Pull Out All The Stops – reinstallation timelapse footage

Posted on March 7, 2012 by charlottechristesen

http://youtu.be/fEMt5t-jf-A

Follow the link to watch timelapse footage of the reinstallation of the central section of the organ in January 2012.

With two teams working 24 hours a day for 5 days, the frame was constructed, the reservoirs and soundboards lifted into position and the wind trunks, which convey wind from one section of the instrument to another, were connected. Some of the largest pipes were moved into position and the rest of the pipes in this section will be reinstalled this summer.

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Pull Out All The Stops – Restoration work

Posted on March 7, 2012 by charlottechristesen

http://youtu.be/a8x4N5PzzaE

Follow the link to watch a film of the incredible restoration work which took place in September 2011 at the organ builders Harrison & Harrison Ltd in Durham.

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Pull Out All The Stops – Launch video, September 2010

Posted on January 10, 2012 by charlottechristesen

http://youtu.be/APNeoJzd1Sc

Please click on the link to see the video we created to launch the campaign to restore the Royal Festival Hall organ back in September 2010.

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Progress update on the Royal Festival Hall Organ – July 2011

Posted on August 2, 2011 by charlottechristesen

The organ builders at Harrison & Harrison are currently working on constructing the framework of the central section of the organ. At the lowest level of the framework, the wind reservoirs are already in place and a handful of soundboards for the pipework are also in position.                 The new spotted metal 16ft Pedal Principal [...]

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Progress of the restoration and reinstallation of the Royal Festival Hall Organ

Posted on April 13, 2011 by charlottechristesen

Work has now begun on the central section of the organ with the cleaning, restoring and making of components having started in the Harrison & Harrison workshops in Durham in January and February of this year. The central section of the organ comprises much of the Pedal Organ as well as the Great Reed Chorus [...]

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The Royal Festival Hall organ on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme

Posted on January 18, 2011 by charlottechristesen

Southbank Centre was delighted to welcome Richard Ingrams and Dame Gillian Weir to the Hall last month. Richard Ingrams, who is a keen organist, was guest editing BBC Radio 4’s Today programme between Christmas and the New Year, and he was very interested in featuring the Royal Festival Hall organ and current campaign. He interviewed [...]

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Get ready for Sounds Venezuela next week

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Liz White

Next week Southbank Centre plays host to the UK debut performance of Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra of Venezuela on 12 and 14 October. After both performances enjoy some free music in The Clore Ballroom from popular latin band Conjunto Sabroso at 9.30pm. Also featuring in this week of celebrations are Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriguez giving [...]

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Pull out all the stops and help us restore the Royal Festival Hall organ

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Trish Thomas

The iconic Royal Festival Hall was lovingly restored between 2005 and 2007. As part of that refurbishment one-third of the 103-stop, 7,866-pipe organ was reinstalled. With two-thirds missing, the organ is unable to perform the complete orchestral and solo repertoire for which it was designed, and the auditorium’s aesthetics are affected by the hole made [...]

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Southbank Centre Receives Green Light for Application for the Restoration of Royal Festival Hall Organ

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre has been given the green light* by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to work up plans for a grant of £950,000 to complete the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall’s organ. The first phase of the organ refurbishment, the restoration and reinstallation of the Swell, Great fluework and Pedal Principal 32ft stop, was [...]

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