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Metal for new pipes.
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Preparing to cut out new pipes.
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Cutting out new pipes.
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Swell Tierce and Larigot pipes are ready
to be rolled. There 122 pipes here.
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Upper and lower mouth ticks are
scribed inside resonators and feet.
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Let the rolling begin.
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Resonator is now rolled.
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All resonators have been rolled.
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Next, the feet are rolled into shape.
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The Larigot resonators and feet are now ready to have their seams soldered.
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Sizing (tempura) has been applied to protect the
pipe from heat during the soldering process
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The first pipe has been soldered.
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Now it is time to press (shape) the mouth
of the pipes into the resonators and toes.
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Pipe on the left has had it's
mouth pressed in.
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Pipe on the left has had it's
mouth pressed in.
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The tops of the toes must be cut flat
do to distortion during manufacturing.
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The next process is to cut out the
languids that will be soldered on the
tops of the toes. Metal pcs. have been
cut and marked for triming to size.
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Trimming the languid metal into the
shape of the toe that it is to be fitted
to.
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Bass languids are cut and ready
for soldering.
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The languids for smaller pipes
are pre-made in bulk and selected
to fit it's toe.
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Some languids get pretty tiny.
That's a penny next to languids.
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There are 61 languids in this
rank of pipes.
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The languids are soldered in place.
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The first resonator is soldered on.
Now the ears get put on and the
pipe washed. It is then ready to be
voiced.
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02/28/2001
Now that that Tierce and Larigot ranks have been completed, the last week has been spent cutting out the 220
pipes of the Great III - IV rank Mixture stop.
The Mixture stop breaks on each C of the keyboard.
The composition is as follows:
| Note# |
Rk #1 |
Rk #2 |
Rk #3 |
Rk #4 |
| C1 |
1-1/3' |
1' |
0-2/3' |
na
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| C2 |
2' |
1-1/3' |
1' |
na
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| C3 |
2-2/3' |
2' |
1-1/3' |
1' |
| C4 |
4' |
2-2/3' |
2' |
1-1/3' |
| C5 |
8' |
5-1/3' |
4' |
2-2/3' |
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Do to the complexity of building a Mixture stop
it is necessary to compile a 19 page document
to describe it's architecture for use during construction.
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There are 220 pipes distributed amoung eight pitches.
The pipes are ready to be labeled, rolled and soldered.
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Here is the completed Mixture III-IV
pipes ready for voicing.
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The Mixture installed in the Great chamber.
There are four groups of pipes that are
layed out in 3rds.
The 1st pipe in the 1st group is C.
The 1st pipe in the 2nd group is C#.
The 1st pipe in the 3rd group is D.
The 1st pipe in the 4th group is D#. |
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View of Tierce and Larigot ranks
installed in Swell division.
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