Miriam doing the valve repair work
Each of the 1400 or so new valves has to be tested; better now
than later. Dennis is addding the common wire to the valveset.
Air pressure regulators. One of the originals is in the
foreground and a new one is in the background.
Another new regulator. Pretty yellow springs!
Here we see Miriam soldering connectors onto the ends of the
cables.
Lots of cables to be temporarily placed out of harm's way
Miriam is tending to her new wire jungle all labelled of course
. . .
The sound system, too, is moving forward. Here we see the wires
Dick and crew have strung from the organ area back to the rear
of the church, terminated here in XLR connectors.
Looking into the rear area. Notice the pipes have been removed,
the support structures are unpainted and the driver electronics
on the far wall are yet to be wired.
A closer view of the drivers
Closer yet.
Looking down on a chamber. Drivers in background
Looking down on a chamber. Note the hardware - screws, spacers
and washers to hold the boards in place with the option of
future disassembly for repair.
Closeup of chamber top. A closeup of the hardware along with a
nice view of the burnished mounting holes for the pipes. These
holes will accept the soft metal bottoms on each of the pipes,
making a good seal.
Dan installing hardware
Dennis installing hardware
The yellow-painted pipeset was moved back to the wall on the
right, making room for a set of pipes immediately below and in
front of it.
This is how the front of our sanctuary appeared on July 30th
2004. Note Dan in the right-hand room.
This is how the front our sanctuary appeared on August 1st after
the first batch of pipes had been put in place.
In the rear, the wooden support structure has been painted.
Pipes are now installed on the wall above the controller.
Another shot showing the pipes
The console awaits new innards.
Rear of the console
Meanwhile the sound system upgrade is moving. Dick has mounted
the rack with the power amplifier and equalizer on a sturdy
table he made to get it up to "people height."
To support the sound system upgrade, wiring had to go through
the sanctuary's rear wall
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