David Burville Biography – David Burville Wiki
David Burville is a British professional organ builder and resident expert on BBC’s TV program, The Repair Shop. He owns and runs his workshop based in Canterbury, Kent, known as D.R. Burville Organ Builders. He has more than 25 years of experience in organ building.
Following school, Davis began working at F.H Browne’s, who specialize in Church Organs. The firm is renowned in the United Kingdom tracing back to 1871 and has renovated a massive range of organs in the UK and other parts of the world. With a passion for Mechanical Organs, David relocated to Belgium in 1998 and began a lengthy apprenticeship with Johnny Verbeeck’s workshop. After he had reasonable experience and skills, David moved back to the United Kingdom and set up his workshop D.R. Burville Organ Builders.
His workshop D.R. Burville Organ Builders is based in in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. The workshop is spacious and he can work on projects of every size. According to his website, the Oktoberfest Organ, from the Scarborough Fair Collection, was fully stripped, restored, and built up on the first floor of the workshop.
The workshop also prides itself on more than 4000 square feet of storage facilities and stock. This makes it one of the largest workshops in the United Kingdom. The workshop is described as ” An extensive selection of organ building parts, machines, and equipment after buying the workshop of the well-known organ builder and arranger Arthur Prinsen of Belgium. This included original stock and equipment from the famous Antwerp firm TH. Mortier.”
The organ builder has teamed up with Peter Hood of Rollcutter.com to provide the world’s first ‘drop on Midi player’ meaning the organ is unaltered & preserved as stated on his website. David is an expert dealing with organ building and restoration in the BBC television programme The Repair Shop working alongside other experts like Dominic Chinea. Through his workshop, he also offers consultancy services.
David Burville Age
His age is unclear. He comes from Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom.
David Burville Wife
Is David Burville of the Repair Shop Married? The mechanical organ builder keeps his personal life private. It is not known whether he has a family, wife, or children.
David Burville Instagram
His Instagram handle is @david_burville_burvilleorgans.
