Friday, June 19, 2009
Trechterregal
The Trechterregal stop is completed and voiced.
This stop is a half-length reed based on a design by C.B. Fisk. It gets it's name from the funnel shaped resonator, or Trechter in German. This reed will play from the German-influenced Positiv division of the organ.
What does it sound like? Here's a short sample:
In addition, the bottom octave of the new Great 16' reed is in and ready to be cleaned and finished:
Reinstallation of the south chamber, the Great, Choir, Positiv, and most of the Pedal is still scheduled to begin in late July or early August. The completion date for the entire project, however, still seems to be up in the air.
This stop is a half-length reed based on a design by C.B. Fisk. It gets it's name from the funnel shaped resonator, or Trechter in German. This reed will play from the German-influenced Positiv division of the organ.
What does it sound like? Here's a short sample:
In addition, the bottom octave of the new Great 16' reed is in and ready to be cleaned and finished:
Reinstallation of the south chamber, the Great, Choir, Positiv, and most of the Pedal is still scheduled to begin in late July or early August. The completion date for the entire project, however, still seems to be up in the air.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Quick update
The remaining 16' Open Diapason pipes that were left in the church were picked up this week, along with the new console and taken to Chicago for final assembly. The anticipated delivery date for the south chamber contents is now July, with the entire project completed before December.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
New console pictures
The new console is stained and reassembled, and ready to be picked up and completed.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Console Progress
I went to Illinois to check on progress on the console. I can report that the keyboards did arrive from England last month and are in great shape:
One of my favorite parts is that the MIDI All Notes Off piston is labeled "PANIC".
The internal parts of the console have been disassembled and stained and finished:
Another photo of the sidejamb carvings, and of two of the back panel carvings:
One of my favorite parts is that the MIDI All Notes Off piston is labeled "PANIC".
The internal parts of the console have been disassembled and stained and finished:
Another photo of the sidejamb carvings, and of two of the back panel carvings:
Friday, February 6, 2009
Not much new right now
There's not much to post at the moment. The keyboards have been shipped and at least one has arrived. Here is a photo of one of the console sidejamb carvings in progress:
The south organ chamber has been cleaned out and repainted. Still to be done is some wiring clean-up and replacement of the light fixtures with flourescent ones.
For those unfamiliar with Third Baptist, here's a short video about the church.
The south organ chamber has been cleaned out and repainted. Still to be done is some wiring clean-up and replacement of the light fixtures with flourescent ones.For those unfamiliar with Third Baptist, here's a short video about the church.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Updates
Here are a few overdue updates.
I went over to Illinois not long ago to see how the new console is coming along.
Things are progressing nicely. Unfortunately work is almost at a halt until the P&S keys arrive from England. The delivery date for them has been delayed considerably with no exact date known.
With the removal of the pipes in the south chamber, the only 16' pedal stops remaining were the two in the Swell, the softest and the loudest of the 16s. An interested homebuilder came and took two offset chests from this chamber, meaning it was finally time to disconnect the wind from some of the organ. Doing this disabled the pneumatic Pedal switches meaning there were NO pedal stops available. In order to make up for this, we rented a CM-100 from Wicks. This allows us via MIDI and a couple of powered speakers to have up to 12 digital stops, enough for some Pedal variety and even a few solo stops on the silent Great and Choir.
On Friday October 24, 5 of us attacked the south chamber to remove all of the components remaining. The amount of material that came out was too much for the dumpster, so most of it was stored on the second floor until a larger dumpster could be delivered.
That's all for now. The next step is waiting until the completed console and Great, Choir, Positiv, and Pedal divisions are all delivered after the first of the year.
I went over to Illinois not long ago to see how the new console is coming along.
Things are progressing nicely. Unfortunately work is almost at a halt until the P&S keys arrive from England. The delivery date for them has been delayed considerably with no exact date known.With the removal of the pipes in the south chamber, the only 16' pedal stops remaining were the two in the Swell, the softest and the loudest of the 16s. An interested homebuilder came and took two offset chests from this chamber, meaning it was finally time to disconnect the wind from some of the organ. Doing this disabled the pneumatic Pedal switches meaning there were NO pedal stops available. In order to make up for this, we rented a CM-100 from Wicks. This allows us via MIDI and a couple of powered speakers to have up to 12 digital stops, enough for some Pedal variety and even a few solo stops on the silent Great and Choir.
On Friday October 24, 5 of us attacked the south chamber to remove all of the components remaining. The amount of material that came out was too much for the dumpster, so most of it was stored on the second floor until a larger dumpster could be delivered.
That's all for now. The next step is waiting until the completed console and Great, Choir, Positiv, and Pedal divisions are all delivered after the first of the year.Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Pipe Removal
Over two days 5 men from Bogue organs removed almost all of the 35 ranks of pipework from the south organ chamber. Most of the pipes were packed in boxes for transport.
Larger pipes had to be packed loosely and were stored up and down the second floor hallway until taken out to the truck.
This leaves only the Swell and Antiphonal divisions left for worship services. The 16' Lieblich Gedeckt is still playable (mostly) from the Pedal, however, at some point the switch that controls it will be removed, as it is in the south chamber. There are still a few 16' Open Diapasons remaining in the chamber. The chests must be removed before they can come out.
While they were here the Bogues also picked up all of the completed and revoiced reed pipes from Greg Caldwell. They will be back to get the remaining Open Diapasons and to pick up the console from Jim Schmidt. At this point we are waiting on P&S Organ Supply Company in the UK to deliver the 4 manuals for the new console, and unfortunately this company does not have a reputation for on-time delivery.
Speaking of chests, there are 16 windchests and 2 chime actions in this chamber that must be removed. We are looking for interested parties who would like to have them. They are in need of some releathering. If they're not taken, then they will be dismantled. If anyone is interested, please comment on this entry.
Regulators, which have been releathered recently, Peterson Relay parts, extra magnets and some old microphones that were placed in the chamber are going to be sold on eBay with proceeds going toward the organ restoration fund.
Larger pipes had to be packed loosely and were stored up and down the second floor hallway until taken out to the truck.
This leaves only the Swell and Antiphonal divisions left for worship services. The 16' Lieblich Gedeckt is still playable (mostly) from the Pedal, however, at some point the switch that controls it will be removed, as it is in the south chamber. There are still a few 16' Open Diapasons remaining in the chamber. The chests must be removed before they can come out.
While they were here the Bogues also picked up all of the completed and revoiced reed pipes from Greg Caldwell. They will be back to get the remaining Open Diapasons and to pick up the console from Jim Schmidt. At this point we are waiting on P&S Organ Supply Company in the UK to deliver the 4 manuals for the new console, and unfortunately this company does not have a reputation for on-time delivery.
Speaking of chests, there are 16 windchests and 2 chime actions in this chamber that must be removed. We are looking for interested parties who would like to have them. They are in need of some releathering. If they're not taken, then they will be dismantled. If anyone is interested, please comment on this entry.
Regulators, which have been releathered recently, Peterson Relay parts, extra magnets and some old microphones that were placed in the chamber are going to be sold on eBay with proceeds going toward the organ restoration fund.
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