They had to use every bit of space on this organ! After removing the bellows from the organ, I remove the treadles. Instead of woven tape, they are made of wood:Īlso interesting is that the safety spill valve is mounted on the front of the reservoir and not on the back: The connectors to the treadles are really different. These are really tiny compared to what I’ve usually seen in an instrument, but that’s part of the fun of restoring a small instrument! After removing that, I move on to the bellows mechanism: the main reservoir and the exhausters. This must be fixed or the foundation board replaced. Taking a look at the foundation board, I notice that there is a huge crack: Here’s another look at the cleaned up reed pan. The repairs to the cracks are not perfect but hopefully it will be good enough. I’m hoping that it will improve the “soundboard” qualities of the reed pan. It is supposed to have greater elastic properties that allow the wood to move with the vibrations created by the reeds. We will see whether the violin varnish is an improvement over regular shellac. Actually, instead of shellac, I used a special type of violin varnish, whose primary component is shellac. Once the sanding was finished, I applied the first coat of shellac. I sanded the entire reed pan, reset all of the joints, glued and clamped around all sides.Īfter I made the repairs, the reed pan joints are now tight and square. The reed pan had also warped and was partially coming apart. All of the screws were heavily corroded and were cleaned up by using a rotating wire brush. I patched the cracks, cutting a v-groove with a file and splicing in some new hardwood. It had a lot of moisture damage, with mold and dis-coloration everywhere, in addition to several cracks. The reed pan was in worse shape than I expected.
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