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St Mildred's Organ Project

Preserving Croydon's heritage and culture

Removal of the pipework from St Paul's URC

Work began on 1st March 2021. The pipes will be taken to Nicholson & Co's workshops in Malvern and stored there until it's time to restore them for the new organ.

Ready to box up the pipework and transport it to Malvern.

Pipe boxes

Pipe boxes

Pipe boxes

The 1906 Lewis name plate wil be added to St Mildred's console

Detail of the Swell keyboard and couplers

Swell keyboard showing the holes where 'liquorice allsort' combination buttons were originally installed

A later machine, presumably installed by Walkers, for setting thumb piston combinations

Detail of the piston combination machine. When switches are set to the right, the corresponding stop will be drawn when the piston of that number is pressed.

The 1906 Lewis console

Section of the Lewis west-facing facade, with dummy pipes

The north-facing facade includes the basses from the two Great Open Diapasons. These pipes will be preciselycopied and new pipes made for St Mildreds, leaving the facade at the URC in place.

The Lewis organ's last day in situ at St Paul's URC.

West Organ and Gallery
NP Mander 1959

2 manuals and pedal, 27-stops, in the West Organ Gallery, played from the East Organ console

West Organ - copper facade

West Organ - copper facade

West organ seen from the Chancel

West Organ - copper facade

West Organ - Great pipework

West Organ - Great pipework and blower box

West Organ - Great pipework and blower box, with the Swell Box behind the screen

West Organ - Great pipework

West Organ - Great pipework

West organ relay switches

West Organ relay switches

West Organ - Pedal Open Wood. The furthest pipe is 16 feet long

West Organ - Pedal Open Wood. The furthest pipe is 16 feet long

West Organ - under the Great soundboard

West Organ - copper facade seen from the organ gallery

West Organ - copper facade seen from the organ gallery

West Organ - Swell pipework

West Organ - Swell pipework

West Organ - Swell pipework

West Organ - Swell pipework

West Organ - Swell pipework - two odd pipes on their own!

West Organ - Swell Oboe 8'

West Organ - Swell pipework

West Organ - Swell pipework

West Organ - 16 foot facade pipes temporarily removed during church refurbishment

East Organ and Console
NP Mander 1987

2 manuals and pedal, 10-stop Orgue de Choeur situated in the Chancel