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The scaffolding has now gone…looking good!
the scaffolding has now gone…looking good!!
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Nick admiring the plasterwork on the ceiling!
Nick admiring the plasterwork on the ceiling!!
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Keyboard and console in place
The keyboard and console in place in Dublin
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The Installation team at Trinity College Dublin
The installation team at Trinity College Dublin (left to right) Nick Hagen, Dominic Gwynn, Edward Bennett, Chris Davies and Joe Marsden
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Chair case front and pipes now in place
The chair case front and pipes now in place
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Looking down from the great case
A view looking down from the top of the great case to the floor below
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James Dawson filming installation in Dublin
James Dawson, a freelance documentary producer, who is making a film about the decline of the English Parish church organ and it’s culture, filming progress on the installation of the organ in Trinity College in Dublin.
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Edward and Chris working on key action, or have they lost something?
Edward and Chris working on key action, or have they lost something?
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Scaffolding has gone up!
Scaffolding has gone up!
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View down to the chair case from the great case
View down to the chair case from the great case
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Joe working on the conveyancing
Joe working on the conveyancing at Trinity College Dublin
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Wooden pipes starting to go in!
The wooden pipes are starting to be put in the organ
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Chris working on the key action
Chris working on the key action
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The chair case lifted into position
The chair case lifted into position
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The console chasis now up on the gallery!
The console chassis now up on the gallery!
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Lifting the console chassis into position on the gallery
Lifting the console chassis into position on the gallery
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The organ in the public theatre, unassembled!
The organ in the public theatre, awaiting assembly!!
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The organ has arrived back in Dublin
The organ has arrived back in Trinity College Dublin
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Restoring the tower caps
Nick restoring the tower caps
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Finishing the pipes
Chris and Joe finishing the metal pipes for Trinity college Dublin
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Wingfield organ returns to St Cuthbert’s Wells
After a year’s residency in St Isidore’s chapel at Downside Abbey, the Wingfield organ has returned to St Cuthbert’s in Wells for this year’s Heritage Open Days last weekend when it was played by David Cheetham. There will be a musical event on October 14th at 4.00pm, with both the organs and the choir at …
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The newly restored front pipes
Chris Wells has restored the chocolate paint for the Trinity College Dublin front pipes and reconstructed the original painted decoration with his customary flair and skill
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Racking in pipes
Chris and Edward racking in pipes for the Trinity College Dublin organ
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Carved friezes for chair case
The two carved friezes for the side of the chair case for Trinity College Dublin
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New chain for the Unicorn
A small piece of new chain for the Unicorn
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Metal pipe burnishing
Joseph Marsden rounding metal pipes with a burnishing iron, with grateful thanks to the instruction and example of Terry Shires http://www.shiresorganpipes.com/
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Pipe shade repairs
Nick Hagen consolidating repairs to the pipe shade of the 1684 Lancelot Pease organ at Trinity College Dublin
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Pipe makers pipe making
Chris Davies and Joe Marsden making the final pipes for Trinity College Dublin
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Lectern at Monksilver
Near Nettlecombe is the lovely village church of Monksilver, with this unusual late mediaeval lectern, a wooden eagle, perhaps intended to take the King’s Great Bible in 1538 to be “set up in some convenient place … whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same”, in this case attached to the rood screen. …