Toe board and first pipes - Renaissance Positive Pipe Organ Building

In this video series I will build a Renaissance style table positive pipe organ.
In this video I will build the toeboard
Topic of the video, first stop and toe board.
It will have 2 manuals and four stops, a stopped 6' an open 3' open 1 1/2' and regal 6', with sounds suitable for the Renaissance/Baroque repertoire.
The challenge is that it will be ultra compact without sacrificing sound.
The construction will be traditional, with some modern concessions, such as the use of the electric fan and some technical materials such as ducts to carry the air, the aliphatic glue for some parts, etc.
If you want to support the project you can subscribe to the channel and leave a like.
Additionally, I also have a Patreon channel: patreon.com/nippocast

[@nippocast]

I apologize for some errors in my English. The project takes shape! I take this opportunity to thank again all those who are following me and a special thank you to my patrons!

[@paulbombardier8722]

There is absolutely no reason for you to apologize for errors in your English. Since it is obvious that you rate not a native speaker, we should not expect your English to be perfect. We’re grateful that you are sharing your work and knowledge with us. Thank you.

[@teo10443]

I love pipe organ please next video🙏😀👍

[@nippocast]

Thanks!

[@WolfieNamira]

I remember when you had less than 500 subscribers. Seeing you with 10K subscribers is absolutely wonderful, and i completely knew it was going to happen with your amazing content. thank you so much!

[@nippocast]

Thank You WolfieNamira!

[@rodstuart2419]

Given your craftsmanship and attention to detail, I expect your bathroom has been painted to look like the Sistine Chapel :). Also more Couperin please ❤

[@nippocast]

😂Thank You Rod!

[@zulfannaufalnashwan]

Wow cool. Only 50 left to go to 10 thousand

[@nippocast]

Yes!

[@jwyatt631]

Lovely work.

[@nippocast]

Thanks!

[@marco_8254]

bellissimo, ormai è quasi un anno che ti seguo e anche io, un ragazzo di 16 anni, sto costruendo un organo (elettronico) con tastiere in legno, non sara sicuramente difficile e impegnativo nella realizzazione come il tuo (poiché diciamo che è tutto finto😅) ma da davvero molte soddisfazioni ed è molto bello lavorare con i tuoi video e spiegazioni in sottofondo quindi ti ringrazio per tutto.. buon lavoro e alla prossima ciao!

[@nippocast]

Bravo, sono molto contento di ciò che dici, grazie a te per seguirmi.

[@vharboe]

VERY nice work, and an absolute joy to watch the progress! I have a few suggestions for you, based on what I observe in your videos. First, you will benefit greatly from using the "knife wall" technique. Google the phrase "knife wall paul sellers". This will increase accuracy tremendously. You should also sharpen your tools way better. A 30-ish degree bevel polished out on a fine stone (sand paper works too, I prefer diamond plates but they are expensive), followed by polishing using polishing compound on a leather strop or a piece of MDF. Remember to flatten the back of your chisels (a cm in from the edge is plenty!) and polish it to mirror finish first. You never touch the back of the chisel again unless you damage it or wear it down past the flattened part. The same thing goes for the iron in your planes. A little tip: a piece of white candle is GREAT to lubricate the sole of the plane so that it glides nearly frictionless. Work on your grip on the plane - one handedly you risk planing out of square. Clamp or screw a block to the end of your work bench to act as a planing stop, if you do not have a vise. And if you don't have one, consider making a moxon vise. Should be very easy for you to do, by the looks of tings! :) I hope I am not stepping over the line here, but I do think you will benefit from these suggestions. Again, it is an absolute joy watching your movies - and I understand you perfectly! :) You are doing something that I want to do myself someday. I have already built a 32 note AGO pedal board for my Hauptwerk organ, so I am not unfamiliar with organ building. You can find articles and images of that (plus lots of other woodworking topics) at my blog, if you are interested: fagerjord.org - I also have my own article about the knife wall, but I have that from Mr. Paul Sellers. Which, if you don't know who he is, you should check out!!! Keep it up! I am eagerly waiting for your next video! God bless!

[@nippocast]

Thanks for the advice, I'll take it into consideration. I definitely need to improve some of my woodworking techniques and sharpen my tools more often.

[@dlwangxiaohu]

Congratulations on having 10k subscribers! Watching your videos has always been one of my motivations for wanting to build an organ. After a busy period, I can finally watch and appreciate your videos, and I will pause the video from time to time to study. I also want to build an organ with a pedalboard (II/7+Ped) next, I don't know when it will be completed😂

[@nippocast]

Thank you very much! I've been busy too, I'll upload the new video this Friday. Best wishes for your project!😃

[@karlrovey]

My personal goal is to build a ii/9 organ for practicing. Three of those ranks would be in the pedal (16' bourdon, 16' Sordun, 8' Flute, and possibly a 4' principal via transmission).

