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Restoration of damaged pipes from 1880 instrument
The mangled pipes, above, come from a two-manual Forster and Andrews organ built in 1893 for a church in Scotland and recently installed...
Chris
Jun 18, 20201 min read


Vox Humana completed for large organ in New York
Chris Shires at his workbench making a Vox Humana 8' in the style of the American organ builder Skinner for a large organ in New York....
Chris
Apr 2, 20201 min read


Mighty mitre for eight-foot Hautbois pipes
This tricky sort of mitre work would be enough to send most of us round the bend – but it's just one of the skills in regular use in our...
Chris Shires
Feb 10, 20201 min read


Spotted metal facade pipes for church in Washington
These spotted metal facade pipes were made in our workshops by Terry Doyle, below, for the Ortloff Organ Company in Massachusetts, US....
Chris
Jan 16, 20201 min read


Shires pipes shine in Rathke organ in Kentucky
The two-manual, 28-stop organ in the First United Methodist Church in Henderson, Kentucky, is nearing completion and Shires was pleased...
Chris Shires
Oct 31, 20191 min read


'Brilliant repair work - the touch of the Master's hand'
The difficult we do at once, the impossible takes a little longer. Or so visitors may imagine when they see the state of damaged organ...
Chris
May 19, 20191 min read


'Thanks to Shires for making exquisite pipes'
We enjoy sending organ pipes across the Atlantic to our growing band of organ builder friends in the United States. The latest batch was...
Chris Shires
May 11, 20191 min read


Zinc body and spotted metal in new Gamba
Here's a Gamba 8ft made for our organ builder friends in Malvern, Nicholson and Co. Many thanks to James Atherton for asking us to make...
Chris
May 8, 20191 min read
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