Career
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 United States of America, Australia and Europe.
In May 2001 he played on "Western New York"s mightiest Wurlitzer theater pipe organ" in Buffalo.
Rawle was made an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire 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 United Kingdom".