Well I’m back from my holiday, refreshed and poor.  Nevertheless, there will be progress made this month.  At some point in the next couple of weeks I will be collecting the newly-bored piston rails, at which point I can begin to reassemble the keyboards and start testing the contacts (I’ve done a rough test and everything seems fine, but best not to leave anything to chance).  In November, funds permitting, I will be purchasing the first piece of MIDI hardware, which will mean that I will finally be able to get some sound out of the console – I want to thoroughly test the keyboards and pistons before I assemble them into a single block and screw them down.  I also need to get the pistons engraved – still debating on whether to leave the setting pistons blank and only engrave the couplers (as is traditional) or to engrave them all.  Hmm.

In the meantime, and since this is supposed to be a pictoral record (and I haven’t posted any pictures recently), here are a couple of consoles I am thinking of using for inspiration.  The first is the Harrah Symphonic Organ from Forrest Burdette UMC in Hurricane, West Virginia.  The second is the organ of the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  I’m not sure that any other furniture in the lounge is really necessary…