Covenant Presbyterian, Roanoke

Covenant Presbyterian

Roanoke, VA

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Chamber layout	Trial layout in the Swell chamber	Wind chest design
Pipe washing	Nic carefully cleans each pipe	More clean pipes
New Swell wind chest	Marvin works on new wind chest	Marvin and Nic wash pipes to shine
Inside a bass wind chest	Valve board for a manual wind chest	Purccy helps wire a wind chest
Brillo loves to help with wiring	Baby Ziggy likes wiring, too!	Lots of valves - one for each pipe
Wind regulator (aka bellows)	Marvin fits some of the larger pipes	Toeboard and rack for a wind chest
A Swell wind chest is tested	Bass chest set up in the shop	George cuts all of the console parts
Moldings are fit to console panels	Console is assembled upside down	Console parts are carefully glued
It's beginning to look like a consol	Console parts get the 14-step finish	Console is delivered to the church!
Nearly empty Swell chamber	Lots of stuff in the Swell chamber	Mark and Jerry are a huge help!
Stuff is handed up into the Swell	George positions the large parts	Anti-gravity lifts wind regulator
Windchests in the Swell	A few low pipes and a wind line	The pipes are too tall!!
The vertical bass chest	Designing a Great wind chest	Choir Windchests
Choir wind chests	Hole-drilling	Choir wind chests from above
Toeboard extensions	Installing valves	New wind chest with big pipes!
Choir framework installed	Great wind chest frames	Contrabass - biggest pipes in organ
Way In or Way Out?	Great layout	Pipe organs need wind!
Marvin working on shutters	Not a straight edge in the chamber!	Choir shutters
Great and Choir control panels	Flying dulcianas	Choir pipes
More Choir pipes	Great and Pedal Pipes	Baby Regan helps Godmother Kelly
Great/Pedal Pipes	More Great/Pedal Pipes	Great/Choir Control System
Kitties Come for a Visit	Model of Great/Choir Chamber