[@nippocast]

Nice, keep me updated

[@Charles-Reardon]

You are nothing short of a master craftsman!

[@nippocast]

Thank You Charles!

[@DavidSdeLis]

Fantastic! The sounds is so sweet and the whole instrument is shaping to be so beautiful!

[@nippocast]

Thanks!

[@user-xb1eb8ol5m]

As an organist who someday dreams of building my own organ, I must say, I'm slightly terrified of the astounding amount of work needed to make one! I think for the time I best stick with haputwerk!😅

[@nippocast]

wise decision 😅

[@user-xb1eb8ol5m]

Yo should be proud of how far you've come in the construction process!🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏

[@andreassupadi8923]

It's really a very complicated job, it requires precision, thank you for sharing.

[@nippocast]

Thanks!

[@sirsynth225]

Stunning beauty in progress. I am sure the bathroom will be painted to perfection ;-) Thanks for your craft-sharing English (I like it actually)

[@nippocast]

Thank You Sir!

[@k_o-stas7]

The positive pipe organ already looks very good!👍👍 I have already tried to attract the attention of my friends to your project. I'll try again)) Please tell me, will there be a video explaining the design of stops? I would like to see this mechanism closer, because imagining the design of a pipe organ in great detail, I cannot imagine only stops.

[@nippocast]

if you mean the physics behind making pipes, yes I will. If instead you mean the mechanism that operates the insertion of the registers maybe I'll show something in the future. Thank you

[@k_o-stas7]

I mean the mechanism. Thank you in advance!

[@minka866]

Nippo, Something tell me you are amateur organ builder, the best inded! You must read some Buid material book I suppose, tell us how book you take basis, pls

[@nippocast]

Thanks! A lot, but the most popular are "L Art du Facteur d Orgues", "The art of organ buildings".

[@minka866]

@@nippocast , Dom Bedos de Celles!

[@nippocast]

@@minka866 Yes!

[@JohnCavicchio]

Very nice presentation. Thanks for sharing

[@nippocast]

Thank You John.

[@sergiobotardo7951]

un'altra opera d'arte. parabeni

[@nippocast]

Grazie, Ciao!

[@Ififitzisitz]

Very beautiful. That new ranks is really awesome looking!

[@nippocast]

Thanks!

[@user-iw1lm9gm7i]

Grandissimo gianmaria❤ Bellissimo progetto❤. Quando sarà finito il pezzo delle console metterai anche la pedaliera?

[@nippocast]

Grazie! Probabilmente farò 3 pedali, do re mi, in un secondo tempo

[@user-iw1lm9gm7i]

Ok grazie per la risposta

[@yuvalshemesh4808]

Amazing!

[@nippocast]

Thanks!

[@darobzamusic6007]

how do you know what shapes to make the holes on the windchest?

[@nippocast]

based on the amount of air that the pipe requires, when the circle it's not enought, I make a square (more surface)

[@TB76Returns]

Very nice, where did you get the pipes from?

[@nippocast]

From an old german positive organ

[@vincenzopio7382]

Straordinario! Ma il regale dove te lo procuri?

[@nippocast]

Lo costruirò io da zero, andrà dove vedi lo spazio fra tastiera e somiere. Ci sarà un video dedicato.

[@TERUVFX]

Ciao, dove hai comprato le canne di metallo? e per farle te le altre hai qualche schema che ti dice come farle per ottenere derminati registri?

[@nippocast]

Ciao, queste le ho acquistate da un mio amico organaro, provengono da un piccolo positivo tedesco che ha smontato. Per le altre in legno, ho preso spunto da vari organi positivi e mi sono testato le mie misure. E poi la bibliografia classica.

[@TERUVFX]

@@nippocast la bibliografia dove si trova?

[@nippocast]

@@TERUVFX Ci sono molti libri, in base a quello che ti interessa, due libri importanti sono "The art of organ building vol2" e "l'art du facteur d'orgues"

[@archiviste600]

Qu'avez-vous comme plan pour réaliser ce joli petit instrument ?

[@nippocast]

Le projet est le mien, je me suis inspiré des petits orgues positifs de la Renaissance, notamment l'orgue du XVIIe siècle de Carlo Traeri, le claviorgue Laurentius Hauslaib du XVIe siècle et l'orgue Taglieschi du XVIe siècle. Le double manuel des petits instruments de chambre français. Merci

[@archiviste600]

@@nippocast Félicitation pour la pièce gravée.

[@mohamedshamweel9327]

I would really like to know where you get those metal pipes, if you don't make them yourself. Thanks !

[@nippocast]

I bought them used, they come from a small German positive organ from the early 1900s

[@mohamedshamweel9327]

@@nippocast I was hoping you bought from a site online, but thanks anyway. I hope to build my own pipe organ someday with straws as reed pipes, wish me luck!😄