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.

assembling the keys
the cabinet
the pieces of a pipe

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

Opus 3 (electronic one)

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