Maynooth College (12/12/2014) - what fun to be able to tune such a big organ single-handedly.......see the zapper beside the keys. Today's tuning however was probably in vain....temperature was only 12 deg C in the gallery....it'll surely be in the 20's at the carol services. I have no choice but to return after the first one (of 3) and do more tuning.......I could only guess what pitches will do today. Reeds were left 2 cents sharp to the flues, but that's really only a wild guess

This shows the Swell reeds.......the back row is very tricky to get at, with 7 rows in front (4 stops laid out in a double row, a stagger);

And this shows the big solo reed up top, horizontal.....great view from there too:

2021…..I have this page entitled “news” but maybe it’s a little silly, hence it hasn’t been updated for a while. Obviously news is something new, but I really wouldn’t want to be discussing current ‘work-in-progress’ here as it wouldn’t be fair to the customer. Still……news is news, and one thing people keep telling me is that I’m particularly good at explaining things and going through options and the choices of approach. They’re possibly correct - here is a little sketch I did recently to help a customer visualise the issues with a 3-stage pneumatic action (squarespace can’t accept a pdf, so this is a photo):