BIOS Reporter – Volume 15, No.1 – January 1991

Elsewhere in this issue there is a report on progress on the organ in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh. This massive instrument, a true heavyweight amongst organs, is built in a self-confident style that the Edwardians could carry off with real conviction. Having received no major attention since it was built in 1914, and suffering from serious overheating since the 1960s, it is no wonder that it is now in a poor state and only parts of it work. Even so, the most serious faults are in soundboards, leatherwork and trunking: much of the electro-pneumatic key action, incorporating Hope-Jones type magnets and switches, still functions well after 75 years and not a little neglect…