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Pictures and information about the chamber build in  the Reaktor Hall.

Build of the organ chamber was done on site. Design and drawings by Johan Liljencrants.

Per-Olof with the drill and Axel has some advice.

Celebration, roof finished. From left Axel Christensson, Per-Olof Schultz, Johan Liljencrants

Temporary placement of components.

Johan thinking how to fit all instruments, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Chimes, Toys.

Shape of the organ chamber can be seen. Various components can be trial fitted.

Main chest. Axel and Per-Olof wondering about the best way to go on. Johan took the picture.

We had no idea about how the percussion tower was looking when the organ was in the theater. Most of the mounting lumber were gone.
The solution was the Internet. I put out some questions and got a lot of pictures. With help of these we built up a percussion tower to what we thought it once looked like.

Here is the "Toy Counter" lifted to position.

Mounting of the Glockenspiel aided by a crane. The crane is an integral part of the tower and is still in place. Nicolai Johannsen is controlling the wire rope.

Most of the parts in place. Electrical and winding not yet done. From top Glockenspiel, Xylophone. Chimes, Toy Counter. Chrysoglott not yet in final position.

Wiring. Axel with encouraging words.

Power supply and distribution. This elegant work was done by Axel. One original Wurlitzer panel and one copy.

Pipes beginning to show up.

Restoration of swell shades.
The shades had been shortened for some reason when  the organ was installed in the City Hall.  The original installation in the Skandia theater only had one set of shades.

New longer ones were manufactured by Tamano AB.

Installation of blower. We hired professional people to do the job.

Axel checking the mounting of the frame.

Installation complete. Now only the electricity remains. We had professional help with that.

Everything mounted.

Now it is 2014 and after nine years it's time to power up. A huge job in front of us, make sure everything works and that it sounds like a Wurlitzer. Over the years I have discussed with Wurlitzer people around the world and they all seem to agree: "You absolutely need a separate Tibia trem". Our position was, let's leave it original, at least for the time being. We have here in Sweden several skilled organ builders but none knows how a theatre organ should sound like. During the restoration process I had been in contact with Len Rawle, MBE, and we asked him to come over and assist us.

Len Rawle, MBE

A lot of adjustments had to be done. One was of course tuning. For this we engaged an expert to do the work.
Magnus Blix at the console.

Here's an example how the organ sounds now. In the autumn of 2017 there was an organ festival in Stockholm. Simon Gledhill was invited to play a program on our Wurlitzer. Here is a short clip of the opening number: A well known fanfare followed by a couple of bars from "Hooray for Hollywood".