 Hello, welcome to another member highlight. I'm Leslie McVean and my guest today is Kathleen Grammar of friends of Kochmar Organ High. Hi, it's a pleasure to be here again. Well, it's wonderful and it's been a while. It has. The organ has been away for almost a year. It'll be a year at the end of August. And after the big year you had last year, it was the 100th anniversary, I believe. Correct. We've been a little bit sad not to have it here. Let's have an update on what's happening. Well, Fully Baker, the company that's doing the renovation, is in the organ right now. And what happened was they took five weeks to take it out of the hall last September and they had already made the sides, the new sides of the wind chest. They brought those into the hall once they had the organ removed. And over the winter they installed the sides of the wind chest to its original height. It had been chopped off when the organ was moved. So it was much shorter. So now it's back to its original height and we don't have to hunch over when we go in it. How wonderful. And what are the sides made of? The sides are made of wood. Is it oak? I think it's southern pine and poplar is a popular wood that they use today. And then they brought back, it's about a third of the organ is back. They brought back the top of the wind chest and that's what they're installing this week. That's where the pipes sit on the top. So all the toe holes where the pipes individually sit. And all of the pneumatic mechanisms which have been redone and are glorious. They're just stunning. They're beautiful. They shine. They're clean. They're pristine. So that part has been installed and then the next phase in August I guess they'll bring some of the pipes back and we'll start putting the pipes back on top of the wind chest where they sit. And in August you said that there might be a possibility that some of us could come and see how it's being installed. Yes. We are having a show and tell on August 13th from five to seven and we'll do a PowerPoint presentation. John Bishop who is chair of the organ committee and is kind of acting as clerk of the works. We'll do a presentation about the removal and our trip down to Fully Baker when we saw it in pieces. And then people will have an opportunity to see what's happening on stage. How exciting. Now that's something we have to RSVP and it's quite important that we do so. It is because we have limited space. Right. Because it will be in the rehearsal hall. It will. And getting on stage too we can only take so many people at a time. Right. The other thing that happened was the facade pipes which is what people really, really look at from the audience were removed and taken to Erie, Pennsylvania. All the dents will be taken out and they'll be repainted. And the facade will be back in September ready for the first PSO concert. Oh, how wonderful. So at least we can see. You'll see the facade. We will not hear until another year. Another year. December 2014. That's right. When we'll have some huge event, I'm sure. We will have some huge event. Stay tuned. Looking forward to that. But just the idea that it takes five weeks to just dismantle something of that size and the caution that has to be taken when taking something apart. Well, they have to catalog every little piece and part of the organ. And if you go to Fully Baker you see it in pieces in two locations. Everything's numbered. Everything's all organized. It makes me dizzy just thinking about putting something like that back together. But we're excited about having the little show and tell in August and to find out more about the event and RSVP. They should contact you. Yes. They can call 553-4363 or go to the website foko.org. Well, I'm looking forward to it and I hope our audience members will also get involved and come and see what a big deal this is. It's huge and it's very, very exciting for the city of Portland to have such a magnificent instrument. Well, there aren't very many left. No, there aren't. So we are fortunate. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.