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    Doppelflöte pipes in their temporary installation on old Viola rack.   View of the hole cut to make way for the new toe boards and action 

of the Doppelflöte.    

 

Toe boards and rack in place, running wind supply for bass pipes.

   

Bass pipes (from an old Möller Melodia) in place.

 

View of Doppelflöte from the Great division. The mouths of the bass pipes, along with the open metal treble pipes, are visible,

 

     

One of the largest Doppelflöte pipes, front and side view.

Note that you can see right through the mouth of the pipe, since there is another mouth on the opposite end.

 

Choir division flutes, left to right:  Cor de Nuit (stopped),                              Great division flutes: Harmonic Flute (open, note where pipes jump to

Koppelflöte (tapered top); Nazard (tapered); Blockflöte;                             double-length), Bourdon (stopped), and at the back, Quintaton (also

Tierce (tapered top)                                                                                    (stopped)

 

Pedal division flutes: Nachthorn (4' Flute of solo calibre, open), and Bourdon (stopped, wood, bass pipes)

 

 

Swell division flutes, back to front: Flûte Conique (tapered);                      Piccolo (Zauberflöte), capped pipes, note holes pierced midway up

Rohrflöte (half stopped, with chimneys); Flûte Triangulaire (wood)             to cause the pipes to jump to a higher harmonic. This stop dated from 

                                                                                                                1984, but even by then this was a rather rare stop.

 

Vox Humana (Culver, original configuration)

 

Vox Humana Box (and pipes), doors open and closed (original configuration)

 

Front view of new Vox Humana enclosure.

   

New Vox Humana enclosure, with shade action above, shown open and closed.

 

 

Left control drawer at console. Bottom right control knob is for Vox Humana Shutters.

 

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