Well, we've been quite productive with our two weeks off!
Today we finished the mechanism that will move the keys on the organ.
We used a motor from an old printer. In the video its running at 12 volts but can handle as much as 24 volts if we want it to move faster. Lining up the screws so that they hit the correct key (and only one key) was the most time consuming part.
Later this afternoon we put the organ back together with the keyboard in place. We were happy that we remembered where everything went...and that it all still fit! lol And we were pleasantly surprised when the keyboard still worked once built back inside
Putting it back together turned out to be much easier than taking it apart.
Its been raining all week, so we haven't been able to do any more with the pipes because they need to be painted outside. They are promising us a dry weekend, so hopefully the organ will be finished by sunday. Then we can move on to the organist!
MsM