundboard |  Swell soundboard pallets | |
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20th – 31st July 2015
 Swell soundboards |  Swell soundboards |  Pedal soundboard and action | |
 Pedal soundboard and action |  Pedal soundboard and action |  Pedal soundboard and action | |
 Choir soundboard | | | |
13th July 2015
 Swell actions |  Swell actions |  Swell actions | |
 Pedal pallets |  Pedal actions |  Choir off note block | |
 making upperboards |  Swell upperboards |  Making rollers for roller valves | |
 preparing leather for motors | | | |
6th July 2015
 Choir front soundboard |  Choir front soundboard |  Choir soundboard | |
 Choir soundboard |  Pedal upperboards |  Pedal soundboard | |
 Pedal soundboard |  Pedal soundboard |  Swell soundboard | |
 Pallets ready for cutting down | | | |
17th Jun 2015
 Cor Anglais French Horn soundboard grid |  Cor Anglais French Horn soundboard grid |  Cor Anglais French Horn soundboard grid | |
 Pedal six stop soundboard |  Pedal soundboard upperboard |  Pedal action | |
 Pedal action | | | |
25th May 2015
 power motors |  power motors |  Swell soundboard tops | |
 Swell soundboard tops | | | |
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10th Jun 2015
 Pedal action |  Pedal action | | |
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23rd Mar 2015
 soundboard rids being constructed |  Soundboard top | | |
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6th Apr 2015
 primary motors being leathered |  leathering primary motors |  back of Choir soundboard | |
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30th Mar 2015
 New soundboard grids |  New soundboard grids |  Soundboard grids | |
 Baffles being fitted |  close up of baffles being fitted to soundboard grid | | |
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Pipework
Pipework will be cleaned and repaired where necessary. The east front pipes will be repaired and strengthened. A Pedal Principal 8ft will be installed
 pipework |
 pipework |
 pipework |
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 pipework |
 pipework |
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7th Mar 2016
 racking in French Horn |
 racking in French Horn |
 cleaning wooden pipes |
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 cleaning wooden pipes |
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Feb 2016
 Solo Tuba 8ft |
 Solo Tuba |
 Solo Tuba |
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 Solo Tuba |
 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
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 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
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 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
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 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
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 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
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 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
 Choir front pipes |
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Jan 2016
 Great pipework |
 Great pipework |
 front pipes on voicing machine |
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 front pipes on voicing machine |
 front pipes on voicing machine |
 Pedal Bourdon |
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19th May 2015
 measuring out the metal for the Pedal Principal pipes |
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10th Jun 2015
 Pedal Principal |
 Pedal Principal |
 Pedal Principal |
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 Pedal mixture |
 Pedal mixture |
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17th Jun 2015
 Pedal mixture |
 Pedal mixture |
 Pedal mixture |
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 Pedal mixture |
 Pedal mixture |
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 Pedal Principal |
 Pedal Principal |
 Pedal Principal |
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 metal filings |
 Pedal Principal |
 Pedal Principal |
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Wind system
A new wind system will be installed based around the provision of 13 new reservoirs. The elements of the wind system being retained will be cleaned and repaired. The heavy pressure concussions will be re leathered and new swell boxes and shutter fronts made.
 reservoir and trunking |  reservoir |  reservoir | |
 reservoir |  reservoir |  trunking | |
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7th Mar 2016
 metal trunking | | | |
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15th Feb 2016
 control reservoir |  Control reservoir |  control reservoir | |
 roller valve |  roller valve |  roller valve | |
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22nd Feb 2016
 control valve |  control roller valve |  control roller valve | |
 control valve |  control reservoirs |  control reservoir | |
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4th Jan 2016
 Solo reservoir | | | |
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2nd Dec 2015
 conveyancing |  conveyancing |  trunking | |
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21st Dec 2015
 Choir conveyancing |  Choir Conveyancing |  Choir conveyancing | |
 Choir conveyancing |  Great conveyancing |  Choir conveyancing | |
 Solo wind system | | | |
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30th Nov 2015
 concussions |  concussions |  concussions | |
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23rd Nov 2015
 concussions |  concussion | | |
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16th Nov 2015
 Swell reservoir |  Solo Tuba reservoir |  Great reservoir | |
 Concussions |  solo and pedal section |  fitting trunking | |
10th Nov 2015
