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York Minster's grand organ pipes dismantled for refit(1/4)

2018-10-10 13:55:30 Ecns.cn Editor :Yao Lan

$A major project to refurbish York Minster\'s Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)$

A major project to refurbish York Minster's Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)

$A major project to refurbish York Minster\'s Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)$

A major project to refurbish York Minster's Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)

$A major project to refurbish York Minster\'s Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)$

A major project to refurbish York Minster's Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)

$A major project to refurbish York Minster\'s Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)$

A major project to refurbish York Minster's Grand Organ gets under way with the removal of 5,403 pipes which will be taken to a specialist workshop in Durham for repair. One of the largest cathedral organs in the country, it dates from 1903 and weighs 20 tons. (Photo/Agencies)