Rebuilding the Æolian Orchestrelle
58-Note Player Reed Organ, 1912 Model "W"
by Richard Vance
Copyright © 2003 by Richard Z. Vance and MMD
Rev. E, 4 April 2003
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Chapter 1    - Introduction
Chapter 2.1 - The Stop Action Side Chest; Introduction
Chapter 2.2 - Preparing the Stop Action Side Chest
Chapter 2.3 - Replacing the Stop Chest Self Energizing Gaskets
Chapter 2.4 - Recovering the Stop Chest Pulldowns
Chapter 2.5 - Releathering the Stop Action Pallets
Chapter 2.6 - Making and Installing the Winchester Vent Pallets
Chapter 2.7.- Rebuilding the Primary Valve Blocks
Chapter 2.8 - Assembly and Testing the Stop Action
Chapter 3    - Making and Installing the Flap Valves
Chapter 4.1 - The Wind Supply; Introduction
Chapter 4.2 - Repair and Reconstruction of the Framework and Boards.
Chapter 4.3 - Making and Installing the Bellows Hinges.
Chapter 4.4 - Testing the Bellows Cloth
Chapter 4.5 - Recovering the Reservoir
Chapter 4.6 - Preparing the Feeder Cloth
Chapter 4.7 - Recovering the Feeders
Chapter 4.8 - Assembly and Test of the Lower Unit
Chapter 5.1 - The Bass Chest, Introduction
Chapter 5.2 - The Bass Stop-action Box
Chapter 5.3 -The Bass Pallets and Pulldown Pouches
Chapter 5.4 - The "Tertiary" Valves, and Final Test
Chapter 6 - Assembling the Lower Units
Chapter 7 - The Flat Hook as a Gasket Clamp
Chapter 8.1 - The Tempo Regulator, Introduction
Chapter 8.2 - Recovering The Tempo Regulator
Chapter 8.3 - Assembling and Testing The Tempo Regulator
Chapter 9.1 - The Roll Motor, Introduction and Preparation
Chapter 9.2 - The Roll Motor Pneumatic Hinges
Chapter 9.3 - Recovering The Roll Motor
Chapter 9.4 - Preparing The Roll Motor Machinery
Chapter 9.5 - Assembling and Testing The Roll Motor
Chapter 10 - The Keybed
Chapter 11 - The Trapwork on the Keybed
Chapter 12.1 - Cleaning and Assembling the Keyboard
Chapter 12.2 - Regulating the Keyboard
Chapter 13.1 - Fixing the Touch Box
Chapter 13.2 - Releathering and Testing the Touchbox
Chapter 14.1 - The Stopboard, Introduction and Rebuilding
Chapter 14.2 - Trimming The Stopboard
Chapter 14.3 - The Stopboard Pallets
Chapter 14.4 - Installing the Stopboard
Chapter 15.1 - The Spoolbox
Chapter 15.2 - The Spoolbox Tracker Bar Cover
Chapter 16 - The Roll Drive and Transmission
Chapter 17.1 - The Primary Pouchboard
Chapter 17.2 - The Primary Valves
Chapter 17.3 - Assembling and Testing the Primary - Revised April 2003
Chapter 18.1 - The Secondary Valves; Introduction
Chapter 18.2 - The Secondary Pouchboard
Chapter 18.3 - The Secondary Pouch Cups
Chapter 18.4 - The Secondary Valves
Chapter 18.5 - Assembling the Secondary
Chapter 18.6 - Testing the Secondary
Chapter 19.1 - Preparing the Windchests, Introduction
Chapter 19.2 - Preparing the Rank Pouchboards
Chapter 19.3 - Preparing the Rank Alternate Pouchwell Blocks
Chapter 19.4 - Preparing the Pallets
Chapter 19.5 - Preparing the Rank Pouches
Chapter 19.6 - Making the Link-Wire Staples
Chapter 20.1 - The Blower, Introduction
Chapter 20.2 - The Blower; Regulator Details
Chapter 20.3 - The Blower; Regulator Bellows
Chapter 21.1 - Introduction
Chapter 21.2 - Gluing the pouches
Chapter 21.3 - Testing the pouches
Chapter 21.4 - Chest assembly
Chapter 21.5 - The pallet tiewires
Chapter 21.6 - Functional test
Chapter 22.1 - The Violin Rank Celest Mutes
Chapter 22.2 - The Violin Rank Muting Shutters
Chapter 23.1 - Reworking the Vox Humana Rotating Shutter
Chapter 23.2 - Reworking the Vox Humana Turbine
Chapter 23.3 - Assembling and Testing the Vox Humana
Chapter 24.1 - Preparing the Swell Box Parts
Chapter 24.2 - Assembling the Swell Shutter
Chapter 25 - Final Installation of the Spoolbox
Chapter 26.1 - Making the New Tempo Slide Valve
Chapter 26.2 - Installing and Calibrating the Tempo Valve
Chapter 27 - Final Revision and Adjustment of the Primary Valves