ChrisFeb 211 min readDecorative open diapason pipes for Mander organWe have now completed the decorative Open Diapason facade pipes for Mander Organ Builders who are building a new two-manual instrument in...
Chris ShiresJan 171 min readFour foot Octave rank made for a 1931 Reuter organRyan Luckey, vice president of the Nebraska-based Bedient Pipe Organ Company, asked us to make a four foot Octave of 73 notes to...
Chris ShiresAug 16, 20231 min readThree upperwork stops for organ in Illinois Catholic churchWe have been asked us to make three stops for the refurbishment of the organ at St Giles Roman Catholic Church, Oak Park, Illinois, USA....
Chris ShiresJul 22, 20231 min readIt's a wrap for facade pipes for conservatoire organThe facade pipes for the new organ in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire are now finished. They were made by Terry Doyle from start to...
Chris ShiresJun 16, 20231 min readZinc pipes from Shires gleam in Canadian organThis wonderful picture by Len Levasseur is of an instrument in Ancaster, Ontario, by the American builder, Wallace Pipe Organs of Maine....
Chris ShiresJun 14, 20231 min readNew Grand Diapason voiced for Leeds Town Hall organHere's the Grand Diapason 8' for the Grand division of the renovated IV/104 Leeds Town Hall organ on the voicing machine at Nicholson and...
Chris ShiresJun 12, 20231 min readNew geigen principal for Royal Chapel at WindsorWe were delighted to help when our friends at Nicholson & Co. asked us to make a Geigen Principal 4' for The Royal Chapel of All Saints...