@TrompenCham167 - it will be restored EVENTUALLY. Right now they've got 4 manuals and pedals with 50 stops working - more than half way there! So, you'll have to find somewhere else to get your Willis pipework from...
@165valley - Hi Glen. I can confirm that the Willis will be restored. Right now half of it is in and working and much of the rest is in storage awaiting restoration, though many ranks are incomplete. It will all eventually be restored if the money is forthcoming!
Can they get the Willis back to anything since the fire? I was staying there in Muswell Hill with my friend Carlo Curley just before. I was back in Philadelphia when the fire occurred in 1980. I think the AP Willis is pretty much done, but I can send pics of the AP before and after, if you're interested. The AP was great.
This is the Ally Pally organ. Poor old thing. I just wish one day that they get it back to it's origional state again. However, I have devised a small two manual scheme in the style of a 1920's Willis for this organ encorporating the old pipework from the various divisions. If anyone would like a copy, please reply!
@TrompenCham167 - it will be restored EVENTUALLY. Right now they've got 4 manuals and pedals with 50 stops working - more than half way there! So, you'll have to find somewhere else to get your Willis pipework from...
TheMysticalOrgan 2 weeks ago
@165valley - Hi Glen. I can confirm that the Willis will be restored. Right now half of it is in and working and much of the rest is in storage awaiting restoration, though many ranks are incomplete. It will all eventually be restored if the money is forthcoming!
TheMysticalOrgan 2 weeks ago
Can they get the Willis back to anything since the fire? I was staying there in Muswell Hill with my friend Carlo Curley just before. I was back in Philadelphia when the fire occurred in 1980. I think the AP Willis is pretty much done, but I can send pics of the AP before and after, if you're interested. The AP was great.
Fondly, Glen
165valley 10 months ago
This is the Ally Pally organ. Poor old thing. I just wish one day that they get it back to it's origional state again. However, I have devised a small two manual scheme in the style of a 1920's Willis for this organ encorporating the old pipework from the various divisions. If anyone would like a copy, please reply!
TrompenCham167 3 years ago