Disgorging an organ

Over the weekend I took delivery of a broken organ that was to go to the rubbish tip. As indicated in my earlier post I am planning to use the organ as a sculptural piece - breaking down in the weather.

©2014 Barry Smith - Key board in layers

Today I took a couple of hours to open the organ up and take out parts I can reuse or gift to other. I wanted to do thuds in such a way as not to impact on the external look of the organ. You can see the man at work photo taken by Fiona - not great weather - misty rain - occasionally drifting into the carport - guess one must suffer for one's art.

©2014 Fiona Dempster - Have screwdriver will work - cute stool

I was amazed by the huge number of circuit boards and miles of wiring.

©2014 Barry Smith - The internals of an old electronic organ

After a couple of hours I had a big stash of stuff.

©2014 Barry Smith - Lots of recovered bits for reuse

Good set of large speakers including a rotating unit called a Tremolo Unit - never hear of it before. These will be given away.

©2014 Barry Smith - Large speakers - ones on the left are 12inch base one on the right - big Tremolo Unit

©2014 Barry Smith - Speakers - in good condition

Lots of interesting electronic components - also for sharing if others want some.

©2014 Barry Smith - Beautiful shapes and colour of the electronic components 

©2014 Barry Smith - Beautiful shapes and colour of the electronic components 

Views of the keys from  underneath.

©2014 Barry Smith - Electronic switches of the keys

And the keyboard, pedals and foot control have all been retained.

©2014 Barry Smith - An arch of potential sounds

©2014 Barry Smith - Layers of organ keys.

Not only has the disgorging saved a lot of good stuff - some of which can become Steampunk pieces; but it has made the organ a lot lighter so Fiona and I can struggle it down into place near the Mango trees.