David Burville in 'Pipe Dreams' featuring Burvilles Dorothea. Short Documentary by Claire Blann.

[@peterfarmer1592]

Lovely David. Thank you for this insight into these wonderful mechanical marvels. 👍

[@whu58]

The skills in building & maintaining pipe organs lends itself to other branches of heritage crafts like Automatons, Dioramas, Old Toys etc = I should imagine its such a wonderful craft to be involved with.

[@robbarkerorgans]

I'm so glad I was able to put you and Claire in touch with each other. What a great result.

[@annlendon9869]

Lovely enthusiasm is catching.😊

[@vaslav030547]

Fantastic! You show much enthusiasm and joy. A really great vlog. It reminds me of my youth and many trips to Holland.

[@geoffreyblackmer]

I didn't know how badly I needed to hear Dorothea sing The Bangles, but it made me smile like an absolute buffoon. 💖

[@dennismartin2882]

Well done David, very interesting work your doing, coming from a mechanical engineering background can really appreciate it.

[@brianm1494]

I stopped scrolling and instantly became a new subscriber! Having seen your work on the Repair Shop I knew I was in for a unique adventure!

[@michaelmiller641]

Fascinating, I love the sound of these organs, I recorded one in the walnuts Orpington in 1968!

[@TeddyBear-nd7nf]

What a beautiful documentary, David. And the shine in your eyes when you talk about your work probably says even more about your love for the profession and the instruments than your words!

[@charliekingpin8568]

Hi David many thanks for such an interesting video, keep up the good work :)

[@samrodian919]

Great video from a man who clearly lives Organs in all or most of their iterations. You David were so lucky to have had a childhood growing up around Fairground and Show organs. You have a multitude of skills even beyond most " Church" organ builders due to some of the more bizarre actions and things that are being hit, burped, or whatever! I got fascinated by organ music first at school, our first senior school teacher was a very good organist and several times a year we had some musical thing going on in the chapel of Dr Bernardo's home in Barkingside Ilford. And the Christmas carol service. I got the job of turning the pages when our teacher played a piece at the end. Unfortunately then ima family couldn't afford a piano nor the lessons to learn. My dad was a senior male nurse, but before he started his training he had served an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in the East End of London, and encouraged my love of woodwork. So when I left school I was apprenticed to NP Mander of Bethnal Green and learnt my trade there I got out of the trade to do other things eight years after starting, but as you so rightly say the skills learned in organ building are myriad. To my mind the organ building apprenticeship is one of the finest things to set you up for life skills. While an apprentice, I did the majority of the firms metalwork as far as the hardware of the organ, making trundles, brazing the arms in, that sort of thing ( not a metal hand as in pipe making). After leaving the trade I eventually became a teacher of woodwork and metalwork and thought in a local comprehensive school. I'm nearly 70 now and am so happy I had that training starting some 55 years ago. I'd love to visit your workshop and see some things being carried out.

[@alharris3157]

The wonder of David is so infectious. Thanks!

[@malcolmheathcote1648]

Thank you, David. My fantasy dream is a set of gallopers with a Savage centre engine and a mechanical organ. It has everything.

[@simonbirt6121]

Brilliant, thank you.

[@mattWallJsy]

What a fantastic video! Great to see what you do outside of the Repair Shop. I’ve always had a liking for anything mechanical, so organs are well up there. Keep up the great work 👍🏽

[@StevesConsul]

Hi David I would just like to say the work you and the other Repair Shop people do is really encouraging young people to work with there hands, so the future of all these skills looks better now than it has for a long time. I was wondering how you make those cards to play modern tunes, that would make a good video in its self.

[@petroolekhnovych9022]

Good boy David

[@hatjodelka]

That's a proper workshop, that is!

[@petroolekhnovych9022]

Good job man

[@121omePiet]

Very good David!

[@MyOtherNick]

Good show!!!

[@jonnypritchard6609]

Verry good

[@peterfarmer1592]

I wonder who and how the punchcards are made ?