All the pictures below can be clicked on to view a much bigger version. Use the ‘back’ button to return to this screen. All photographs are copyrighted. Those of Dudley Savage are courtesy of Jonathan Mann, friend of Dudley’s and Plymouth area organist. All restoration and recent photos of the ABC cinema/Gala Bingo and Blackheath Halls are copyright HWS Associates LLP. Others are as stated.
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The ABC cinema prior to conversion
The ABC cinema prior to conversion

Dudley savage and the ABC organ
Dudley Savage at the ABC Plymouth Compton 1938
Radio Times December 1968
Dudley Savage on air 1968
Dudley Savage on air
Dudley Savage broadcasting

The building as Gala Bingo and the organ in 2005
Gala Bingo auditorium The hump covering the console
A section removed to reveal the console The buried console

Click here for a video clip of Peter Hammond playing the Compton in November 2005 having just un-earthed it. [Windows Media format - 34MB]
Trumpet and tuba ranks
Lower pressure pipework
The blower
Traps
Tuba and tibia pipes
The Melotone
Cello pipes
Melotone horn

The organ’s new home at Blackheath Halls
Blackheath Halls