Photo Gallery - August 2004 Moscow Filming Trip  

 


The International House of Music at Red Hill near the center of Moscow (viewed from across the Moscow river)

 

 
Interior of the 1,800-seat House of Music showing the large concert organ being installed


Finishing one of the large metal facade pipes that was shipped in two pieces and soldered together on site

 

 
The large pipe is raised to its vertical standing position in a special steel framed cradle--it would bend under its own weight if not raised in the supporting cradle


The pipe is now safely vertical and ready to be lifted into position in the organ facade

 

 
Lifting the pipe with a chain fall


Guiding the foot of the large pipe into its final position

 

 
All hands assisting to gently guide the pipe into position and hold it until it is mechanically secured


Coffee break on the mezzanine (sitting on crates containing some of the 6,000+ pipes that will eventually fill the organ)

 

 
Andreas Stoffel connecting the trackers to the pallets inside a wind chest (the mechanical key action)--the pallets that open wind channels to specific pipes are visible at the top of the photo


The large organ is taking shape--the eight large facade pipes took six days to finish and install

 

 
Lunch with Oleg Makarov (left), the Glatter-Gotz rep in Moscow, at Sparrow Hill overlooking Moscow


Beautiful Red Square--the Kremlin clock tower on the right and St. Basil's at left

 

 
The fanciful onion domes of St. Basil's
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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