Rev. Mark Bailey before the organ is removed.
Great Organ pipework once the front pipes have been removed
Old pedalboard during removal. Note the angled trackers indicating the pedal roller board and pedal board weren't designed for each other!
Down comes the Waterhouse case!
Removing pipes from the swell box
Waterhouse case in pieces ready for transport to Durham
Old stop jamb.
Pedalboard being removed.
What lay behind the organ console
Old pipes and conveyancing underneath the yew tree. (The Bourdon pipes had been nailed up so were not worthy of retention or reuse).
Nigel Close discovers his vocation as an organ builder.
Swell box during demolition
Tips of the trumpet resonators showing early signs of collapse
Electric primary actions in an electro-pnematic off-note chest.
Tracker ends on the swell rollerboard.
Pipe feet from the swell pipework
Parts of the old organ ready for transport to Durham and in to the new organ!