David Shuker

Dr David Shuker worked as a research chemist for over 30 years having gained BSc and PhD degrees from Imperial College London. He was awarded an Open University MA in Music in 2008 for a course of study that included a dissertation on the development of William Herschel as a composer. Since 2007 he has worked as a self-employed builder and restorer of pipe organs and regularly contributes articles to Organists’ Review. Dr Shuker is a member of the council of the British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS), was editor of the BIOS Reporter from 2008 to 2012 and has organised two meetings for BIOS. His book in historic pipe organs of Leicestershire was published in 2010 and a book on the musical lives of William and Caroline Herschel will be published in 2016.

At the Sign of the Pipe, The Grain Store Workshop, Coney Lodge, Park Farm Rd, Birling, West Malling, Kent ME19 5JZ

Tel: 07970 276070

Website: www.signofthepipe.com

Blog: signofthepipe.blogspot.co.uk