I liked your video. You do have a taste for GOOD music! I am a musician myself, as well as a church organist. May God's peace be with you and your organ!
It was originally built as a tracker organ. Then I added pedals, all of which have direct electric valves. Most of the organ still has my first design of tracker action--with fishing line pulling open the downward facing mechanical valves. Pieces of garden hose channel the air to the base of each pipe. Since the keyboard and action is rudimentary, the organ cannot be played very fast.
I see you've added quite a bit to your organ in the pedal department since I last saw it. It's neat to see you, like me are still into this!! I would eventually like to make mine playable from MIDI files.
Since the time you saw my home made pipe organ in the 1970s, it has remained a work in progress for me. I reduced the original size of the console and count of keyboard pipes by one half. It now takes up less room and is easier to keep in playing condition. I added three 8 foot bass pipes and pedals -- C, F, and G. Last month I added a 16 foot low C, made from 3 inch diameter PVC drain pipe. Now I am trying to catch up with the 36,000 plus views on your video, Acoustics101.
METAL PIPE MOUTHS -- Cut the pipe mouth 2 inches wide and about three quarters inch high. Cut a disk of plywood or pine to fit inside the metal pipe, and place it even with the lower lip. The disk needs a 2 inch wide, by one eighth inch deep notch for the air. This air slot usually needs adjusting. Cut a scrap piece of flat sheet metal 1 by 2 inches wide. Contour its front edge to match the curve of the lower lip. Glue it to the top of the wood disk for the perfect wind gap.
TUNING SLEEVES FOR METAL PIPES -- I used flexible, thin plastic, table place mats and duct tape. Cut the place mats to approximately 3 by 10 inches. This becomes the inside surface of the tuning sleeve. Wrap the outside with two pieces of duct tape. The sleeves adjust when you want them to, and stay in place between tunings. This system has worked for 30 years.
The keyboard has only the bottom two diatonic octaves playing (no sharps or flats). This, of course, greatly limits what songs can be played and how you play them. There are 3 bass pipes, played with pedals. The bass notes, which hang on the wall to the left of the organ, are stopped 4 foot pipes and they speak at the 8 foot level. I count 18 speaking pipes.
I liked your video. You do have a taste for GOOD music! I am a musician myself, as well as a church organist. May God's peace be with you and your organ!
From John Nozum
JNozum 1 month ago
Brilliant! This is an inspiration to us all!
jozefknaapen 10 months ago
This is really cool! I purchased and assembled a pipe organ in my apartment, but I can't imagine actually building one! Good playing too :-)
19shea85 1 year ago
how did you make the pipes i am trying to build one and i cant get them to sound right
LBos11 1 year ago
Nice project. I built several pipe organs too, using shop scrap--its fun!
fnersch 1 year ago
nice facade!
anglerfly 1 year ago
Could you make another video showing more of the organ, because I've been wondering about it.
SuperMJS123 1 year ago
is this organ a tracker action organ? if not what is the action?
SuperMJS123 1 year ago
It was originally built as a tracker organ. Then I added pedals, all of which have direct electric valves. Most of the organ still has my first design of tracker action--with fishing line pulling open the downward facing mechanical valves. Pieces of garden hose channel the air to the base of each pipe. Since the keyboard and action is rudimentary, the organ cannot be played very fast.
xx123musicxx 1 year ago
thanks
ndrwsdwsk 1 year ago
Sounds good! Well tuned and that must have been quite a project to build that organ!
Pipe organs are fascinating instruments indeed! Congrats on a job well done!
Philovideo 1 year ago
Beautiful sound for its size!
checkzack 2 years ago
I see you've added quite a bit to your organ in the pedal department since I last saw it. It's neat to see you, like me are still into this!! I would eventually like to make mine playable from MIDI files.
acoustics101 2 years ago
Since the time you saw my home made pipe organ in the 1970s, it has remained a work in progress for me. I reduced the original size of the console and count of keyboard pipes by one half. It now takes up less room and is easier to keep in playing condition. I added three 8 foot bass pipes and pedals -- C, F, and G. Last month I added a 16 foot low C, made from 3 inch diameter PVC drain pipe. Now I am trying to catch up with the 36,000 plus views on your video, Acoustics101.
xx123musicxx 2 years ago
how Model is this nice small pipe organ?
hannes31807 2 years ago
METAL PIPE MOUTHS -- Cut the pipe mouth 2 inches wide and about three quarters inch high. Cut a disk of plywood or pine to fit inside the metal pipe, and place it even with the lower lip. The disk needs a 2 inch wide, by one eighth inch deep notch for the air. This air slot usually needs adjusting. Cut a scrap piece of flat sheet metal 1 by 2 inches wide. Contour its front edge to match the curve of the lower lip. Glue it to the top of the wood disk for the perfect wind gap.
xx123musicxx 2 years ago
Very nice! It looks like your galvanized pipes have a sleeve on the top? Is that for tunning? How did you build the mouth end of those?
vslslr 2 years ago
TUNING SLEEVES FOR METAL PIPES -- I used flexible, thin plastic, table place mats and duct tape. Cut the place mats to approximately 3 by 10 inches. This becomes the inside surface of the tuning sleeve. Wrap the outside with two pieces of duct tape. The sleeves adjust when you want them to, and stay in place between tunings. This system has worked for 30 years.
xx123musicxx 2 years ago
very fascinating. that gives me some ideas. thanks
falaqdad15 2 years ago
very cool
How many pipes?
linkorgel 2 years ago
The keyboard has only the bottom two diatonic octaves playing (no sharps or flats). This, of course, greatly limits what songs can be played and how you play them. There are 3 bass pipes, played with pedals. The bass notes, which hang on the wall to the left of the organ, are stopped 4 foot pipes and they speak at the 8 foot level. I count 18 speaking pipes.
xx123musicxx 2 years ago