Final Delivery

On Wednesday, with the entire Robert William Wallace install team back on site, the final delivery arrived. Work began immediately and in a few hours the remaining choir division chests were in place for wiring and winding, and the English Horn and the 5 rank Swell Mixture were put in. At the same time preparations began to mount the facade pipes. By Thursday the special toe-boards were in place as well as the offset wind chests that supply the wind, through hoses, to those toe-boards. On Friday, up went the 23 of the 25 facade pipes. The remaining 5 will be mounted after we no longer need to access the organ through the front. That will be a sad day, for the hatch in the organ floor is not a lot of fun. 


Meanwhile, when it was quiet enough, tonal finishing continued with work on the Salicional and the Horn Diapason (Swell) and the Violoncello (Great), among others. I'm anxious to hear the stops of the Choir division, especially the Magic Flute, the Viole and its Celeste, the Clarinet and, of course, the Pontifical Tuba. Actually, we have heard the bass C of the Tuba, as the chest is running. The rest of the pipes probably won't go in until all winding and wiring is complete.