New crank organ build

This is bringing back fond memories! But I have one that no one knows what will happen to it when I go to the big wood shop in the sky. I hope it is not part of the big bond fire my kids keep talking about. If they do I shall haunt them for the rest of their lives. They will never sleep again, they will shut their eyes and hear organ music all night! :eek:
 
It's been a couple weeks since I updated my progress. Work on this has slowed down a bit for a few different reasons but starting to pick up momentum again. My last posts showed the case starting to take shape. At this point there are so many small details that have to be done to ensure everything will fit together. I've spent so many trips back and forth to the hardware stores and Hobby Lobby for springs, set screws, piano wire (this required 4 different stores) to round up the many different supplies. I'm currently getting the bellows cloth put on which has been more difficult than I remember in the past. I'm using hide glue to attach the bellows cloth. I'm getting there but it is taking longer than I expected. Anyway...every day is one step closer.
 

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I might suggest using a jam jar for the glue and putting that in water in your crock though, much easier to clean up.
That's how I have done it in the past but not sure why I didn't remember to do it that way this time. I've now gotten my crock cleaned up (what a pain) and will put glue in a jar and water in the crock as you mentioned in the future.
 
Side note.. we went to the https://albanycarousel.com/ last weekend for a friends baby shower to drop off some gifts and they have a very nice medium large organ upstairs that plays for the carousel and a REALLY interesting REALLY old one downstairs you can see when you take a tour of the carving shop (also if you manage to go go when you can take a tour of the carving shop - they also need carvers although they don't really allow working anywhere except their studio which is a non-starter for me.. sooo.. yah.. still fun to see).
 
Work on this project has come to a full stop. I'm a rather quiet person and don't generally talk about myself much.... however.... I've been dealing with an undiagnosed medical issue for several years. Symptoms have continued to ramp up to a point that it is making daily life very difficult. I been seen by 5 different doctors/specialists. Recently, a cause for my issue has been detected and surgery has been scheduled for the 19th of this month. It should be a routine procedure, and my quality of life should return to normal. I've met a lot a great people from this group and although I'm not necessary on here every day I've always appreciated the friendships shown to me. I hope to be able to return to this organ build after my surgery.
 
WOW, just catching up on your build and BAM, head on crash to a stand still!! Holy Cow Tom, so glad to hear they have found the problem and hopefully the solution. You are in a large enough metropolis that I have no experts to guide you to that you wouldn't already have access to. Know that we are praying for you and your return to health. Follow doctors orders on recovery and hey, don't wait until the build starts again, feel free to get on here and let us know how you are getting along!
 
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