Photos of first step of disassembly

I took off the "outer skin" of the organ and here is the current condition:

Playing condition

Before I began to dissassemble the organ I wanted to document the playing condition.

Here is a table of the ability of the individual notes to sound. The notes are numbered with the lowest C being C1 and the highest being C5. Middle C is C3.

Treble
Vox jubilate: C3 - F5, except for E5.
Flute: C3 - F5, except for C4, Eflat4, E4, F4, Bflat4, D5,F5
Diapason C3 - F5, except for Eflat4, C#5 and E5

Bass
Violetta F0 - B2, except for A2
Viola F0 - B2
Melodia F0 - B2
Subbass C1 - C2

The Harmonic stop doubles at the octave. Vox humana has no impact as the fan device does not turn. The I and II forte make no impact.

In beginning the project I noticed a knees activated lever fro crescendo effects. I had read about this but did not relaize that my organ had the feature. I will explore it in my next time there.




The bellows decay - the time it takes for the organ to cease sounding after stopping pedalling is 2 seconds.

Making the organ bench

I am writing this after having completed all of my other projects and completed the bench. I started with some nice cherry planks that were given to me by a friend's father.

I cut them to shape.

At this point they have been glued together. The finish on the sides and the cross bars is a hand applied minwax with a satin finish. I have not really finished the sides and especially no the seat top. I am wiating until the ned of the project since I am using the bench while I am working. Also, I think I will do a high gloss French finish (shellac) on the seat top, although this may look out of place.

Here it is now. Note the slight angle of the seat to accommodate pedalling!