 wooden trunking |  trunking |  concussions | |
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2nd Nov 2015
 Pedal reservoir |  reservoirs |  trunking | |
 trunking | | | |
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27th Oct 2015
 trunking |  trunking | 
fitting up Pedal and Solo section | |
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19th Oct 2015
 Open wood reservoir |  Pedal south reservoir |  roller valve standards | |
 roller valve standards |  roller valve standards |  roller valve standards | |
 wind trunking |  wind trunking |  wind trunking | |
12th Oct 2015
 leathering ribs |  Pedal Open Wood reservoir |  Pedal Open Wood reservoir | |
 sanding trunking |  wooden trunking | | |
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5th Oct 2015
 wooden trunking |  wind trunking |  wind trunking | |
 Open Wood reservoir ribs |  Solo Reed reservoir | | |
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28th Sept 2015
 roller valve |  Great and Pedal reeds |  Solo reeds | |
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21st Sept 2015
 Pedal reservoir carcass |  Solo reservoir |  Pedal and Great reeds reservoir | |
 wind box |  wind trunking |  Pedal and Great Reeds reservoir | |
 Solo reservoir |  Pedal and Great reeds reservoir |  roller valve | |
14th Sept 2015
 Solo reservoir |  Solo reservoir |  Solo reservoir | |
 wind trunking |  wind trunking |  wind trunking | |
 wind trunking |  wind trunking |  wind trunking | |
 roller valve |  roller valve |  roller valve | |
7th Sept 2015
 Pedal reservoir |  Melvin working on the wooden trunking | | |
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1st Sept 2015
 Pedal reservoir |  Pedal reservoir |  Great reservoir | |
 wind trunking |  Great reservoir | | |
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20th August 2015
 Pedal reservoir |  Pedal reservoir |  Great reservoir | |
 Great reservoir | | | |
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14th August 2015
 Great reservoir ribs |  Pedal reservoir ribs |  Pedal reservoir | |
 Pedal reservoir |  Pedal reservoir |  tremulants | |
 flappers |  flappers |  tremulants | |
20th July 2015
 Choir reservoir | | | |
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13th July 2015
 making flappers |  flappers |  flappers | |
 Swell heavy pressure reservoir | | | |
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6th July 2015
 Low pressure reservoir |  Swell low pressure reservoir |  Swell low pressure reservoir | |
 Swell low pressure reservoir |  Swell heavy pressure reservoir |  Great reservoir | |
 Pedal reservoir |  Pedal reservoir |  constructing flappers | |
 Constructing flappers |  Constructing flappers |  flappers | |
17th Jun 2015
 Swell heavy pressure reservoir |  Swell low pressure reservoir | | |
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11th May 2015
 leathering Tuba reservoir |  Leathering Tuba reservoir |  finished Tuba reservoir | |
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5th May 2015
 Reservoir being constructed |  single rise Tuba reservoir | | |
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20th Apr 2015
 Swell high pressure reservoir |  Solo Tuba reservoir being constructed | | |
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13th Apr 2015
 low pressure reservoir |  Swell high pressure reservoir | | |
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07th Apr 2015
 Swell reservoir being assembled |  Swell reservoir being assembled | | |
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23rd Mar 2015
 Swell reservoir being constructed | | | |
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Miscellaneous
New low-voltage cabling and low-voltage power supplies will be installed throughout the organ.
 The Team: centre Jim Reeves, Team Leader; left to right: Colin Palmer, Rob Newton, Lee Berriman, Geoff Pollard, David Parsons, David Beeby (Apprentice), Stephen Alliss (above) | | | |
 fitting up |  Pedal Salicional |  Pedal Geigen | |
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4th Jan 2016
 fitting solenoid cover to Upper Solo |  fitting solenoid cover to Upper Solo | fitting solenoid cover to Upper Solo | |
 Lower Solo |  Solo front |  Solo roof | |
 Solo | | | |
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21st Dec 2015
 Upper Solo Box |  lower Solo Box |  Solo, Swell and Pedal | |
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14th Dec 2015
 Solo front |  Solo front |  Solo front | |
 Solo front |  trunking |  Solo box | |
 Solo box |  Solo box |  Solo box | |
 Solo box |  Solo box | | |
7th Dec 2015
 Lower Solo box |  Swell box |  Working on the Swell | |
 Swell shutters |  lower Solo box |  cutting up | |
Wk Com 30th Nov 2015
 Great conveyance |  Great conveyance |  Great conveyance | |
 Swell conveyance |  Choir conveyance |  fitting Choir conveyance | |
 Solo side frame |  Swell shutter mechanism |  fitting Solo box | |
 lower Solo box |  shutter mechanism |  Swell front | |
23rd Nov 2015
 Fitting Swell conveyancing |  Fitting Swell conveyancing |  Fitting Swell conveyancing | |
 inside the Swell box |  fitting up |  machining timber | |
 fitting cams | | | |
12-13th Nov 2015
 fitting up swell box |  fitting swell box |  fitting up swell box | |
 fitting up swell box |  fitting up swell box |  fitting up swell box | |
16th Nov 2015
 Swell box in place |  Swell box in place |  swell box in place | |
 fitting swell pipe block |  Solo shutters |  solo box panels | |
 fitting up |  fitting up |  fitting choir panels | |
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10th Nov 2015
 fitting up pedal and solo section |  fitting up |  fitting up | |
 fitting up |  fitting up | 
Solo box | |
2nd Nov 2015
 valves |  bush dies |  gluing valves | |
 building framework |  building framework |  building framework | |
 fitting up |  fitting up |  fitting up | |
