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	Organ 1024 x 768 148K	"The gift of brewer Andrew Usher, the baroque Usher Hall was designed by J Stockdale Harrison of Leicester. The auditorium has superb acoustics as befits Edinburgh's main concert hall. Extensive £9m refurbishment in 2000 has introduced modern services and removable seating in the stalls."
	Stage View 1024 x 768 151K	This is the view from Centre Stage, looking back at the auditorium.
	Window 1 1024 x 768 104K	My favourite image from our visit on year 2000's Open Day. Style and substance.
	Corridor 1024 x 768 80K	More opulent elegance. Real parquet flooring.
	Window 2 1024 x 768 101K	Refined gracefulness and good taste.
	Balconies 1024 x 768 132K	New comfortable seats which fold neatly away.
	Window 3 800 x 600 136K	An exterior shot of one of the semicircular windows.
	Usher Hall 13 1280 x 855 292K	23rd September 2009 and the wraps are coming off the refurbished building. I grabbed this chance to photograph the steps while they're in pristine condition. The ultrawide fisheye lens also captures The Traverse Theatre and the former HMSO behind the remaining portacabins.
	Usher Hall 14 1280 x 845 242K	This second fisheye picture was taken from the top of the steps.
	Usher Hall 17 1280 x 848 223K	August 2010 and the months (years?) of work seem to be finished. Personally, I quite like the setts or tiles on the ground - but the glass wall looks like a temporary thing to me.
	Usher Hall 18 1280 x 819 209K	That irritating clock which seldom worked has been replaced by these slabs in front of the Usher Hall beside Lothian Road,

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