| An event shortly before the Great Fire which was to engulf everything seen here.
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| Is Felix Aprahamian smiling so contentedly because he just about to hand over a cheque for £1,000 to Henry Willis 4 to start the restoration of The Alexandra Palace Organ?
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| Yes.
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This extremely rare photograph shows part of the interior of the organ during
the clearing work by Henry Willis & Sons in 1975-1980, during which
much of the movable items were relocated to Liverpool, Huddersfield and Petersfield.
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Here is the enclosed Solo section, looking from the end of the Great.
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Here is the Choir section, looking downward.
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Here are photographs of one of the rooms where the organ was stored from 1950-1980. These rooms are now the
Willis and Marconi serveries in the rebuilt Great Hall.
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The state of dilapidation is all too apparent.
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One of the greatest pipe organs in history is a toilet for pigeons.
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These pipes have clearly suffered greatly since 1944.
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Console parts lie in storage waiting for a renaissance.
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The manuals.
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The pedalboard.
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The Solo soundboard being winched down from the North end of The Palace.
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