This organ is now thought to be the only surviving,
unaltered, large instrument built by Henry Willis II. Christ Church United Reformed Church, founded by William Hesketh Lever and
opened on Wednesday 8th June 1904, is situated centrally in the picturesque garden village of Port Sunlight, Wirral.
The work carried out included complete re-leathering of all 24 reservoirs, re-leathering of all Willis-lever key actions
and piston combination actions. The instrument has been Cleaned and Overhauled and the Pipework & Console have also been cleaned and restored.
This organ is built by
Henry Willis & Sons
"Through the ears to the soul"
Keyboards prior to restoration
Console prior to restoration
Rebuilding the pneumatic action
Re-leathered Ribbed
action motors
Console action bellows
Returning some of the reservoirs
to the church
Blowing Chamber
reservoirs re-instated
Concussions being re-leathered in the factory
Some of the Solo Tuba pipes
Cleaning over 100 years worth
of dirt from the front pipes
This level of dirt
silts up windways which
seriously compromises
the pipe's speech
The Choir Gamba
Solo Vox Humana
Eschallots, Tongues & Wedges
from the Solo Vox Humana
before cleaning
Note the tiny resonators of the
top notes of the Solo Orchestral Oboe
A very small boated eschallot
A blockage inside an eschallot is found to be a dead moth
Cleaning and restoring
The Solo Vox Humana
The Great Organ has
gathered many years of dirt
Great Trumpet pipes
A Trumpet pipe
cleaned and repaired
Willis Tulip Stoppers
from the 16' Double Diapason
before cleaning
The very large scaled 4' Flute
The Great Organ following cleaning
also showing the re-instated
faceboard concussions
Looking rearwards towards the Pedal Organ
A Pedal Chest
Violone 16'
Original 1904 leather
Some of the top notes appear
never to have been used
The Pedal Rollerboard after re-bushing
The Pedal Touchbox before and after restoration
Swell Sub & Super and Pedal Derivation Pans
The keyboards in the factory for cleaning and re-bushing
Ready for returning to the organ
The worn out pedalboard
following re-piecing in Teak
& the addition of nerw Ebony caps
Ready for returning to the organ
The refurbished console
