Michael Macdonald Organ Builders

Nice early start again

Like kids in a candy shop

It’s been a hectic few weeks so posts have been few and far between. Here are some pictures of some of the work being done on the Great and Swell soundboards for Gracehill

Beginning to reassemble

Work starts on the Great soundboard

I think I know what the problem is

Back over to Ballymena this morning. Here are some workshop pictures of our progress so far

Some pictures from the I.S.O.B AGM in London this weekend, where Michael was elected President of the organisation.

Back at Gracehill this week to prepare the site for the return of the organ.

Early start for us.

The van is packed with organ parts and we are on our way to the ferry and then the workshop

Day one of our restoration of Gracehill.

Van loaded, ready for our jaunt across the water

That’s the workshop starting to look busy again, our latest project is looking rather pink.

We thought that 2018 had been a remarkable year for us at Michael Macdonald Organ Builders with fifteen new customers added to our tuning round in the last twelve months.
2019 is going to be equally exciting and extremely busy as we are thrilled to announce that we have been chosen to restore the 19-stop tracker organ, originally constructed in 1829 by John Smith of Bristol presently situated in the lovely Gracehill Moravian Church, Ballymena, Northern Ireland. The work will include the flooding and re-palleting of both manual soundboards and the supply and fitting of a new Trumpet 8ft to the spare slide on the Great and a new three rank Mixture in place of the existing Great Flute d`Amour. Regular updates will be posted on our website and Facebook pages

We would like to wish a very Happy New Year to everyone when it comes.
2018 was a very busy and fun year for us, lots of new clients and interesting work.
2019 is gearing to be even busier with some very exciting projects lined up already. ... Can’t wait to get started.
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