| Work in two Norfolk Churches, both without electricity, has reminded us of the challenges faced by organ builders of past generations. At St Margaret’s Church Tivetshall we supplied and fitted an electric blower which will be powered by a small generator - this will relieve the organ pumper’s arm. |
 | | The organ at All Saints' Brandon Parva. |
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At All Saints’ Church Brandon Parva we dismantled the Mark Noble organ while a new floor was prepared. This instrument was built in 1867 in Norwich and has been giving good service to the Church for 157 years without any major restoration being necessary. On re-assembly we simply re-felted the pedals and cleaned and repaired the pipework. |
| In the remarkable medieval Church of St Mary Badley, Suffolk, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and reached via a mile long unmade farm track, we restored the soundboard on the one manual organ. |
 | | St Mary Badley's organ. |
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| One slightly surprising, yet vital aspect of our work recently, has been covering organs while restoration or re-ordering is carried out on the Church fabric. We have to use flame retardant polythene and sealing tape and in some cases make a light wooden frame to hold the polythene in place on top of the organ. If desirable and suitable we leave a re-sealable window in the covering sheet so that the organ can continue to be played, even if it may sound quieter than usual. |
| At St Mary and St Peter’s Church Winford, Somerset we both covered the 1888 two manual Vowles organ for work in the Church and fitted a new blower. |
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