Skill and painstaking craftsmanship – the organ restoration in pictures (III)

Making new bellows. The timber is birch plywood, and the leather is sheepskin.
Making new bellows. The timber is birch plywood, and the leather is sheepskin.
Cutting down a cedar plank to make new trackers 8mm wide by 0.8mm thick. This replaces the original trackers which were 8.5mm wide by 3mm thick. This means the trackers with be less than a third of the weight of the original ones, making the action much lighter.
These are planks of American red oak. These will be used to build the cabinet for the blower and bellows. This timber will match the original casework.
These are new “Schwimmer” regulators. They are fitted underneath the Hauptwerk, Oberwerk and Pedal chests to keep the wind steady. They replace the original Peter Collins regulators.

Photos by Ian Carter

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Location St Bartholomew's Church, ORFORD, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 2LN Phone 07973229407 E-mail orfordorganproject@gmail.com
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