The organ is being installed in the chambers and Wicks is making progress! In the pictures above, you saw some of the pipes being installed, a shot through the organ chambers into the new worship center, a picture of the blower room, a toe board (where the pipes sit on the chest), and some others.
We're getting closer to move in day!!! Won't it be great when we can hear this instrument?!
The blower room (what provides wind to the organ)...
Some pipes standing up...
Some more pipes being installed...
The back of some pipes...
A toe board (where the foot of the pipes will sit on top of the wind chest)...
A view out into the new worship center from the pipe chambers...
The first pipe to be put into place (it is signed by numerous people involved in this project)...
Monday, September 8, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Phase 2
Everything for the organ has arrived at Tallowood except for the facade pipes. These pipes will be on the last shipment from Highland, Illinois. The "facade" pipes are the pipes you can actually see when you look at the organ chambers. There will be thousands of pipes behind the facade of the organ, but the ones we'll be able to see will be the most impressive (the very tall silver pipes as well as the horizontal tuba in the pictures from the first post).
In the pictures below you will see more of the organ being stored in the choral and ensemble halls as well as parts of the organ being lifted up into place in the new worship center.
The organ console has also arrived at Tallowood, and will be put into place later. Enjoy the pictures below!
In the pictures below you will see more of the organ being stored in the choral and ensemble halls as well as parts of the organ being lifted up into place in the new worship center.
The organ console has also arrived at Tallowood, and will be put into place later. Enjoy the pictures below!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The installation is under way!
Approximately one third of the organ arrived at Tallowood, and the installation process is under way! The organ arrived on a trailer from Highland, Illinois where the organ was built and assembled.
A group of Tallowood members went to see the organ last year when it was in the factory, and were able to hear part of the organ actually play. Jason Farris, Tallowood’s Organist, and James Kimmel, Tallowood’s Music Intern, played the organ for the group and had fun trying it out! Some pictures below include some of the pipes in the factory as well as the organ console. In one picture, you’re able to see the tallest pipe which is almost 40 feet tall! In another picture, you’re able to see the horizontal tuba that will be mounted above the choir loft.
Some of the other pictures show the organ being unloaded and stored in the new choral and ensemble halls. The larger pipes in the choral hall are pedal reed pipes, and you can even see the multiple organ blowers in the ensemble hall waiting to be moved into the new worship center.
It is a very exciting time for the music ministry at Tallowood!
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The Antiphonal division of the organ (without facade pipes)...
Some pipes being stored in the new music library...
More of the organ being stored...
Some workers attaching some cable for lifting...
One of the blowers being lifted...
The blower being moved on top of the platform...
The organ console being stored in the Choral Hall...
One of the stop jams on the organ console...
A specialty stop on the organ called a Zimbelstern...
Tallowood members at the factory with Wicks executives...
Jason and James playing the organ in the factory...
The tallest pipes (notice Jason standing at the bottom)...
The horizontal tuba (you'll be able to see them!)...
Some wood pipes in the factory...
The trailer that the organ arrived on...
Some pedal reed pipes being unloaded...
The pedal pipes being stored in the new choral hall...
The chests and woodwork being stored in the ensemble hall (the blowers are in the back center)...
