30 Dec 02 - 06:08 PM (#855548) Subject: Tech: Making a church pipe organ From: GUEST,Don Meixner Anyone know of a good site for making wooden organ pipes? Tin is OK too, maybe I can subsitute with PVC for what I have in mind. Don |
30 Dec 02 - 06:36 PM (#855557) Subject: RE: Tech: Making a church pipe organ From: mack/misophist I have seen pipes made of redwood. They don't use tin. It's a special alloy, softer. Good luck. The time when I knew an organ voicer is long gone. |
31 Dec 02 - 01:16 AM (#855780) Subject: RE: Tech: Making a church pipe organ From: Bellowbelle You sent me looking around the web...have you been to Pipeorgans.com? I don't think it'll really answer your question, but there's a lot there, and a contact...also, the related links leads to lots of pictures. I have an old reed organ I plan to fix up. Pipe organs are pretty fascinating, too, but I'll have to get to them later...! |
31 Dec 02 - 12:21 PM (#856007) Subject: RE: Tech: Making a church pipe organ From: smallpiper No but I know a guy who does but he's incomunicado - being drunk in Edinburgh for the next week I'll ask himm next time I see him. He's a pipe organ restoration specialist |