Inside The Organ at High Street: Pedal Pipes

The organ's pedal-board is a keyboard on which the organist plays notes using his/her feet. The pedal division on the High Street organ has two stops: a 16' Bourdon and an 8' Flute. Both share one set of pipes; the 8' Flute can be considered an extension of the 16' stop. These pipes are now squeezed in between the walls and the left and right sides of the swell box (see the following picture). This view looks down on the pedal pipes from the swell box access door. The door is on the right side of the swell box, and one has to be careful to not slip and fall into the pedal pipes climbing up and down into the swell. The sanctuary is to the right in this picture. The pedal's largest pipe is some 8' tall and not shown in the picture. The last pipe on the right in this picture is around 4' tall (not counting the thin tube which supports it). The larger pipes continue up to the left behind this one.

When the organ first arrived at High Street, its casework had not yet been built. The organ was set up "as is", and this meant the pipes of the pedal stuck out towards the congregation. The swell box was clearly visible, and the pipes that would eventually get a shiny new coat of paint before taking their places in the front of the new case still had a very industrial look. You can see the empty spaces to the right and left of the swell box where the pedal pipes would eventually be relocated.