We give the same attention to detail to all projects that we undertake, large and small. Some of the smaller projects completed in 2023 are listed here.
COMPLETED
BOSBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE – HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
III/31 1871 Speechly & Ingram; 1897 Ingram & Co.
Fitting counterweights to Swell drawstop mechanism to prevent unintended draw. Improving safety of maintenance access.
BROMSGROVE, WORCESTERSHIRE – ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH
1981 II/16 Tamburini
Repairs to collapsing facade pipes
BOURTON-ON-THE-HILL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE – ST LAWRENCE’S CHURCH
1931 II/10 Nicholson & Co.
Repairs to reservoir
CAMBRIDGE – EMMANUEL COLLEGE CHAPEL
1988 III/34 Kenneth Jones & Associates
Repairs and modification to mechanical action, keyboards, pedalboard, expression box mechanism, repairs to collapsing reeds and general cleaning and regulation of whole organ.
CHELTENHAM – ST GREGORY’S RC CHURCH
1986 II/21 S.F. Blank
Repairs to conveyancing
EASTNOR, HEREFORDSHIRE – CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
1867 II/16 John Nicholson, restored Nicholson & Co. 2004/5
Cleaning, including fitting a protective screen over the Great pipework.
FARNHAM, SURREY – ST THOMAS-ON-THE-BOURNE CHURCH
1911 Nicholson & Co. / 1964 Arnold, Williamson & Hyatt / 1990 Nicholson & Co.
Cleaning and overhaul, including re-leathering of both reservoirs and restoration of all chests.
LANCING COLLEGE, SUSSEX
1986 IV/54 J.W. Walker & Sons
Re-leathering balancier motors.
LEICESTER – CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREATER
III/54 1923 Stephen Taylor & Son; 1961 J.W. Walker & Sons; 2003 Nicholson & Co.
Restoring water-damaged Double Trumpet 16′ chest and Viola 8’/Open Diapason 8′ chest
ST ASAPH CATHEDRAL
IV/54 1834/1846 William Hill; 1859/1867/1897 William Hill & Son; 1926/1966 Hill, Norman & Beard; 1998 David Wood
Restoring water-damaged Open Wood 16′ and Trombone 16′ chests, cleaning and repairing all Great pipework, cleaning and repairing Swell chorus reeds, top overhaul of Great soundboard, and top overhaul of Swell chorus reeds soundboard.
WINCHCOMBE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE – ST PETER’S CHURCH
II/26 1890 Bishop & Son; 1934/1954/1970 Percy Daniel & Co.
Restoring tremulant.
WORCESTER – ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, CLAINES
1977 II/14 Nicholson & Co.
Relocation of console