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organ building progress 3
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Building progress

The Christchurch
Town Hall organ
homepage
Want
to know how organ pipes are arranged inside the case?
Here
are four pages showing each of the organ divisions,
with graphics showing clearly where each of the pipes are.
Click here
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The
first few weeks of the installation ~ Page 3 January 21 & 22 |
Welcome
to the website of the Rieger

in the Christchurch Town Hall,
New Zealand
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The
front of the organ case starts to take shape as the Principal pipes
are put in place.

Georg
polishes one of the metal pipes ready for hoisting into the front
of the case, which is made from Austrian spruce and maple.
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Some
of the stop knobs at the console which bring into play individual
ranks of pipes.

Four
of the large wooden pedal pipes were the first to be placed in position
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The
view inside the case, immediately behind the console (on left)
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Looking
through the principal pipes out to the auditorium
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January
22, 1997
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