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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