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27th Oct 2015
 Solo box |  Solo box | | |
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12 Oct 2015
 Choir and Swell box panels |  Choir front |  fitting shutters to Choir front | |
 Choir shutters |  fitting cams |  fitting shutters to Choir front | |
 fitting shutters to Choir front | | | |
5th Oct 2015
28th Sept 2015
 staining Swell box | | | |
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21st Sept 2015
 Swell cams |  Swell cams |  Swell cams | |
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14th Sept 2015
wind trunking |  Swell box |  Swell box | |
 chamfering leather |  making bushed eyes |  Swell cams | |
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7th Sept 2015
 fitting hinges to Swell door |  Swell front |  Swell front | |
 Swell and Great pipe blocks | | | |
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1st Sept 2015
 Swell front | | | |
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20th August 2015
 Solo box |  Choir box frame | | |
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14th August 2015
 Choir box |  Choir box |  Swell box | |
 Swell box |  Swell box roof |  Swell box roof | |
 Swell box roof | | | |
20th July 2015
 assembling Swell box |  assembling Swell box |  a birds’ eye view of the Swell box | |
 a birds’ eye view of the Swell box |  Swell box |  Swell box roof | |
 Swell box roof |  Swell box roof | | |
13th July 2015
 Swell box |  Swell box | | |
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22rd Jun 2015
 working on the Swell box |  working on the Swell box | | |
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10th Jun 2015
 Neil working on the Swell front |  Swell front | | |
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25th May 2015
 Swell front |  Swell front |  framework | |
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11th May 2015
 Swell shutters |  Swell shutters | | |
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13th – 20th April 2015
 building frame |  building frame |  building frame | |
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Below are a selection of photographs taken by the team during the dismantling of the organ (2015)
Installation
Photo of the completed organs.
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 One last view from up on the scaffolding before it comes down. |
 Pipes in their new soundboards in the main case. |
 The main case, looking east |
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 After the restoration (above) and in January this year (below). Of the changes that have been made, one of the most noticeable is the addition of a new passageboard, which allows easier access for tuning purposes. |
 A complete range of pipework, from mixtures on the left, to the Solo tuba on the right. |
 Pipes in the main case, looking east. |
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 In the main case looking towards the Swell box. |
 Inside the Swell box – July (top) and January (bottom). |
 The crowns are returned to their rightful place before the scaffolding comes down. |
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 Looking up at the ceiling, this time on the east elevation. |
 The results of the cleaning to the case speak for themselves… |
 The famous tuba, one of the loudest stops on the organ. |
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 The new Wald Flute stop, one of the few new stops in the instrument, replaces a wooden flute. |
 The Sesquialtera, a mixture stop made up of three frequencies per note. Little bits of newspaper are used to aid tuning: by blocking two out of three pipes per note, each pipe can be tuned individually. |
 The Great division Mixture – made up of four pipes per note. |
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 Scaffolding coming down as seen from the Ante-chapel… |
 scaffolding coming down seen from the east. |
 Standing on the scaffolding and looking up towards the fan vault, with the newly-gilded front pipes back in the case. |
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 Jim Reeves (right) and David Parsons (left) |
 Jim Reeves, Team Leader, in the Choir box |
 Jim Reeves and Colin Palmer working on the Great reeds |
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 Solo box |
 The Team |
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 console |
 top notes of Pedal Open Wood |
 top notes of Pedal Open Wood |
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 Swell box |
 Swell box |
 Swell box |
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 Swell box |
 Swell Box |
 Solo |
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 Solo shutters |
 Solo |
 Solo French Horn and Cor Anglais |
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 Solo French Horn and Cor Anglais |
 Solo French Horn and Cor Anglais |
 Solo French Horn and Cor Anglais |
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 Pedal section |
 Pedal Possaune |
 Pedal reeds |
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 Pedal 32ft reed |
 Pedal |
 Pedal |
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 Ophicleide and Possaune |
 Nigel Turner fitting trunking |
 Swell box |
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 Swell box |
 Solo French Horn and Cor Anglais |
 Possaune |
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 shutters |
 gilding pipes |
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23rd June 2016
16th Jun 2016
Kings College, Cambridge[/caption]
H&H 1934, in famous case by Thomas Dallam, 1606: 4 manuals 79 stops.
Complete reconstruction of the organ with new soundboards and revised layout. For more information on work to be done CLICK HERE
Work started March 2015
(newest work recorded at top of each section after the ‘pre-work’ photos)
