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The organ has space for four ranks of pipes.
I never got round to building all four,
and have made do with three.
It will, and does play perfectly well with only one rank.
So my fourth choice was for 13 piccolo pipes,
which required to be made from nice hardwood.
Many thanks to Dennis,
for providing me with some excellent beech blocks.
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Milling the beech down to thickness.
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There were seven different thicknesses required
for the corresponding pipes.
As you can see from above,
there are some quite complicated angles to cut.
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I made a couple of 'cradles' to hold the blocks
at the correct angle for cutting.
It also ensured that all thirteen were all the same.
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From the above drawing you can see that quite a large hole
had to be drilled end-on to take the brass pipe.
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I did the drilling in the lathe as above.
I have a speed controller here and could
slow it down for these large drills.
The largest was 9/16".
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The 9/16" tube fits a treat.
The bottom blocks were then cleaned up in the mill,
and the bases cut parallel to the tops.
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Looking more like the finished thing now.
I left those bits on the bottom left of each base,
and will cut them off after the whole thing is glued up.
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This is where the air comes into the pipe at the base.
All marked up ready for more drilling.
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This time, all the holes for the wind pipes
were the same diameter.
Oh yes, the wooden spoons?
I'll tell you about those next time.
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