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Dr David Frostick voicing organ pipes on his voicing machine.
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David Frostick, far left, at the voicing machine. David Wood, left with a youthful looking Terry Shires, centre, give a talk/ demonstration on the making and voicing of organ pipes

The art and skill of voicing organ pipes

At Shires Organ pipes, our voicers of preference are Dr David Frostick and the independent organ builder, David Wood.

David Frostick served his apprenticeship with N P Mander, where he became head voicer and a director of the company. During this time his experience encompassed a wide variety of work from the 17th century organ at Adlington Hall to a substantial number of large instruments including the rebuilding of the Hill/Willis in Birmingham Town Hall and cathedral organs including those in St Paul's, Canterbury, Chichester, Rochester, Bristol and Truro. Since 1997 he has been a freelance voicer for many companies at home and across the world, working on cathedral organs and the restoration of many highly significant historic instruments. ​

​David Wood followed his father Philip into the family firm of Wood Pipe Organ Builders in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in 1976. Having come up through the workshop, he has been involved in all aspects of organ building and is responsible for the voicing of new pipework. A number of important instruments are in his care, including those in Beverley Minster, Blackburn Cathedral, Wakefield Cathedral and the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. In January 1999, he became managing director of the company. He serves on the board of the Institute of British Organ Building.
Shires Organ Pipes Ltd
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Unit 7a -7c, Spence Mills, Mill Lane,
Bramley, 
Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 3HE.
Phone: 0113 219 0221
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​Registered No: 05601081.
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