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We are the leading Pipe Organ Restoration Specialists in Ireland for the past 27 years. Our Company is based in Wexford in the South East. A Brief History of Neiland & Creane Organ Builders (Wexford)
Our Business was founded in 1990 by Paul Neiland of Wexford, following training and apprenticeship at the prestigious Organ Building Company, Nicholsons of Worcester. Paul has a reputation throughout the country for his incredible honesty and integrity and attention to detail. The business has gone from strength to strength over the years as a result of the excellent quality of the work we have produced.
Gary Creane, who has been here for half the life of the Firm was recently made a business partner in the Company. Gary has trained in Pipe Organ Building and Cabinet Making and is an expert in his field. Our Company ranks as the leading pipe organ restoration company in Ireland and has a track record to prove it.
We have been involved in the restoration of some very historic pipe organs throughout Ireland. We have also been commissioned to do some very fine work outside of Ireland, two organs in Jamaica and more recently we installed an instrument in the Church of San Sebastian, Gonderange in Luxembourg.
We also have built some very fine pipe organs and are responsible for the tuning and maintance of many organs throughout Ireland.
Due to the trust that our clients put in us, our business continues to grow from strength to strength.
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Some photos from last week's cleaning of this little Telford & Telford built in 1896. Prior to its restoration in 2003 this instrument had lay for decades unplayed and badly damaged by vandals who had stolen much of the pipe work and badly damaged what was left. This is another great example of what can be achieved through professional restoration. We are proud to say that it's been 14 years since we completed the restoration of this organ and it has been completely problem free ever since.
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Carrying out a small cleaning over the next couple of days. We restored this lovely Telford and Telford in 2003. In 2014 during high winds a large amount of grit, rubble and dust became dislodged from the Church roof and covered the gallery and organ.
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A small sample from the 1857 Bevington instrument which we restored recently. This organ had been unplayable for years and much of the pipework had been badly damaged during renovation work to the Church in the past. Recorded on a mobile phone so please excuse the recording quality.
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Work has once again started on the Conacher organ in Naas. Lots more photos to come soon .
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Happy new year to all our Clients and friends. Wishing you all a wonderful 2017
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As 2016 comes to an end we at Neiland & Creane Organ Builders would like to thank all our fb friends for their amazing support, we are delighted to say we now have over 1000 followers which has blown us away!!!! We would also like to wish all our Clients, suppliers and friends a very safe, peaceful and happy Christmas.
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This is well worth a read !!!!! It is a post by an American organ building firm which we spotted earlier today and we felt it was well worth sharing as it mirrors much of what we continue to see in organ building in Ireland today. Since about the 1960s some organs in this country have been damaged beyond recognition and in some cases beyond repair at the hands of those whose abilities lay somewhere on the scale between egotistical amateurs and absolute blatant cowboys. Regrettably this continues to happen today and is becoming more and more common. Church authorities who do not know who they can trust are still having the wool pulled over their eyes by those with little or no training and even less ability. These individuals may be good at 'talking the talk' and can seem convincing - but that's where it stops. In our experience it is generally only after the money has been spent and the so called 'work' completed that the issues arise and Churches begin to realise their mistake. Over the past 27 years our business has built up an excellent reputation. We credit this to the three basic principles to which we adhere in all our dealings. - Quality work - Honesty - Integrity We would like to recommend the following to Churches considering embarking on an organ project. - Seek references and be sure to contact them, recent and past. - Do a background check - where has the organ builder trained / Do they have adequate knowledge. - Do they have a workshop and sufficient facilities to carry out the work. - Does their work carry a guarantee and after care service - Do they suitable insurance cover - Do they adhere to health and safety practices. - Do they hold a tax clearance certificate. - Compare tenders based on comparable content not just on price. The best value for money is not necessarily the lowest price. As always if you have any queries do not hesitate to contact us - Ireland or overseas.
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Some photos from our Tuning round this Christmas.
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Naas Conacher update. Apologies to all who are following the progress of this job for the lack of posts lately. A number of weeks ago we returned to site to start reassembly but unfortunately we discovered continued ingress of water through the Church wall into the organ chamber.(A repair we thought was completed before the dismantling the organ!!) Following a meeting with Fr. Morgan and the team working on the repairs to the Church tower a plan was put in place for the required repair work to take place. Part of this work involved hacking off all old crumbling plasterwork and the replastering of the wall in the rear of the organ chamber. (Above the Pedal Diaphone 16' and Salicional 8' bottom octave chests) We prepared the area to allow access for scaffolding and dust sealed the rest of the organ from the affected area. Reassembly work will continue in the new year. As for now we are busy carrying out our annual Christmas tuning round.
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Naas Conacher update. As seen below the final touches are now being done in the workshop to the Naas Conacher job We are just about ready to start reassembly.
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Naas Conacher bellows x 4 in the process of being Re-leathered
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The new business cards are finally here... there was a problem with the print run for the new brochures but we will hopefully have them later this week. Like and share please and of course feel free to give a call if we can be of service!!!
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