The Belfast City Organ Pipe Works

The Belfast City Organ Pipe Works closed in1997 after 48 years in business.  Established by Douglas Loker and his partner Maurice Goodall in 1949, Belfast-made pipes can now be found in organs world-wide.  One of  their largest orders was 4500 pipes for the Walker instrument in Liverpool Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1966.  The firm at that time had a workshop off the Donegall Road, Belfast and employed 18 staff.  In their final years they  moved to a unit in Derriaghy Industrial Estate near Dunmurry.