This image was printed in the Illustrated London News c.1950 and shows the Great Soundboards prior to dismantling for storage at The Palace, following the WWII damage. Here is the…
The finest concert organ in Europe Marcel Dupre, 1929 ... all the old majesty was there, as overwhelming as ever, and with additional beauties provided by modern advances in tonal…
THE ROTUNDA VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3, 1926THE RESTORATION OF THE ALEXANDRA PALACE ORGANby J. ERIC HUNT, F.R.C.O.No little interest has been aroused among organ-lovers generally by the scheme which has…
"The 1875 organ was a glorious effort." - Henry Willis III, 1930The 1873 instrument was completely destroyed, with the Palace, in a fire three weeks after the opening. Father Willis…
Henry Willis III wrote, in his March 1930 Rotunda article, the following note:"Following the tremendous success of the Royal Albert Hall organ my grandfather was commissioned to build an instrument,…
