Port Washington, NY

Pipe Organ Relocation Slideshow

Before Removal 01) Calvary Baptist Church of Clearwater, Florida Before Removal 02) Soaring dome of rotunda Before Removal 03) Full organ in place Before Removal 04) Great cantilevered in front, Swell behind 4 tone openings Before Removal 05) Great cantilevered in front, Choir and Pedal behind 4 tone openings Before Removal 06) Pedal pipes behind this tone opening Before Removal 07) More Pedal pipes behind this opening Before Removal 08) Pedal ranks in rear chamber Before Removal 09) Pedal 16 foot Before Removal 10) Pedal 16 foot viewed from bottom of chamber Before Removal 11) Choir ranks Before Removal 12) Choir ranks Before Removal 13) Door into rear Pedal chamber from Choir Before Removal 14) Original winding design Before Removal 15) Original reservoir condition Before Removal 16) Swell chamber tone openings Before Removal 17) Swell ranks Before Removal 18) Bourdon Before Removal 19) Harp Before Removal 20) Harp Before Removal 21) Console Removal 01) Arrival of our supplies Removal 02) Bringing in the pipe boxes Removal 03) Removing Great pipes Removal 04) Removing Great pipes Removal 05) Placing treble pipes in small trays Removal 06) Passing down larger Great pipes Removal 07) Placing larger pipes in shipping cartons Removal 08) Setting up the portable lift Removal 09) All Great pipes removed Removal 10) Portable lift prepared to remove cantilevered Great chest Removal 11) Pedal pipe removal Removal 12) Pipes being sorted for shipping Removal 13) Pedal and Choir chambers pipes removed Removal 14) Swell shades removed Removal 15) Reservoirs and larger pipes removed Removal 16) Bourdon pipes removed Removal 17) Overview during removal Removal 18) Many boxes filled Removal 19) Portable lift prepared to lower chest Removal 20) Lowering chest with lift Removal 21) Lowering the chest Removal 22) Safely lowered Removal 23) Great chest prepared for removal Removal 24) Great chest removed and being lowered Removal 25) Chests being brought out to truck Removal 26) Wheeling out chest to truck Removal 27) 53 foot trailer Removal 28) Loading reservoirs into trailer Removal 29) Trailer before being loaded Removal 30) Removing chest support structure Removal 31) Chest transport to portable lift Removal 32) Maneuvering the chest Removal 33) Lifting the chest onto the portable lift Removal 34) Chest being placed on the lift Removal 35) Lowering the chest Removal 36) Reattaching the tone opening grilles Removal 37) The final sunset from our trip Organ Arrival to Factory 01) 53 feet of organ to be removed Organ Arrival to Factory 02) Unloading the 53 foot trailer Organ Arrival to Factory 03) Pedal pipes storage Organ Arrival to Factory 04) 53 foot trailer almost empty Organ Arrival to Factory 05) Pipe boxes Organ Arrival to Factory 06) Reservoirs Organ Arrival to Factory 07) All inside Organ Arrival to Factory 08) Chests storage Organ Arrival to Factory 09) Console and bench storage Re-Leathering 01) Original condition of reservoir Re-Leathering 02) Poor patchwork Re-Leathering 03) Paul removing worn leather Re-Leathering 04) Clearing of leather glue residue Re-Leathering 05) Reservoir stripped Re-Leathering 06) New leather Re-Leathering 07) One reservoir complete, many more to go Re-Leathering 08) Poor condition of reservoir leather Re-Leathering 09) Leather corners before repair Re-Leathering 10) Reservoir side view before restoration Re-Leathering 11) Reservoir side view during restoration Re-Leathering 12) Another reservoir complete Re-Leathering 13) Close-up of releathered corner Re-Leathering 14) Teeter assists with leather removal (Cheap Labor!) Re-Leathering 15) A few of the completed reservoirs Construction and Finishing 01) Matt removes paint from chest Construction and Finishing 02) Stains and dirt removal process Construction and Finishing 03) Years of accumulated dirt and debris Construction and Finishing 04) Paul cleaning the chests Construction and Finishing 05) Matt applying lacquer to clean chest Construction and Finishing 06) Another chest being lacquered Construction and Finishing 07) There were a lot of chests to finish Construction and Finishing 08) Almost on the last chest Construction and Finishing 09) One of the finished chests Construction and Finishing 10) The large Great chest is finished Construction and Finishing 11) Another view of the large Great chest Construction and Finishing 12) Another finished chest Construction and Finishing 13) All the finished chests Construction and Finishing 14) The smaller Great chest Construction and Finishing 15) Matt with finished chests Construction and Finishing 16) Finished catwalks Construction and Finishing 17) Newly constructed transition boxes for large to standard ducts Construction and Finishing 18) Chest frame Construction and Finishing 19) Finishing the rackboards Re-Installation 01) Raising a Great chest with the portable lift Re-Installation 02) Removing chest from lift Re-Installation 03) Great chest in loft Re-Installation 04) Floor frame installation Re-Installation 05) Floor frame legs in place Re-Installation 06) Tone opening to upstairs via removeable floor panels Re-Installation 07) Pedal Division will reside behind these doors Re-Installation 08) A view into the future Pedal Chamber Re-Installation 09) Choir chamber on right Re-Installation 10) Choir chamber Re-Installation 11) Choir frame and one chest in place Re-Installation 12) Choir chests installation Re-Installation 13) Choir chests installed Re-Installation 14) Swell chamber tone opening Re-Installation 15) Swell chamber frame installation Re-Installation 16) Lining up the Swell chest with frame Re-Installation 17) Swell frame with one chest installed Re-Installation 18) Installing another Swell chest Re-Installation 19) Laying the chest in place Re-Installation 20) Positioning the chest in the Swell chamber Re-Installation 21) Almost in place Re-Installation 22) Sliding Swell chest into approximate position Re-Installation 23) Most Swell chests in place Re-Installation 24) Laying the Swell chests in place Re-Installation 25) All Swell chests in place Re-Installation 26) Transition box in place Re-Installation 27) Installing the rackboards Re-Installation 28) Rackboards installed Re-Installation 29) Pipe racks installed Re-Installation 30) Pipe trays being loaded Re-Installation 31) Placing pipe trays in truck with forklift Re-Installation 32) Securing pipe trays in truck Re-Installation 33) Raising pipe tray into truck Re-Installation 34) Guiding pipe tray into truck Re-Installation 35) Pipe trays brought downstairs Re-Installation 36) Racking pipes - many trays to go Re-Installation 37) Larger pipes in trays Re-Installation 38) Racking large pipes Re-Installation 39) JoEllen racking pipes Re-Installation 40) Matthew racking pipes Re-Installation 41) Paul racking Choir pipes Re-Installation 42) Matt and Paul completing Choir pipe racking Re-Installation 43) Choir racking complete Re-Installation 44) Swell racking nearing completion Re-Installation 45) Matt racking Swell treble pipes Re-Installation 46) Matt in front of Swell and Choir chambers with installed pipes Re-Installation 47) Custom solid state control system Re-Installation 48) Wiring the system Re-Installation 49) Wiring chest magnets Re-Installation 50) Transition box and reservoir Re-Installation 51) Releathered reservoir

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Private Residence Port Washington, NY   1968 Reuter Opus # 1638 III/41

Pipe organ dismantled, moved, rebuilt and installed.  Tuning and maintenance by Elsener Organ Works, Inc.