I've just read in "The Art of Organ Building" by George Ashdown Audsley that the oldest known representation of a Pneumatic Organ is found on a very old sculpture. The sculpture shows two small organs with pipes fed by wind chests connected to bellow. The sculpture is dated A.D. 346-395. (!) Out standing! I'm shocked.
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Hi Roseanne,
I've just been talking to John Smith about your bellows problem.
He asked me to give you his mail address and suggests that you e-mail him. You can find him at
john.smith6607@ntlworld.com
Give him a try, he'll help you out.
Cheers.....Bernard
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Hi Roseanne,
There are lots of people willing to help. Derek in Australia has just e-mailed the following:-
"Hi Bernard,
If "Roseanne" on your tracker-bar blog would like to get in touch with me "Email" I can send her a two part DVD on how I built the J.S. busker, this would really help her.
Regards Derek"
Mail djdeane2@bigpond.com
Derek is the one who built the organ clock (see tracker-bar).
This is just a copy from comments on my blog
Cheers............Bernard
Roseanne,
I've had a comment from Derek about 'Black-out' cloth.
Where there are folds on the corners you can get a slight break to the coating...which can let air out under pressure. He painted shellac as a sealer along the folds.
I know.....it's too late now...you've put it all back together.
Cheers.....Bernard
PS Are you going to post up some pics of this organ when finished ?
Yes there will be many photo's coming soon.
Since changing the valves the bellows are stronger. I got the same water pressure reading though. I talked to Peter Hood and he pointed out that making the u bend in my water gauge a little deeper and not blocking the other end of the water gauge was a good idea. So now I'm putting tubes to pipes. Its very exciting.
Thanks for you help. Panic over for now!
Keep up the good work.
Just thought ....have you got some music rolls to play ?
Yes. I brought some music. I played a tune today. There is some adjustments to do but I think its going quite well. I'll up load some progress photo's soon. Maybe some video's of progress. One week now to go!
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