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 Before
with lid closed
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 Before
showing the keys
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 From
the back - missing original Vox Humana - but found one from
another Estey from the same time period
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 Original
Estey factory sticker showing the serial number and other numbers
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 Found
someone else's attempt at repairs using white medical tape
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 White
medical tape for hinge on treble forte flap
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 White
medical tape for hinge on bass forte flap
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 Pallet
valves cleaned from old felt and leather with new felt and
leather applied
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 New
felt for reed cell cushions
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 Stop
rail just pulled
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 Stop
rail disassembled, cleaned, reassembled with new felt and
lubricated
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 Keyboard
just pulled
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 Keyboard
without the keys, showing the old felts.
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 Keyboard
cleaned with new felts
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 Keyboard
with cleaned sharps in place. White keys are being cleaned and
the ivory buffed to a gloss.
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 Pulled
bottom bellows section
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 showing
old pump straps (left) and old bellows cloth
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 Reed
pan top - wood being sealed (right)
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 Reed
pan bottom - wood being sealed (bottom), also the cracks in the
board sealed with bellows cloth.
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 Bottom
bellows - wood that make up the pumps are being sealed (right)
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 Reeds
pulled in order to be cleaned
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 Bottom
row in each picture shows bottom row has been cleaned
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 New
leather and felts
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 for
stop mutes and linkages
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 New
bellows cloth for reservoir
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 New
leather for relief valve
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 New
bellows cloth for exhauster pumps
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 Pump
Pedals just pulled .....
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 cleaned
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 and
recovered
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 Organ
stool being repaired
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 and
refinished
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 Pedals
reattached to base and new stop felt installed
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 Pedals
from the front
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 Reassembly
- bottom bellows back in to organ base .....
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 next
the bottom reed pan .....
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 next
the top reed pan and keyboard .....
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 the
stop rail assembly and attach stop linkages .....
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 the
keyboard cover which is also the music desk .....
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 the
front and the music backstop
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 New
(old) Estey Vox Humana
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 Organ
finished with keys covered
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 Organ
finished with keys open
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 Organ
with lid open propped up
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