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David Wood
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Join date: Feb 25, 2025
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Apr 6, 2026 ∙ 2 min
Summer wine organ restoration completed for St David's Day celebrations
On March 1 – St David's Day – a celebration of the restoration of the Conacher organ took place at St David's Church, Holmbridge, deep in Summer Wine country near Holmfirth in West Yorkshire. The two-manual instrument had grown unreliable after nearly 100 years of use and an appeal was launched. Built in 1887 by Huddersfield-based Conacher, it had been rebuilt in the 1930s, by Binns, Fitton and Haley. This work saw the action change from mechanical to tubular pneumatic, the addition of inter-...
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Apr 5, 2025 ∙ 1 min
Restoration of fire-damaged Bevington organ
This is the Bevington organ in St Michael's Church, Weyhill, Hampshire, which we restored last year after it was damaged by a fire in the...
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Mar 8, 2025 ∙ 1 min
Caring for the fine Kenneth Tickell organ in Douai Abbey
It is a pleasure to have in our care this fine Kenneth Tickell organ in Douai Abbey at Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire. The three-manual...
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