Some Progress

I have started working on the drawings for the organ, and have the air engine figured out. I am using a dual bellows design to feed a bellowed reservoir. In order to keep from blowing out the reservoir it will have a built in pressure relieve mechanism built in. Both the reservoir and the bellows will be covered in leather.

Plans Ordered

I stumbled across a community of DIY grinder organ builders and instantly fell in love with the concept. After doing some research, it turns out there is a gentleman from the UK called John Smith who has designed what appears to be the gold standard DIY organ for first time builders. I have decided to build an organ in style of a John Smith organ, though with some departures/customizations that I think will "kick it up a notch!"

I will be documenting the process of creating the organ on this site.