We, my son Ben and I, made it up to the OB today. Our high school kids are finished their term exams, so with some free time it was a good opportunity to show Ben around the OB and get another set of hands working on the theatre organ rebuild tasks.
I'm proud to report we managed to knock off two the three projects you detailed for me a few weeks back, as follows:
- Plastic Nuts installed on Chrysoglo
tte . After a few instructions, Ben sat patiently (with his iPod for entertainment), removed, inspected and replaced all the leather nuts on the lower unit. (It was real handy having a hard copy of your instructions nearby for Ben to refer to.) - Regulator Reassembly. This was a brute, but I managed to get the regulator reassembled. I purchased a 90-degree attachment for my drill at the local Rona so I could drill pilot holes from inside the wind chest/chamber. I used the trouble-light to check the seal around the regulator/chest surface, and everything looks fine. Next I installed the paddle board assembly, then with Ben's help, we reassembled the top cover by feeding the standoffs, etc through the cover as per your instructions. After reattaching the outlet wind line, I showed Ben how to fire the console up and let him play while I went back into the chamber to check the reassembled regulator's performance. You'll be pleased to know that the regulator height is operating at 6-3/8" (measured from bottom to top surfaces of regulator); AND the outlet wind is exactly 10" (with the ventil value at the trumpet chest closed, 8" when this value is open). Hurrah!
Finally, I video-taped Ben playing one song on the organ, and I'll provide a link for this when I have it.
On the way home, a snow-storm hit us and it was so bad that I pulled off the highway in Arnprior to wait it out. 30 minutes later, the bad weather had passed and we were on our way home again. Ben seemed to enjoy his day, even showing off to his Mom the blister on his thumb from installing the plastic nuts on the Chrysoglo
Jack
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