Thursday, August 26, 2010

Online Resources

The following online resources will be helpful to you during the first weeks of the course as we focus on the the physical and mechanical aspects of the organ and the process of construction:

Organ History
by James H. Cook of Birmingham Southern College

Pipe Making
Demonstrations by Martin Pasi of Pasi Organbuilders

Part 1: Casting Metal - Pouring and Preparing
Part 2: Casting Metal, Cutting and Rolling Metal
Part 3: Hammering, Sizing, Calculating and Cutting
Part 4: Cutting, Marking and Scribing
Part 5: Bevelling, Rolling and Soldering
Part 6: Voicing
Part 7: Reed Pipes I
Part 8: Reed Pipes II
Part 9: Reed Pipes III