This will be the biggest week ‘on site’ at All Souls. The two sets of rising reservoir bellows have been remade and were today fitted into the organ under the Swellbox, and the small chest for the Swell 8′ Celeste stop has been fitted on to the back of the Swellbox.  The Great wind chest and pipe racks were finished last week in the workshop and were also installed today, together with a number of pipes from the 8′ Open Diapason, 8′ Flute and 4′ Octave.

The 8′ Celeste Pipes on their small wind chest inside the Swellbox

The Great Windchest and some of its pipes fitted into place in front of the Pedal pipes

This evening Mike Thompson and I finalised the drawstop layout and final designs for the console.  Over the next few days most of the wind trunking will be installed, together with the wind chests for the Great 8′ Trumpet and 4′ Clarion and the rest of the main pipework.  More news tomorrow…

Some of the Great pipework

Some of the Great wooden flute pies and metal Open Diapason Pipes -the bright metal bands at the top of the metal pipes are tuning sleeves which are moved up to lower the pitch or down to raise it