Name Len Rawle | ||
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Len Rawle, MBE, (born 1938 in Tonypandy) is a Welsh organ builder and organist. A London College of Music graduate, he is particularly noted for his restoration of Wurlitzer theatre organs. In 1973 he appeared in Metro-Land, contributing Chattanooga Choo Choo. Rawles has given numerous concerts and workshops in the USA, Australia and Europe. In May 2001 he played on "Western New York's mightiest Wurlitzer theater pipe organ" in Buffalo.
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Rawle was made an MBE in 2012. He often plays at the Barry Memorial Hall in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. He maintains the organs in Kilburn and Woking, and has also been involved in a £40,000 project restore the Granada Tooting Wurlitzer organ, described as "one of the most significant restoration projects in the UK".