Pipe Organ Project: The Console

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[@svbarryduckworth628]

After you identified the "great" and "swell" upper keyboards I figured the bottom tier would be called the "meh" or the "so-so."

[@svbarryduckworth628]

-or "OK-ish."

[@BjoernKarlsson]

One of them should be "Rad!"

[@HammondDirk]

Nope, while organists are swell, organists are great and organists are positive ;-)

[@ValenCuddapah]

And this is why Trent Hamilton is the only person with enough will to BUILD A WHOLE ORGAN.

[@UmmerDr]

Have you seen Look Mom No Computer channel? He build an organ ánd made it MIDI controllable.

[@gammafoxlore2981]

Assemble, not build. Building involves the production of the pipes, and mechanical components.

[@iconic0794]

@@gammafoxlore2981🤓

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

Gawd, when he said that the wiring around the back was a bit of a mess, I was expecting to see an actual MESS. This was comparitively neat and tidy!! I look forward to seeing how this project progresses!

[@yannnique17]

Not only did he upload this at an unusual time, but also he wears a T-shirt during winter. New Zeeland is a crazy place.

[@TrentHamilton]

It's not winter in New Zealand, it's summer and stupidly hot.

[@yannnique17]

I know, but I only realized this after a minute.

[@alexanderhelt738]

Lovely! I simply can not wait to see how this project turns out!

[@raimogeel9497]

Great work. There is put a lot of time put in this project. I hope your wife and children still know how you look.

[@lotsabirds]

That cabling looks phenomenal!

[@HammondDirk]

A guy who plays brass instruments and organ... Me too! 😀 I'm really very curious to see where this project is going!

[@richarddavy-smith6626]

And the award for the worlds most understanding wife goes to ………… Mrs Hamilton!

[@ytspam1000]

awesome project!

[@tobymcgarthland6485]

That's so cool, so much skill is involved in building an entire organ Also you are definitely not old lol

[@hrenes]

ahh, computer, so in fact a large midi keyboard :) Well done!

[@maxmiller7666]

You mean the manuals aren't labeled "Great", "Swell", "Terrific"?

[@ThomasDawkins88]

A "choir" manual is usually enclosed, like a swell, and a "positive" is usually not. This is far from a hard-and-fast rule, but it is a kind of guideline.

[@ferretyluv]

My only experience with an organ is with my dad’s old (analog) harmonium. In all these decades, I’ve never heard a difference in the sound of the pull stops. They’ve never sounded the way they’re labeled (Flute, violin, voice 1, etc) so I never understood the purpose of them. Will yours have a foot keyboard as well or is that what the third row is for?

[@TrentHamilton]

Harmoniums and other reed organs never made realistic sounds. You just can't make a flute sound using a reed - it's one of their quirks. Yes, this organ has foot pedals as well as three hand-keyboards.

[@roberttalada5196]

Dude! Amazing!

[@nattance1]

Are you still on terra firma? Hope everyone's high and dry!

[@SemEilers]

Give us an update!

[@EdenStoneReal]

oooooohh