St.Andrew's Dent - Roof, Organ and Bells Restoration
From
April 2009
Site Cabin arrives early April 2009
Tower Scaffolding
Tower surrounded by scaffolding
One of the bells
Tower seen from the road
Bells before removal
Furniture, hassocks etc. covered in plastic
Work starts on dismantling the organ
Harrison & Harrison Durham
Some of the wooden pipes removed
Some of the metal pipes removed
Dismantling more pipes
Dismantling pipes from the 'Swell Organ'
Electric blower removed after failing at Concert
Handle used for 'pumping' the organ!
One of the two
Manuals (Keyboards)
with swell shutters above
All pipes removed - boarding the organ case
Boarding for roof work to be undertaken
Part of the mechanism ready to be
taken to Durham for repairs
Above and left, organ case boarded
and covered in plastic ready for
the builders to erect scaffolding
in the church for the roof repairs.
Most of the organ pipes have been taken
to Harrison & Harrison in Durham for
repair and will be returned to St. Andrew's
in July for re-assembling the organ
Work started on
the North Aisle - May 2009
Scaffolding -
North Aisle
North Aisle work
replacing parts of roof
Lowering one of
the bells
Bells in church
ready for transport to Whitechapel
Removing a bell
from the tower
Group looking at
one of the bells
Some of the
removed bell timbers covered in woodworm
Bells
shortly before being taken to the
Whitechapel Foundry London
Bells being loaded
for transport to
Whitechapel Foundry to be cleaned
and re-tuned.
