This is part one of a two-part post. As I am presently self isolating, and waiting for the No Help Whatsoever Desk to resolve my problems connecting to the corporate network from home, I thought I would do a little bit of work on the organ. There are a limited number of jobs remaining which I am capable of doing alone, and refitting the expression shoes is one of them.

As you can see, there are currently two of them, which once controlled the swell and choir divisions of the old organ. This is insufficient for my grandiose needs, and I have obtained a third for the solo division.

The shoes are mounted on a board and spaced according to the RCO specification. The job thus far has been to remove the shoes and use the board as a template for a larger replacement:

That done, I have drilled holes for the two shoes, and marked out where the holes need to be drilled for their newly-adopted sibling:

Oops! I flipped the board on the way to the workbench, and ended up drilling them on the wrong side. Not to worry, David sized the board exactly, and when the holes are drilled for the third shoe, they will align as they are supposed to. That is a job for tomorrow, if I still don’t get access to the corporate network.