Room 100 was used initially for storage of incoming items.
Finally it became a little factory. Here are photos showing
what's going on in The Factory.
Herre we are looking into one of the chambers onto which
the pipes will be fitted. These chambers are very ruggedlly
constructed but airflow must be maintained.
Homework . . .
More planning . . .
Measure twice, drill once.
Dan drilling air holes for pipes
The holes have to be burnished to assure a good fit
between the pipe and the air chamber. Here Dan is
burnishing those holes
Drilling holes to mount solenoids
Closeup of solenoid mounting holes
Dennis starting to mount the solenoid-operated valves
Dennis mounting solenoids; Dan chatting with Miriam
Here are a few of the 1400 or so new solenoid-operated
valves. These are shown after their wiring has been done.
Miriam has to make three soldered connections per valve,
a total of 4200 or so for the pipes. This is in addition
to the wiring of the console's keyboard.
Miriam at work
Two of the old valves. The top one is about 80 years
old and has a small leak because of a crack in the
leather. The bottom valve has had the leather replaced
using imported leather (from Texas).
The various assemblies are carried to the Sanctuary
for final assembly, test and installation.
The right side at the start of new construction.
The left side at the start of new construction
Continuing .
Continuing . .
Continuing . . .
The left side after a chamber has been put in place but
here we see it prior to placement of its bottomplate.
. . . and the right side
Pressurized air chamber beneath the pipe mounting
boards, view from outside
Pressurized air chamber beneath the pipe mounting
boards, view from inside
The pipe mounting boards on top of the pressurized chambers;
numerous hole sizes
Here we see the underside of the pressurized chambers
and the valves which can allow the air to go up to the
pipes.
This is a closeup of a typical new valve, showing the
solenoidal coil, the armature and the valve proper.
Here we see a box with a large number of valves removed
from the old system for refurbishing. These valves were
manufactured circa 1920 and the leather had deteriorated.
On a table being refitted with new leather. The valves
in the foreground have been repaired; the new leather is
cocoa-colored.
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