Pipe Organ, Op. 1 (2003): A LEGO® creation by Fuzzy Coatimundi : MOCpages.com

Pipe Organ, Op. 1 (2003)

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LEGO pipe organ with console.

About this creation

My first opus. Inspired by the Karn-Warren (1900) built, Casavant-Frères (1999) restored organ at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver, BC and the Casavant-Frères (1969) organ in the UBC Recital Hall.

This organ (with console) was built from Dec. 22nd to Dec. 25th, 2003 during my winter break from school. Its construction was motivated by a desire to use pictures of LEGO organs on my fourth-year (non-required) organ recital posters. The intent was to superimpose part of the LEGO organ over a picture of the recital hall organ; in addition to this, I had some pictures solely of the organ, with rather silly, made-up works to be performed:

Fantasia in One Octave by Mr. Yellow Smiley-Face,

Block Mixture by Dr. "Rigid Legs" Bluepants,

Sonata for Windless Non-Hollow-Pipe Organ by Visored Space-Man Dude with Lightsaber and Atomic Destructor

Having seen many other pipe organs since building this organ, I will possibly embark on building a nicer, more accurate organ in the near future; perhaps I'll even make the pipes, console and organist all to scale!

Specifications

11 ranks, 3 manuals (great, swell, solo) of 13 notes, 13-note pedal board, Swell pedal

13 drawknobs, 6 rocker couplers (Gt.-Ped., Sw.-Ped., Solo-Ped., Sw.-Gt., Solo-Gt., Solo-Sw.)

3 pistons per manual/pedal board, 1 general piston (on Gt. and Ped.), Tutti piston (on Gt. and Ped.)

Baroque-style inverted key colour scheme, radial & concave pedal board

Stop List

Great: 8' Principal, 8' Bourdon, 4' Prestant, 4' Flauto Dolce (from Sw.)

Swell: 8' Gamba, 8' Melodia, 4' Flauto Dolce, 2' Gemshorn, 8' Hautbois

Solo: 8' Trompette en Chamade

Pedal: 32' Contre-Bourdon, 16' Montre, 8' Principal (from Gt.)

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The console:
Complete with desk, music, bench, and organist.

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The pipes:
Anterior view from above-left, w/o swell-box.
The grey-tipped white block-pipes in the back constitute the 32' Contre-Bourdon, the facade is made up of 16' Montre pipes, and the black-and-white pipes just behind the facade are 8' Principals. The red pipes comprise the 4' Prestant, and the grey pipes on the left comprise the 8' Bourdon.

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Anterior view from below-right, w/ swell-box.
This has a nice view of the 8' Trompette en Chamade just below the swell-box.

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Posterior view from above-right, w/o swell-box.
Here you can see the 8' Principal and the blower hoses clearly.

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Direct anterior view, w/o swell-box.
The mouths of the 32' Contre-Bourdon are visible below the facade.

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The swell-box:
Anterior view from below, w/o shutters.
The 8' Gamba (in grey) is seen clearly here.

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Posterior interior view (through back doors).
Most prominently displayed here is the 8' Melodia (in white blocks). In behind on the left is the 4' Flauto Dolce (white) and in behind on the right is the 8' Hautbois (black). If you look really, really carefully, you can just barely make out the tiny 2' Gemshorn (black) in the middle.