All the Swell Organ stop motors have been fitted and are now working, so on Friday most of the Swell stops (everything other than the Cornopean, Celeste, Mixture and Bassoon) had their first rough tuning. They sound a lot brighter than they did in the workshop when the Swell division was first built last October – they are gaining a lot from the superb acoustic in the church.  Next week, we should have the Great stop motors in and working, and a few software adjustments are to be made before more of the organ will be playable. In addition the reservoir for the wind for the Great Trumpet and the Pedal Trombone has been made and will be fitted. These stops have a separate reservoir as they will work on 6″ wind pressure, whereas the rest of the organ is on 3″.

Back at home, I now only have 3 of the 27 display pipes waiting to be stripped of all paint and washed down – my target is to finish that task by next weekend as the first batch are being sprayed.