 The
Center console as we received it, before sending it out for refurbishing.
Note that the top stop rail does not have any stops in the center. Also
note the light color of the console. |
 One
of our promotional shots of the the refinished console. Note the lovely
rosewood finish and the 364 stop tabs. |
 The
Center console on stage after we got it back from Ken Crome's shop. |
 A
closer view of the horseshoe and key desk. The pullouts on either side
of the console were specially designed and built to follow the lines of
the console. The right pullout contains the Uniflex computer controls,
the diaphone blower and piano pump switches, and a few other miscellaneous
functions which are not generally used while playing. The left pullout
has the lift controls, the transposer controls, sound effects, and 10 additional
pistons. There are a few novelty controls here, but almost all the normal
organ controls are now on stop tabs. |
 Ken
Crome has arrived at the Berkeley Community Theatre with our new console. |
 The
new console is on the stage and we are putting it onto the special dolly
which we built for it. |
 The
Center console on its new dolly with the Toledo console in the background. |
 Looking
down at the Center console. |
 The
two main rails can be raised up for maintenance. The top has also been
lifted off. |
 Bill
Schlotter and Kevin King make some adjustments to the new console. |
 The
quarter rails on each side can be removed for servicing. This also allows
access to the bottom of the lower main rail and the inside of the front
portion of the console. The wiring was left long enough to allow the quarter
rails to be placed out of harms way when working on the key desk or main
rails. The odd flat piece with the holes in it on the left of the quarter
rail is a manifold. Note all the tin tubing going from the quarter rail
to the manifold. There are two tubes for each stop tab, one for ON and
one for OFF. Inside the console there is a mate to the manifold. The two
connect together and more tin tubing runs from the mate to the action boxes
at the rear of the console. |
 The
console in the scene shop off the stage. The top is off, the main rails
have been raised, the quarter rails are out, and the key desk has been
pulled out. Note that the Name Board above the top keyboard is attached
to the keyboards. This can be removed for servicing. The four keyboards
are all hinged together so that you can raise any one of them up to give
you access to the key contacts on the bottom of each key and the piston
action at the front of each keyboard. |
 This
is the back of the console. There are 5 horizontal action boxes which you
can see. There are also two small action boxes mounted in front of these.
There are two magnets, two actions, and two tin tubes for each of the 364
stops; one for ON and one for OFF. You can see some of the tin tubing between
the action boxes. On the lower left there is a door open which has the
computer boards used by the relay. The bundles of wire have been run to
temporary spreaders. At the time this photo was taken, the wires had not
yet been connected to the boards. |
 Kurt
Wood (on the left) was in charge of wiring. He is assisted, here, by Chris
Nichols. When Ken Crome refurbished/enlarged the console he wired it, but
NorCal had him run the wires to temporary spreaders at the back of the
console. Kurt laced all the wires and connected them to the computer
boards for us. There are two output wires for each stop tab (one
for ON and one for OFF). There is an output wire for each of the lights
in the pushbuttons in left and right pullouts. There is one input
wire for each stop, each piston and each key. There are 40 double touch
thumb pistons (2 wires each), 39 single touch thumb pistons, 16 toe studs,
8 single touch piano pedals, 4 double touch piano pedals, and 1 thunder
pedal with 20 contacts. There are 4 keyboards, 2 of which are second touch
keyboards giving 61 x 6 = 366 wires and there are 32 pedals. |