Steve's Pipe Organ Project

Charlie from the Diyapason Chat had a question about the flex line I am using so I thought I'd post a few pictures on the main wind line. Hope this helps Charlie


This is the Flexmaster wind line coming up from the 1-1/2 HP Spencer Orgoblo. I had to put an adjustable steel elbow at the top where it enters the corrigated culvert pipe at the wall. The turbulance and sharp 90 deg bend kept rupturing the flex at the bend. No trouble after putting in steel elbow. This is the NI-35 flex I think the NI-45 would have been better.
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This is the other end across the house where the main wind line enters the pipe chamber at the ceiling. It angles down past the pedal Bourdon and in the next picture you will see it disappear under the windchest into the Kimball regulator.

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These are abour 45 deg angles in the pipe chamber. The white line is the 4" pvc going to the 16' Pedal Bourdon and the lower five 16' Leblich Gedackt. This flex resembles the 4" dryer duct you find in home improvement stores except there is a 1/4" square nylon mesh sandwiched in laminate. _____________________________________________________________________

This is the 10" culvert pipe that stretches about 35' from the garage to the pipe chamber on the other end of the house. Contrary to what you see on the outside the inside is very smooth. You can still hear the blower noise at the end of this pipe. The flex does not muffle the sound. At some point I may put a muffler box or static reservoir on the blower.
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Here is a picture of the chest magnet valves installed on the side boards of a Roosevelt type ventil chest. This is my current project This chest will be for the Wicks Stopped Diapason. I have two valves to install on the end yet. And then the wiring begins again.
This chest is designed like a Roosevelt but the pneumatics have a wooden arm on the top of the wood as opposed to the steel bar inserted in to the wood. Gottfried supposedly built or rebuilt this organ. Is anyone aware of who made a chest like this with the wooden valve arms.
Hope you all enjoyed the latest post -- Till next time