Hauptwerk Pipe Organ Project

Tag: diy

  • Pinterest

    I’ve put together a Pinterest board with all sorts of useful info, images and ideas pinned up to help with Hauptwerk building: Hauptwerk AGO Organ Project: General sites CONSOLE ideas: Ideas for DIY organ consoles Building the console: parts, materials for console building and where to get them building the bench: I ended up buying my bench, but…

  • MIDI Encoder arrived!!! (Pedal Board & Swell MIDI encoder from DTS)

    MIDI Encoder arrived!!! (Pedal Board & Swell MIDI encoder from DTS)

    JUST came in the mail!! Literally. Inside a cute little box from USPS, the encoder is wrapped in cute pink bubble wrap!! Now I gotta decipher these instructions, and wait for Mr. Max Mayse’s package 🙂 It’s all coming together!!

  • Second Trip to Ikea, Console coming along!!

    Second Trip to Ikea, Console coming along!!

    THIS IS NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT: Just to give you an idea of how my Hauptwerk will be set up. So last week, I made a trip to the IKEA in Hicksville, Long Island after getting my pedalboard and organ bench in Mineola, Long Island. Time was tight and Hicksville IKEA was closer than Brooklyn.…

  • JUST BOUGHT THE MIDI ENCODER!! (Pedal and Swell Shoe Midi Encoder)

    JUST BOUGHT THE MIDI ENCODER!! (Pedal and Swell Shoe Midi Encoder)

    ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO GETTING THE PEDALBOARD WIRED UP!! So since I started this blog, Mr. Max Mayse, (who found me through one if the posts here on this blog) offered to help me with the logistics of the pedal wiring I was going to undertake and even offered to send me some cables and…

  • Console shopping at ikea

    Console shopping at ikea

    So from picking up the pedalboard, we went straight to ikea to get a Galant desk 63″ and other small things. Here is Marvin surfing an ikea cart Unfortunately, they ran out of the Galant desk I needed, in all available colors… We have to come back Saturday 😦 BUT!! I got a $1 frozen…

  • MY FIRST PEDALBOARD!!!

    MY FIRST PEDALBOARD!!!

    OMG!! I have in my possession, an AGO 32 note pedalboard!!! Thanks to a very very nice and resourceful person and Mr. Marvelous Marvin, I am now on my way to Ikea, Hicksville, NY with a pedalboard in the back and a bench!!!!! The pedalboard and bench at the back of Marvin’s SUV. I’m so…

  • Research doodles and useful tidbits for Hauptwerk building

    Research doodles and useful tidbits for Hauptwerk building

    My own personal Research Folder with Notes on AGO standard pedalboard, standard bench height, height of keyboards to pedalboard, readings on MIDI wiring, diagrams and schematics: Sketch of where the organ is going in my room, with precise measurements! Taken with a tape measurer and everything! I have a whole bunch of sites bookmarked, including: –Allen…

  • Starting out, with help from friends on Facebook!

    Starting out, with help from friends on Facebook!

    This project started out as a quest to find and purchase a practice pipe organ for my home. After looking at dozens of pre-owned organs that fit my specifications (they need to be AGO standard, at least 2 manuals with a 32 note AGO standard pedalboard, in playable condition) both on craigslist and eBay, I’ve…