Details for construction of a single rank theatre organ chest using readily available home workshop tools and supplies. By John DeMajo Thanks to Richard Vance for the above diagram. Click on above diagram to open full scale downloadable drawing of the chest plans. Here is the basic design.
Chest is made with only top and side removable.
Bottom and back are made as a single unit to allow alignment of air ports. This feature allows viewing of valve operation and alignment when chest is operating. Here is Our project is the construction of a prototype electro-pneumatic pipe chest. We used an existing toe board from a 73 note Wurlitzer multi rank chest. Based on info supplied by observers over the years, we are attempting to test the feasibility of primary-less construction.