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Work in Progress
Neat wiring
| Organs at St Gregory’s |
Some of the operations in the build result in spectacular and obvious progress, but much of the work is fiddly and detailed, and has little to show for it. It is, however, of vital importance. The wiring is one such part of the work - each key, each stop, each piston and all the other controls must be connected to the console control box, and at the other end, each note on each soundboard, all the stop sliders, the swell box mechanism and all others functions must be connected to the organ chamber control box. The neatness of the wiring makes maintenance and fault-finding much easier shoud it be required at a later date, and reflectes the quality of the work being undertaken. The picture shows two of the connecting boards; there are a further three. Shown are the Great and Swell keyboard connector boards. There are also boards for the pedals, the stop controls and for the combination pistons. Each of these must be individually wired. When finished, these boards will be mounted in the console. Each board is equipped with LED diagnostics so that in the event of any problem, finding the fault should not be a major problem! However, we hope not to have need for that! |
| Pipes or Chips | |
| The replacement | |
| The Cost | |
| The organ at Grazeley | |
| Work in Progress | |
| Penitential Soundboards | |
| The bellows in bits | |
| Pneumatic motors | |
| Stripping the soundboards | |
| Casework at St Gregory's | |
| Richard in his workshop | |
| Pouring glue | |
| Great soundboard | |
| Swell soundboard | |
| Case re-polished | |
| Swell box in workshop | |
| Building frame in workshop | |
| Clamp for Trompette | |
| Preparing Clamp | |
| Lifting up to gallery | |
| Soundboards up in the air | |
| Bourdon soundboard | |
| Scorching | |
| Making platform | |
| 1st pipe in chamber | |
| Organ bits in Church | |
| Bob the Blower | |
| Great soundboard in the air | |
| Soundboards in place | |
| Swell box being installed | |
| Trompette Pipe | |
| Fitting the console | |
| Jamb - no Jerusalem | |
| Getting the wind up | |
| Neat wiring | |
| Rack of Trompette | |
| The pipes arrive | |
| Console wired | |
| The Wind in the Bellows | |
| The first working rank | |
| Swell box complete | |
| Pipes in the Great Soundboard | |
| Restoration of the Console | |
| Two milestones | |
| The Blessing | |
| The Opening Recital | |
| Neil Wright | |
| Forthcoming recitals | |
| Specification | |
The restoration story will continue - this is up to date at 17th March 2009
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