wind chest

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wind chest

(wɪnd)

(Instruments) a box in an organ in which air from the bellows is stored under pressure before being supplied to the pipes or reeds

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Repairs to the organ included a new console, the repair and replacement of stops, and repairs to holes in the wind chest. Those repairs cost $180,000, which was paid with the money earned through a special fundraising campaign at the church.

Recital planned on repaired First Congregational organ; Dedication, recital slated for Jan. 31, with Ness as organist

The organ, which is number 996 of nearly 4000 produced by the Casavant Freres since 1879, is in need of a new console, repair and replacement of its stops, and repairs to holes in the wind chest.

Rank by rank; Historic First Congregational organ is being restored

Late in the fall, workers for Stefan Maier Tracker Organs, based in Orange, began repairing the organ's wind chest, which is a box that holds air that goes to the organ pipes.