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The pipe organ in the Christchurch Town Hall in New Zealand was built by Rieger Orgelbau of Austria and installed in 1997. In 2010 however the hall was shut and the organ silenced by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which was followed by at least 15,000 aftershocks. It is hoped that repairs to the town hall and the organ will be completed and open for business by mid-2018.

Although I started working in a darkroom when I was 7 years old and have gone through a range of techniques and styles to match the developments in photography, I still regard myself as always learning. My main focus these days is on pipe organ photography, but I enjoy landscapes, patterns and symmetry, experimenting with different styles - you name it, almost anything is fun to explore. Pipe organs are especially fascinating since no two in the world are alike, and the craftsmanship and beauty of so many of them is truly thrilling and awe-inspiring. Whether the pipes are far away up in a loft, or more accessible on either side of a nave or chancel, the techniques which builders have employed for centuries to cope with the limitations...