Pipe Organ Rebuilding Process (Slideshow)

1) Removing Swell shades 2) Facade removed for access to the Great division 3) Pedal pipes 4) Removing organ panels for access 5) Removal of the wind ducts 6) Clarinet rank leaning prior to restoration 7) Interior of chests before being rebuilt 8) Reservoir condition before removal 9) Organ Loft during the rebuilding process 10) Reservoir at our facility during restoration 11) Dismantled for restoration 12) Rebuilt Pedal chests installed 13) Re-leathered Swell reservoir 14) Attaching wind ducts from reservoir to chest 15) Wind ducts attached to re-leathered Swell reservoir 16) Rebuilt main Swell chest installed 17) Rebuilt Swell engine 18) Rebuilt Gemshorn and Clarinet chests 19) Re-leathered Great reservoir

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Saint Josaphat's Roman Catholic Church Bayside, NY   1938  Estey Opus # 3103 II/8

Pipe organ rebuilt, tuning and maintenance by Elsener Organ Works, Inc.