A Lutheran Church built by Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix I was 14 and their pipe organ was being rebuilt. Later in high school I was often at Phoenix Community College and that pipe organ was being rebuilt and I got to help Solder and repair flutes, Oboes and such and helped tune and chase cyphers. I played Viola.
To someone used to teeny tiny little soldering iron tips for delicate electronics repair, there's something just mind boggling about a soldering iron the size of a wood axe.
It is amusing to me that you are posting these Videos right now, because i am currently doing an internship at a pipe maker close to me. Hearing that beating noise all day, and now in the Video; watching and helping soldering pipes, and now in the Video. Thank you for your Videos!
Thanks for the very interesting video, nice solder job. If possible, could you also make a video how you and your friends from the restoration team restore the wooden pipes? In earlier videos I've seen many wooden pipes with considerable amount of water damage. Would be very interesting to see how professionals are trying to keep as much of the original wooden material of such distorted pipes but on the other hand try to get the nicest sound as possible. Do they have the possibility in the organ workshop to treat bent wooden pieces with hot steam and put them afterwards in presses to get them nice and flat again? Best regards from Switzerland, bluearcturus
Hello: I can tell you that they don't steam or press any wood to repair wooden pipes, they make new parts as needed as they have a pretty well equipped wood shop. The don't have the equipment to steam pieces of wood like that, and it would probably be impractical as so many pieces of wood organ pipes are so small.
Really cool videos! The soldering is especially fascinating. Edit: removed comment about headset as it's clear from other videos that was not the issue.
@@MikeBucceroni I think the wireless system was getting overwhelmed at times and this is the first time I've tried the headset mic. There's still some learning to do with the system.
In case anyone else was wondering, the flux he talks about is called "stearin" or maybe "stearine". I was searching for "steering" and finding nothing relevant! It seems you can buy it in sticks like in the video or as a liquid.
@@DietterichLabs the alloy I was soldering had a high lead content but does have tin in there. “Linen lead” is usually the organ builders term for the heavy lead alloys used in late 19th and early 20th century organs. Heavy lead pipework is why so many older American organs have such a dark and sonorous sound.
A Lutheran Church built by Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix I was 14 and their pipe organ was being rebuilt. Later in high school I was often at Phoenix Community College and that pipe organ was being rebuilt and I got to help Solder and repair flutes, Oboes and such and helped tune and chase cyphers. I played Viola.
This video makes me think of the string II division and just how much of this work will need to be applied to those pipes.
To someone used to teeny tiny little soldering iron tips for delicate electronics repair, there's something just mind boggling about a soldering iron the size of a wood axe.
Just wonderful, many thanks! Pat's "soddering" (haha, sorry, I'm English) is an absolute work of art.
This must be what I’ve been hearing my neighbors doing nightly downstairs
It is amusing to me that you are posting these Videos right now, because i am currently doing an internship at a pipe maker close to me. Hearing that beating noise all day, and now in the Video; watching and helping soldering pipes, and now in the Video.
Thank you for your Videos!
Man. I hope you're there when I come do the tour. You're the guy who has the info I want!
Amazing Pat that is the cleanest I've ever seen - What a true craftsman!!!!
I'd like to see you try that trick with a Zinc flue pipe
Interesting to see that this process ive seen with restoring instruments like trumpets and trombones
@@DrpanProductions A lot of it applies to other instruments for sure.
And that organ has how many soldered metal pipes?? Whew, Pat Weeks has great job security there... lol. Thanks.
Countless...! Did you watch the videos showing entire chambers with all smooshed pipes? It's horrendous.
@@HenrikBergpianorganist How did all that destruction happen anyway? Do they leave the place wide-open at night, or something?
@@davef.2329 Hardly. A lot of it was careless and/or negligent workmen who just didn't care or didn't know what they were doing.
great video…thx Rob
Please tell Mr. Pat Weeks that was some mighty fancy soldering.
Who knew..masking tape had so many uses. Thanks
Much thanks for the great demo. Pat is an artist!
Thanks for the very interesting video, nice solder job. If possible, could you also make a video how you and your friends from the restoration team restore the wooden pipes? In earlier videos I've seen many wooden pipes with considerable amount of water damage. Would be very interesting to see how professionals are trying to keep as much of the original wooden material of such distorted pipes but on the other hand try to get the nicest sound as possible. Do they have the possibility in the organ workshop to treat bent wooden pieces with hot steam and put them afterwards in presses to get them nice and flat again? Best regards from Switzerland, bluearcturus
Hello: I can tell you that they don't steam or press any wood to repair wooden pipes, they make new parts as needed as they have a pretty well equipped wood shop. The don't have the equipment to steam pieces of wood like that, and it would probably be impractical as so many pieces of wood organ pipes are so small.
Excellent videos Chris. Its like Christmas when you do these videos you know, never know whats in the next box.🤠
Absolutely fascinating.
Thanks so much for doing these, very interesting work.
Very interesting. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for these latest videos.
Really interesting.
Really cool videos! The soldering is especially fascinating.
Edit: removed comment about headset as it's clear from other videos that was not the issue.
@@MikeBucceroni I think the wireless system was getting overwhelmed at times and this is the first time I've tried the headset mic. There's still some learning to do with the system.
Love the shirt!
That looks like a 6C4 on your shirt. Love it!
Nah, that's a 12AX7 shirt from Tubes&More :)
@@markehuss I don't know, 12AX7s didn't have any exhaust tip, did they? It is from Tubes and More, though!
@@cnagorka Don't need to use past tense, they're still in common use in guitar amps. :) They all have pointy heads.
@@markehuss I have one mounted in my Korg SV-1 stage piano.
In case anyone else was wondering, the flux he talks about is called "stearin" or maybe "stearine". I was searching for "steering" and finding nothing relevant! It seems you can buy it in sticks like in the video or as a liquid.
You can use regular old candles and it works fine. And it is "stearine". Here's one place to get them: pure-candle.de/en/wax/stearin/
What alloy did the solder guy say (11:08) his pipe is made out of?
"Linen Lead", that is, lead that is simply laid out on the table in a single pass and allowed to harden before rolling
@@Kaiveran Thanks for the information! So it's pure lead? No tin or other metals?
@@DietterichLabs the alloy I was soldering had a high lead content but does have tin in there. “Linen lead” is usually the organ builders term for the heavy lead alloys used in late 19th and early 20th century organs. Heavy lead pipework is why so many older American organs have such a dark and sonorous sound.
why don't you cut of the mandril on an angle? then the flat of the mouth is preserved, and it's still able to reach all of the backsite
You could if you wanted to.
You would need to make sure you don’t hit the languid with the mandrel
Yep.
What temperature should the iron be set at?
It depends on what solder you're using and what metal you're soldering to, but generally around 370-400 degrees F.
No concerns about handling lead?
Not this little bit, since it doesn't create dust in the air, and we don't eat it.
@cnagorka I'm guessing it's best to wash your hands afterwards.
@ That certainly wouldn't hurt.
Wow.. I suppose, with the tiniest pipes un in the galleries, it may be easier to just replace them than try to fix, no?
@@barnarus2547 Yes absolutely.
Must be quite a job to repair "smooshed" 16 or 32 foot ranks.
@@andrewketchum960 They usually don't get smooshed...they get water damaged or disconnected!