In these early days of the factory our time is divided between designing chests and parts for the organ making many thousands of small parts in preparation for chest construction and the important task of equipping our factory
   
 

In the assembly room where wood, leather, felt and other parts are being glued or otherwise assembled. it is extremely important to maintain proper temperature control. We monitored the temperature and humidity all the time.
   
 

Lighting is anthter important issue of the organ factory where fine and discrete work to be done.
   
  The benches on which drill press seats we made in our factory specially for their task
   
 

We have added storage shelves and another new work bench.
This is 12'(4m) long and is designed for working on pouch board and pitman rail. Also for cutting many pieces of leather and felt.
   
 

Toe boards, the top pieces of the chests are drilled and varnished. Here they are drying. They will be stacked and later screwed onto the chest frames as they are completed.
   
 

Preparation for the assembly , Busy working:

We have gathered a crew of enthusiastic and skilled young Koreans.
They have begun to learn a new yet old technology. Here they are working on the many parts and pieces required to build chest.
   
 

Pouch Board Preparation, Parts sanding:

The pieces on the table are completed pouch boards. In the center we can see one of the workers putting springs into the board. There are more than 6,000 little springs used in the organ.
   
 

Pouch Board Preparation, Parts sanding:

The pieces on the table are completed pouch boards. In the center we can see one of the workers putting springs into the board. There are more than 6,000 little springs used in the organ.
   
  The worker in the right foreground is busy planing a chest frame. This is the only one of 42 chests in the organ
   
 

happy workers making happy parts :

On the left is the assembly line where valves are being glued on leather disks to form the pouches.
   
  In the foreground are stacks of completed pouch boards and bottom boards now prepared for assembly on the chest frame.
   
 

Sanding the pouch boards , a seeming endless task. There are more than 120 of these used in the main chest each one designed drilled and fitted with pouches for each specific stop.
   
  Vox humana chest. The design of these pipes which you see standing on this chest are very rare and unusual in their sound.
   
 

Main wind chests are assembled :

Here you see 6 of the main wind chests for the swell and great division of the organ. They are assembled now and ready for testing
   
  Offset chests are used to provide control for the large pipes which will not fit on the main chest of its division. You can see several of these in the middle of the picture. These are for the large reeds in the swell division. The top one is open you can see the individual pipe pneumatic inside.
   
  After 4 months of intense activity the work room is crowded with chests, more chests and boxes of small parts for use in yet more chests still to be built.
   
  Here in front of the Vox pipes is a reservoir ready to have its ribs and corners installed. This is one of the 18 reservoir used in the organ.
   
  This is part of the mill room. This is a new radial saw.
   
  In the center of the mill room stands the Heavy machinery. On the left is the 16" joiner and on the right is the 24' planner. This heavy machinery guarantees that the wood will be flat, smooth and accurately finished to proper size for framing and chest parts.
   
  This lumber has been milled from rough stock. It's now ready to be made into framing to support the chests.
   
  The radial saw has a new table. Long benches will be added on either side to support lumber which must be cut. Some of this can be 5m long.
   
  Here is our panel saw. It is used to cut small pieces of lumber and large sheets of plywood. The lumber in the foreground has been cut to make sills to carry the chests.
   
  Another view of the mill room. More lumber has been prepared for the chests.
   
  Here is a view of the entire length of the mill room.
   

 

 The stacks of lumber are cut and ready for assembly. They will become the first pitman chest ever built in all Asia.
   

 

more lumber and chest frame in back ground :

You can see the small pieces of lumber which will become pouch boards and pitman rails in this historic first pitman chest.