Saturday, March 31, 2012

Rocheorgel project

Manual pipes in. Many hours of fussing to clean up all the leaks and murmurs. The original builder chose open grain mahogany for the toeboards, which was a very poor choice! At 2" pressure it only takes a slight bleed through the grain to cause pipes to murmur. Work to do on the flute caps.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

First United Methodist, Melrose MA

Flash!! This just in! Seems the previous repairer only did HALF the primary. I imagine the Great is the same.

First United Methodist, Melrose MA

James Cole electric primary. Some dead notes. Wind bleed out the magnet when played. Expected bad leather...nope! Can't remove magnet to check the disc without removing the primary because cover screws are under the swell box frame! You wonder why some builders did not survive.