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The 1932 Hart & Churchill organ after restoration at Whitehouse, Co. Antrim

Projects

Instruments in our care.

Work completed across Ireland, from full historic restoration to substantial rebuilding, relocation and new casework.

Recent work

Recently completed

Contracts completed without a full photographic record, listed as originally published.

  1. 2022Omagh Methodist ChurchCo. TyroneFull restoration of a 1923 Evans & Barr ideal organ.
  2. 2022St Macartin's Cathedral, EnniskillenCo. FermanaghRewiring, several stop changes and painting of front pipes, including restoration and painting of the west case pipes.
  3. 2021Baronscourt ChurchCo. TyroneFull restoration of a 1905 Casson organ.
  4. 2021Drumbanagher ChurchCo. ArmaghRemoval of an 1899 Telford one manual and pedal organ for building work, with thorough overhaul and reinstatement.
  5. 2020Monasterevin RC ChurchCo. KildareReleathering and repairs to a Binns organ.
  6. 2019–201st Presbyterian Church, AntrimCo. AntrimResiting of the console, cleaning and alterations.
  7. 2019–20St Mary's RC Church, HexhamNorthumbriaRebuild and installation of the 1983 Wells-Kennedy organ from St Martin's, Belfast.
  8. 2019Garvary Church, EnniskillenCo. FermanaghInstallation of a small Thomas Jones organ.
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  1. 2019Kilmood ChurchCo. DownInstallation of an 8 rank J W Walker 1884 organ.
  2. 2018Killinchy ChurchCo. DownInstallation of a 6 rank Harrison 1899 organ.
  3. 2018Ballyclare Non-subscribing Presbyterian ChurchCo. AntrimRewiring and restoration of case pipes.
  4. 2018–19Killadeas ChurchCo. FermanaghNew Great five rank chest.
  5. 2017St Bernadette's Church, RosettaBelfastRebuild and enlargement.
  6. 2017Armagh RC CathedralCo. ArmaghInstallation of the Kenneth Jones organ.
  7. 2017Stoneyford ChurchCo. AntrimRebuild with upgrade of the electric control system and a new case.
  8. 2017St Eugene's RC Cathedral, LondonderryCo. LondonderryCleaning and recommissioning a 1955 Compton organ after a period of disuse.
  9. 2016St Paul's RC Church, BessbrookCo. ArmaghSmall modifications on a limited budget: addition of swell shutters, new stop controls and Bourdon relocation.
  10. 2015Holy Trinity Church, Turf LodgeBelfastRelocating and improving a Wells-Kennedy organ.
  11. 2015St Patrick's Church, DownpatrickCo. DownConversion back to mechanical action together with a new swell soundboard.
  12. 2015–16St John's Church, MaloneBelfastExtensive revoicing and additions.
  13. 2015Saul Parish Church, DownpatrickCo. DownRestoration of soundboard and pedal action.
  14. 2015St Peter's RC Church, WarrenpointCo. DownRebuild with the addition of a swell manual.
  15. 2014St Luke's RC Church, TwinbrookBelfastRelocation of a J W Walker four rank extension organ.
  16. 2013Ardtrea Parish Church, near CookstownCo. TyroneRelocation of the c1928 Evans & Barr ideal organ from Maze Presbyterian — its fourth home, having started in 2nd Killyleagh.
  17. 2013Star of the Sea, KillyleaghCo. DownRelocation of a two manual and pedal eight stop tracker by Wells-Kennedy, 1988, from Harryville, Ballymena.
  18. 2011St Paul's Parish Church, York StreetBelfastRevoicing with balances between ranks drastically altered and various ranks rescaled to remove the overall hard, stringy tone.
  19. 2011St Brendan's Parish Church, SydenhamBelfastGreat organ rebuilt and connected, prepared for since the organ was built 43 years previously in 1968.
  20. 2008–09All Saints' Parish Church, AntrimCo. AntrimAdditional and replacement stops fitted to make the 1892 Conacher organ more effective in the building.
  21. 2007Holy Trinity Church, Seapatrick, BanbridgeCo. DownThe three manual 1883 Conacher organ revoiced, electrics upgraded and a new Great soundboard fitted, with a high pressure Tuba installed at the west end.
  22. 2007Ballyclog Parish ChurchCo. TyroneA curious but effective and reliable 1960s extension organ by Solway Organs of Wigtownshire overhauled and installed.

