Yes, work continues even with a rogue VCU on the loose........
One the left is a picture of the pedal chest. Once again it is upside down and the pallets are showing. This chest does not have sliders as only one rank is placed on it. The stop is controlled by a ventil.
Ventil: A valve that admits or denies wind to a set of pipes. It may control just one set (as in American organs of the last several centuries) or several sets (most often seen in French Organs of the 1800's and 1900's where the reeds were so controlled.)
In a Ventil chest, the individual note pallets open whenever the key or pedal is pressed. The ventil controlls whether wind is present or not. When there is wind, there is noise. The pallets and pallet springs are somewhat visible in the picture. (Inexpensive digital camera and unsteady hand, sorry)
The center picture shows the pedalboard in front of the instrument. This pedalboard will be completely taken apart, cleaned, new felt added (for noise reduction), and reassembled in the rebuilt instrument.
Also visible laying on the insulation bags are the case posts. I was holding one of these in an earlier post. The back side of the pedal chest is also visible at left.
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