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After
restoration with new recut sound grill and new red cloth
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After
restoration with new recut sound grill and new red cloth
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The
'bellows'
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The
'shell'
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Some
more pieces
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The
keyboard (before)
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The
Vox Humana (before)
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The
Vox Humana cleaned, vanes reconditioned and new leather flap
(after)
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The
pedals (before)
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The
pedals cleaned and new carpet (after)
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The
keyboard (before)
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The
keyboard (before)
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The
keyboard cleaned with new felt (after)
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The
keyboard - adding cleaned sharp keys
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Cleaning
the natural keys (bottom before, top after)
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The
finished keyboard
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The
keyboard subassembly (left):
stop linkages, key stickers and
octave couplers (before)
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The
keyboard subassembly (right):
stop linkages, key stickers and
octave couplers (before)
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You
never know what you are going to
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find,
in this case two stop knob labels
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Pallet
sticker guide (before)
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Pallet
sticker guide cleaned (after)
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Octave
coupler (left) (before)
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Octave
coupler (right) (before)
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Octave
coupler cleaned, hinge reconditioned, and fingers polished
(after)
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Octave
coupler cleaned, hinge reconditioned, and fingers polished
(after)
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Octave
coupler cleaned, hinge reconditioned, and fingers polished
(after)
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Octave
coupler cleaned, hinge reconditioned, and fingers polished
(after)
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Mounting
for octave coupler (left) (before)
Missed after pictures which
they were cleaned
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Mounting
for octave coupler (right) (before)
Missed after pictures
which they were cleaned
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Part
of stop linkage (before)
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Part
of stop linkage cleaned (after)
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Reed
cell felt air stops (before)
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Reed
cell felt air stops (before)
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Reed
cell felt air stops with new felt (after)
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Reed
cell felt air stops with new felt (after)
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Wind
chest with pallet valves (before)
Missed after picture in
which the green felt was replaced with new felt
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Wood
sealer applied to inside and outside of wind chest
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Pallet
valves (before)
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Pallet
valves with new felt cushion and leather (after)
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Reeds
(before)
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Reeds
(before)
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Reeds
cleaned and voiced (adjusted pitch) (after)
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Reeds
cleaned and voiced (adjusted pitch) (after)
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Reed
cell stop mutes (before)
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Reed
cell stop mutes with new leather (after)
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The
stop rail assembly (before)
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The
stop rail assembly (before)
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The
stop rail assembly – bottom key felt (before)
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The
stop rail assembly – bottom key felt with new felt (after)
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The
stop linkage assembly be re-assembled after cleaning
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The
stop linkage assembly be re-assembled after cleaning
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The
stop linkage assembly be re-assembled after cleaning
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In
process of applying wood sealer to sound deck
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Bellows
assembly (before)
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Suction
relief valve (before)
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Starting
bellows rebuild after all old cloth has been discarded.
Here,
in process of applying wood sealer to the bellows boards
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Wood
sealer finished being applied
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Wood
sealer finished being applied
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Re-attached
suction relief valve after applying new leather
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Working
on gluing on new bellows cloth for reservoir and evacuators
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Working
on gluing on new bellows cloth for reservoir and evacuators
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New
leather flaps on internal check valves
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New
leather flaps on external check valves
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Starting
re-assembly process .....
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Those
stickers on top of the pallet stickers are used to level the keys
when the keyboard is reattached.
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Adding
the octave couplers ....
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Adding
stop linkages and forte mute ....
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Adding
keyboard and front forte mute .....
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Finishing
up .....
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Keyboard
cheek blocks (before)
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Keyboard
cheek blocks with new felt (after)
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