BIOS Reporter – Volume 5, No.1 – January 1981

We understand that, despite the fire earlier this year, plans will go ahead for the reinstatement of the Willis organ in the Alexandra Palace. The Restoration Appeal launched in the Spring is to continue and work has already begun. Most of the organ’s interior had been removed from the Hall before the fire and damage to the organ was therefore slight. Some anxiety has been expressed that plans for rebuilding the Hall itself may envisage physical reconstruction which would mar the original acoustic; the tunnel-vaulted roof of the Hall and the apse behind the organ probably contributed importantly to the instrument’s effect. We await news of a final decision on this matter…