Marlborough College Organ rebuild
Two views of the old instrument being dismantled
|
|
|
|
Old Great and Swell chests
|
|
|
|
Swell now gone!
|
|
|
Our visit to Hamburg in September 2005
|
|
|
|
The lower part of the frame. Rolf Miehl, Technical Director of Beckerath is pictured
|
|
|
|
Bottom C of the Untersatz in the press
|
|
|
|
A soundchest under construction
|
|
|
|
Metal pipework under construction
|
|
|
|
Sigmund soldering a pipe
|
|
|
First delivery on 24 June 2006
|
|
|
|
First lorry load arrives (24 June)
|
|
|
|
Spanish lorry driver (spoke little English or German!) which was fun
|
|
|
|
Untersatz pipes in store
|
|
|
|
The floor frame in position
|
|
|
|
Untersatz pipes in place
|
|
|
|
|
|
A view of the Swell box standing on the Great soundchest
|
|
|
|
Peter and Thomas, who erected the frame
|
|
|
Some views from inside the organ (taken on 5 August 2006)
|
|
|
|
Rear of console from vestry
|
|
|
|
Swell rollerboard
|
|
|
|
Rear of Swell (12 pipes of Open Flute)
|
|
|
|
Stop engines (Great)
|
|
|
|
View of Pedal Open Woods (standing on Gt soundchest). Note also the Kleine pedal soundchest (C# side)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Positiv rollerboard
|
|
|
|
Untersatz pipes - (Swell trackers in right hand corner)
|
|
|
|
Andreas, Axel and Matthias coming back from lunch
|
|
|
The console arrives 31 August 2006 - built by Otto Heuss of Frankfurt
|
|
|
|
Unloading from the van
|
|
|
|
View from behind the console
|
|
|
|
Almost in its final position
|
|
|
Pictures taken on 23 September 2006 - console taking shape
|
|
|
|
Console electrics. The large rectifier is at the bottom; piston mechanisms on the right
|
|
|
|
Beckerath ingenuity. How to make trackers turn corners
|
|
|
|
The stop jambs now in position (without stops)
|
|
|
|
View of console (with stop labels in place)
|
|
|
|
View of console
|
|
|
|
|
|
Close up of left hand stop jamb
|
|
|
Pictures taken on 12 October 2006 - voicing on the Great in progress
|
|
|
|
A view of the 8ft Principal, Rohr Gedeckt and Viol da Gamba pipes
|
|
|
|
Rolf and Sigmund unwrap a Great Viol da Gamba pipe
|
|
|
|
The framework for the mounted Cornet stop
|
|
|
|
Great pipes
|
|
|
|
View inside the Swell box. Metal Aeoline pipes in place at the back
|
|
|
Pictures taken on 5 November 2006 - Sigmund at the console, Rolf at work
on the Swell
|
|
|
|
Sigmund at the console
|
|
|
|
Console
|
|
|
|
Rolf tuning the Viol d'Orchestre
|
|
|
|
Rolf again
|
|
|
|
The highest notes of the Contra Bombarde. These pipes are full length!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Far right: the Grand Jeu (to the left the Harmonia Aethera - some pipes missing). The highest note of the Octavin 2' is being tuned
|
|
|
|
Yet another picture of the Contra Bombarde
|
|
|
Many views taken on 11 November 2006
|
|
|
|
Back of console
|
|
|
|
Great
|
|
|
|
Great pipes
|
|
|
|
Swell
|
|
|
|
Great
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great
|
|
|
|
Swell (from front)
|
|
|
|
Open Woods and 32ft Pedal reed
|
|
|
|
Open Woods - Pedal reed - and Tim
|
|
|
|
Swell (from right hand side)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Another view of Swell
|
|
|
|
Open Woods from above
|
|
|
|
Open Woods (other side)/32ft reed also shown
|
|
|
|
The main wind reservoir and a view of the bottom of the organ
|
|
|
|
Main wind reservoir
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bottom of organ facing the back
|
|
|
|
Bottom of organ looking over the Tuba blower
|
|
|
|
Keys (Wachet auf ready on music desk)
|
|
|
|
Left hand stop jamb
|
|
|
|
Right hand stop jamb (note Beckerath name plate in position)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Cornet pipes awaiting installation
|
|
|
|
Another view of that ingenious way of making trackers turn corners
|
|
|
|
View of case with new pipes
|
|
|
|
View of case with new pipes
|
|
|
|
View of case with new pipes
|
|
|
|
|
|
View of case with new pipes
|
|
|
