Homemade Pipe Organ


I am an amateur organ builder. Pipe organ is the most fascinating instrument there is, “the king of instruments”. Here my homemade pipe organs: Opus 1 – Opus 2 – Opus 3

Opus 1

Here the first experiment, one four octaves 4′ stop with PVC pipes (only two different pipe sizes), without bellows to regulate the air flow, just a blower and a windchest.

low pipes
assembling the keys
keys from an old piano of mine
building the wind chest
the cabinet
my brother thinking it will not work!
first experiment with few pipes
the pieces of a pipe
first final setting
the last setting, compact version
the wind chest

Opus 2

I am building another pipe organ – it is not finished yet – with two wooden flute stops (8′ stopped and 4′ open), one 2′ principal and one 8′ cromorno, and soon I will add details for those who would like to try to build it!

building the organ frame
assembling the wind chest
the keys just painted
the holes for the pallets
my cat sleeping on the wind chest
the low C pipe on the left
manual action
pallets and springs
my equipment

Opus 3 (electronic one)

I built it using two M-audio midi keyboards (5 octaves) and inserting them in a wooden frame. I use to play it with the virtual pipe organ software GrandOrgue.

the midi stops controller
how I fixed the electronic boards behind the keyboards