http://www.crtos.org/rssblog.phpen-ushttp://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=421 Acquired lumber for new top and bottom The lumber that Crosscut had for the front didnt look good enough so well have to find something else 2 Made new bottom for the chest Fits into original screw holes perfectly 3 Cant make the new top until I know how thick the new front will be CRTOS2011-10-06http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=41Clark Wilson accompanied the Douglas Fairbanks blockbuster Robin Hood 1922 as part of the 2011 series presented by The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences The Summer Of Silents Clark describes the theater organ in a short video and talks about his musical philosophy for silent films in anotherCRTOS2011-07-07http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=40The almostcompleted wiring The output wires are all connectorized almost The hanging tag identifies one connector where one pair of wires has completely disappeared If we cannot locate the missing pair its possible it is buried deep inside the harness and as a practical matter gone for good well just connect up one of the spares The wires hanging over the top of the console and down the side are spares After everything is neatened up and secured the spares will be bundled separately and stored in a cable clip on the back panelCRTOS2011-01-16http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=39Rob installing the computerCRTOS2011-01-16http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=38Here most all of the output lines have been sorted into the loom As to the need for the soldering iron it was necessary to lengthen most of the lines that connect to the input board on the far left New sections keeping the same colorcoding were spliced onCRTOS2011-01-16http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=37The input boards are mounted to the fixed back panel Anything that sends a signal to Uniflex such as a key stop tab piston swell shoe etc is connected to an input In this picture all inputs have been wired in except for the four sets of manual contacts The output boards which are mounted on the smaller hinged panel connect to lights lighted buttons such as the selective traps in the junk drawers etc and stop magnets to turn them on and off In this picture the process of separating the wiring into 8wire groups for attaching to the connectors has begun The wooden stick on the right is a loom through with 64 holes in it each hole representing one connector on an output boardCRTOS2011-01-16http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=36Courtesy of Bob MacNeur gas struts have been installed This enables one person to easily and safely raise and lower the horseshoeCRTOS2011-01-16http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=35Doing the final layout of the Uniflex boards prior to drilling the holes in the board for cables to come through and mounting the boards The smaller board hasnt received its finish yet It will receive four coats of polyurethane for durabilityCRTOS2010-12-20http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=34Wiring the buttons in the junk drawer Since the buttons are lit when on each must get two connections to Uniflex one to connect to the Uniflex input board so Unifliex knows when it is on and one for the light which is turned on by Uniflex when the button is onCRTOS2010-12-20http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=33The two new back panels for the Uniflex boards The larger panel carries the monitor for the computer the console interface board and the five Uniflex input boards The smaller panel carries the Uniflex output boards that will drive the combination action It will be hinged in front of the input panel on the right When the panels are mounted in the console we hope there will be room below the monitor on the keydesk shelf for the keyboard and mouse to be permanently mountedCRTOS2010-12-20http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=32Heres the leftside junk drawer in place with the new buttons for trap selection The lower group are for pedal the upper group for accompaniment The keycheek buttons have been mounted in their overlay panels but the cheeks must be routed deeper to allow clearance for the wiringCRTOS2010-12-20http://www.crtos.org/rssitem.php?itemid=31Every one of the wires shown hanging over the side of the console in the previous picture have to be traced out and identified Then they are bundled in groups of 8 and tagged to identify the connector on the Uniflex boards to which they will attachCRTOS2010-12-20