Here are some photo sent into the AOBG by Bob Hammell of his newly built organ
After constructing the Tommy Newsome Castlewood 20 Note Organ three years ago I knew more about making wood pipes. I decided to attempt scratch building a two octave keyboard pipe organ. The lowest note is middle C. The 7 lowest pipes are stopped and remaining 36 pipes are open ended. The open pipes are doubled for each note to create Celeste sound. Much of this project including wind chest, pipe placement, keyboard connections to valves and wind supply was guesswork as there was no plan to follow. The results are good but not perfect as you might imagine. This is a fascinating hobby. Thanks for looking! Bob Hammell, Denver CO (68 yrs old)
Well done Bob on the completion of you’re organ and a big thanks for sending into the AOBG.
Yours Phil Radford AOBG website & forums administrator.
Thanks very much Phil for posting my organ photo on AOBG. I'm still in process of additional voicing and fine tuning. Hope to send a sound sample a little later. There are no electronics in organ--all actions are mechanical and need periodic adjustments as you can imagine! This is challanging and enjoyable hobby. Bob Hammell
Hi organ builders. Please go to bobeileen1 on YouTube for sound samples of this organ. Thanks! (1)Take Me Out To Ballgame and (2) Abide With Me. Sincerely, Robert Hammell
two octave keyboard pipe organ by Bob Hammell.
Posted - 16/03/2008 : 2:23:04 PM