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20 projects

Rebuild2014

St Patrick's RC Church

Lisburn, Co. Antrim

Our largest project to date and essentially a new instrument, retaining only the casework and five ranks from the previous Evans & Barr organ. Enlarged from 15 to 45 stops with a new terraced console of 60 drawstops.

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Restoration2013

All Saints' Church

Loughguile, Co. Antrim

An 1870 Cramer, Wood & Co. organ that narrowly escaped destruction by fire in Aghalee, stored for twelve years, then fully restored — including 21 new metal front pipes — and installed at Loughguile.

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Restoration2012

St Paul's Church of Ireland

Diamond Grange, Co. Armagh

A six-stop 1937 Evans & Barr 'ideal' organ restored without alteration — tubular-pneumatic action throughout — for less than the electronic replacement the church had been considering.

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Restoration2010–11

former Convent Chapel

Naas, Co. Kildare

A delightful 1863 Bevington restored on historic principles, with the mechanical action and en fenêtre console recreated after being discarded when the organ was electrified.

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Restoration2011

Christ Church

Castledawson, Co. Londonderry

A chamber organ of nearly two hundred years restored on conservation principles: the altered compass reversed, cut-down GGG and AAA pipes restored, and the case regilded in new gold leaf.

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New Work2011

Bailieborough Parish Church

Bailieborough, Co. Cavan

A quality Evans & Barr case modified and extended to suit the church, replacing the temporary case installed in 2007, together with other refinements to the organ itself.

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New Work2011

St Gall's Church of Ireland

Carnalea, Bangor, Co. Down

A modern case designed, built and installed to relate to its surroundings on the west shelf of a 1966 church, screening new heating plant where an organ had originally stood.

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Rebuild2009

Ahorey Presbyterian Church

Ahorey, Co. Armagh

A 1953 J W Walker extension organ from a closed Londonderry church, enlarged with Compton parts from the previous instrument, rewired with a new solid-state transmission and a restored console.

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Relocation2009

Armoy Parish Church

Armoy, Co. Antrim

A typical Victorian village church organ of 1869 by Cramer, Wood & Co., built for Dunluce Parish in Bushmills, overhauled and rehoused in a church that had only ever had reed organs.

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Installation2008–09

Private residences

North Down, Co. Down

Two house organs installed in North Down residences for two organists: a 1979 two-manual and pedal instrument by S J Harris, and a 1955 single-manual and pedal organ by Peter of Germany.

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Preservation1994–2005

Christ Church, College Square North / Queen's University Great Hall

Belfast, Co. Antrim

The first organ we saved: dismantled from a closed church in 1994–95, held in store, and rehoused in the Great Hall at Queen's University Belfast. The Pipe Organ Preservation Co. carried out the rescue, storage and rehousing; the final restoration to the original 1857 specification was completed by William Drake in 2005.

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Installation2005

Belfast Royal Academy

Belfast, Co. Antrim

An organ built by Telford for a convent in Navan, enlarged to two manuals by Kenneth Jones for Delvin in 1980, refurbished and installed in the school's assembly hall.

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Relocation2004

Leckpatrick Church of Ireland

Strabane, Co. Tyrone

A five-stop chamber organ largely of the 1871 Walker rebuild but containing earlier parts, acquired from a church in Wales, restored and installed after temporary service in two other churches.

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Restoration2003

St Mary's Star of the Sea

Whitehouse, Co. Antrim

The 1932 Hart & Churchill organ, found covered in dust and in poor condition, restored with enhanced case decoration — one of the last tracker organs built before the Organ Reform Movement.

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Relocation2002

St Mullin's Church of Ireland

Timolin, Co. Kildare

A mid-19th-century chamber organ from Portreath Methodist Church in Cornwall, restored and installed in a church that had never had an organ, fitting a west gallery with under ten feet of height.

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Relocation2001

St Canice's Church of Ireland

Finglas, Dublin, Co. Dublin

The 1860 Walker organ from Woodstock Road Baptist Church, Oxford, thoroughly overhauled with the case restored to its original dimensions and colour, replacing an unreliable collection of recycled parts.

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