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)...
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)...
