Workshop Photos August/September 2014
Dismantling the old organ September 2014
In the workshop – October to December 2014
The Swell windchest and soundboard ready for pipe racks to be fitted
The inside of the Swell windchest with the new magnets in place
The old All Souls principal windchest prior to dismantling
The refurbished flute pipes
The refurbished Swell wind chest with most of its pipes in
Refurbished Swell pipework from the Nelson organ
Refurbished pipes from the Swell 8′ Cornopean
Side view of the Swell windchest with wind reservoir underneath ready to take to Coventry
Work in Church – December 2014
The Gallery – Keith’s paintshop for painting bass pipes
The remade soundboard for the Pedal Subbass 16′ waiting to be lifted into place
She thought she was on holiday – Emily back from Oxford cleaning the Swellbox doors!
I’m putting the first coat on to the cleaned doors
Refurbished pedal principal, Subbass and bourdon pipes and panels of the Swellbox
Remade Pedal windchests fitted to the rear of the gallery (16′ Subbass chest is lower at the rear, with the 8′ Principal chest higher at the front). The round hole is where the wind goes in.
The louvred does to the Swellbox with paint drying
Simon and Mat trying an 8′ pedal principal pipe for size in front of the fitted Pedal Subbass 16′
The rebuilt swellbox, with windchest (but no pipes) inside it, awaiting its roof and then full painting (my job!) before the pipe racks can be fitted
Refurbished Swell Cornopean (the flared ones on the left) and principal (on right) pipes ready for lifting up to the gallery
Work in Church – January 2015
The new windchest for the soft 16′ Bourdon ready to be lifted into place below and behind the swellbox
Refurbished magnets inside the Bourdon windchest
Pedal principal pipes installed (the 6 on the right were those ‘found’ at Bloxwich!
Pedal Bourdon chest behind the swellbox during painting
New magnets for the Bourdon Windchest
Soft 16′ Bourdon pipes behind the Swellbox
Pipes for the Swell 8′ Violin Diapason
Sideways on view of the 16′ Trombone pipes in place
The ‘boots’ at the bottom of the Trombone pipes showing their tuning wires
The refurbished Great trumpet windchests and pipe racks from the old All Souls organ
The inside of a Trombone ‘boot’ showing the cleaned brass shallot and reed (which are vibrated by wind to make the pipe ‘speak’) and the tuning wire which tunes it by being lengthened or shortened
Magnets for the remaining Pedal windchests
Swellbox, painted and lit, ready for pipe racks and pipes to be fitted
The second windchest for the Pedal 16′ Trombone and its pipes, all now fitted
Swell 8′ pipes and pipe racks fitted in Swellbox
Bishop Kenney’s Visit – 1 February
Bishop Kenney ‘on site’
Keith showing Bishop William some of the swell pipework
Bishop gets a close view of a Viola pipe, and hears it ‘speak’.
24 February – more refurbished parts arrive ready for installation
A newly made small wind chest and pipe rack for the Pedal Trombone
Trombone Resonators
2 March – the Great wind chest, Swell Celeste and the main riser bellows are fitted
Celeste windchest and pipes
The two sets of riser bellows in place under the Swellbox
The Great wind chest with pipes in place in front of the Pedal flue pipes
4th March – more pipework is now in place
The top octave of the Great 2′ Fifteenth stop
A bird’s eye view of the Great Twelfth Stop prior to fitting
The almost complete Great wind chest
More Swell pipe racks fitted
Swell sliders awaiting another coat of blacklead and then fitting
- The view from below when work stopped for the day
6th March – the end of the Big Week
The Great pipework in place on its wind chest. The empty pipe racks in front are for the refurbished 8′ Trumpet and 4′ Clarion pipes from our old organ, which are on site awaiting fitting
The Great soundboard looking towards the pedal trombone 16′ mounted along the side of the Swellbox
Some of the output card for the control systems
A “plug” for Sonic Services!
April 2015 – the casework is being refurbished and fitted and the console arrives
Trial painting of the front display pipes at home
- Stripping off the masking
The Great Trumpet behind the case framework
The console’s reappearance
April 2015 – more work on the casework, console and pipes
The refurbished keyboards with close-up of thumb pistons
The Great and Choir stops
Gilding upper casework
We have sound!
Upper panel in place
Upper casework waiting for display pipes
Bottom Notes of Great Open Diapason (on LH side of case)
Display pipes at home stripped of paint, cleaned and awaiting painting and gilding
All Souls Organ 
Brilliant website Keith!
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Great work!
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It’s a true delight to follow the progress of this amazing project.
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