Bottom: Michael Clough (left) and team.
Six trained craftsmen from Durham, England, spend their days on tall rafters and between the pillars installing a magnificent, hand-crafted organ at Christ Church Greenwich. It is one of the most prestigious organs in the United States, built by Harrison & Harrison (H&H) Organ Builders. Two more containers carrying 4,600 pipes and the rest of the components are expected to arrive shortly.
In early January, the team of craftsmen from Harrison & Harrison arrived and began work in the church. This is the same team that originally created, hand carved and built the organ in the H&H factory in England; took it apart, then shipped it to reconstruct in Christ Church ”“ a two-year project. The construction team is due to complete work before Holy Week.
After Easter, the painstaking work of voicing begins. Harrison”™s head voicer Andrew Scott and his associate Andrew Fiddes will, for several months, listen to every pipe from the nave of the church and make fine adjustments to ensure the instrument sounds at its absolute best. Michael Clough is the on-site project leader for the team. Viewing of the craftsmen at work is open to the public during business hours at Christ Church Greenwich.
