Spencer Raybourne
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Hello Everyone,
I have spent the last week trying to read through all the pages of this thread. I first came across this organ watching Ronald Waters great videos on youtube. I knew I had to build one of these things. From that point until now I have moved half way across the country, taken a woodworking class and redone my garage to turn it into a part time woodworking shop.
This Last December I felt I was ready to buy the plans and did so. Fortunately I was ready for the fact that the plans are...shall we say... hmm...opaque. Since this is the first thing I will be building outside of class I decided to make cad drawings of the major parts (bellows, reservoir, pressure box). Once that is done I will be ready to build. I have the first two done and am half way through the pressure box. Doing the cad drawings for me has forced me to come to grips with how the organ works and how to approach the build.
So besides just saying hello I have this question. I have been saving some money to buy tools. What do you all think are the basic tools needed to build the organ?
Also I'm planning on building the bellows reservoir and pressure box out of quarter inch Baltic birch ply. Anyone disagree with that?
N.B. I have more experience as a musician than a builder, so if anyone has a question about music, tuning I would be happy to give a snobby pedantic answer in long form essay.
I'm too excited.
I have spent the last week trying to read through all the pages of this thread. I first came across this organ watching Ronald Waters great videos on youtube. I knew I had to build one of these things. From that point until now I have moved half way across the country, taken a woodworking class and redone my garage to turn it into a part time woodworking shop.
This Last December I felt I was ready to buy the plans and did so. Fortunately I was ready for the fact that the plans are...shall we say... hmm...opaque. Since this is the first thing I will be building outside of class I decided to make cad drawings of the major parts (bellows, reservoir, pressure box). Once that is done I will be ready to build. I have the first two done and am half way through the pressure box. Doing the cad drawings for me has forced me to come to grips with how the organ works and how to approach the build.
So besides just saying hello I have this question. I have been saving some money to buy tools. What do you all think are the basic tools needed to build the organ?
Also I'm planning on building the bellows reservoir and pressure box out of quarter inch Baltic birch ply. Anyone disagree with that?
N.B. I have more experience as a musician than a builder, so if anyone has a question about music, tuning I would be happy to give a snobby pedantic answer in long form essay.
I'm too excited.