Paul (left) and Dick (right) as they start to fabricate
the shipping box. Notice the clean floor.
Box construction, continued
The box is almost finished. Dan and Dick looking on.
The box is finished; the floor is no longer quite so pristine.
These are the pipes which are being sent to a vendor
for refurbishing.
Dan puts in the last screw on the box cover.
Finally on the truck!
The air pressures on each set of pipes had to be measured.
A sensitive pressure gauge had to be constructed.
An extremely dilute aqueous solution of minerals is contained
within a polysomething tube and is attached to an appropriately
labelled fibrous substrate. This assembly formed the
sensitive and self-calibrating pressure gauge.
Instrumentation of this degree of sophistication
is typical of those devices found in some of the
laboratories in the Oak Ridge area.
Small parts have started to arrive.
A great number of dimensional measurements were
taken so that new and modified items will fit correctly.
Dick appears to agree with Dan regarding
the microphone. This microphone is one of the items in
the sound system in need of upgrading and/or fixing.
Remember the sanctuary as it is in this photo: the
front is going to undergo quite a change as the new system
is installed.
A closeup
1200 pounds of organ apparatus arrived in this container
during April 2004.
Paul showing some of the container contents.
Prior to the arrival of Dan Vaughan significant prep work
is to be done. One of those items was the assembly of some
trays to hold pipes in temporary storage. Here we see Paul
and Lewis building these trays.
Matching the parts
End pieces . . .
Wrapping up one tray of several
This is the finished stack of trays. Count them, Jim, twelve
not seven.
Before the instrument dismantling could actually take
place a large number of things had to be removed; some
were taken to the dump.
Clearing the choir area prior to renovation proper.
Dale fabricated a heavy cover to place over the piano
during this project.
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