
A new organ case and carvings for Westminster Abbey choir school
Middle tower pipe shade



Half-round middle tower pipe shade drawing



Semi-circular carved pipe shade



Pipe shade in place into the central tower
Pipe shades above flat



Drawing of pipe shades above flats



Tower and above flat pipe shades
Bass and treble towers pipe shades



Tower pipe shade drawing



Tower carvings
Westminster Abbey organ carvings
The new instrument was designed by William Drake Ltd. I built the organ case from the organ builders specifications and the pipe shades were designed and inspired from examples found in England in the Georgian classical style. Air dried oak was the best material in use and the timber came from a sawmill who specializes in cutting oak trees in quarter and rift sawn. I made the paneling by slicing the boards to assemble symmetrical figured panels. To design the pipe shades, I have used elements of ornamentation that we often see in larger organ cases dating from the middle of the eighteenth century, here the carvings were shaped and finished just in the same way as found in older examples from other pipe organ caseworks . The pipe shades were made of : two towers, two flats and a round tower.
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