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Invisible wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>
>> 2 manuals and 1 peddleboard.
>
> Typical for a small organ.
>
>> Peddleboard: 30 keys, C0 - F1, straight concave, wood, mechanical action.
>
> Concave = the peddles in the middle are lower than the peddles at the
> edges. The alternative is for all peddles to be the same height.
>
> Straight = the peddles are parallel to each other. The alternative is
> "radial", meaning the peddles radiate out around the stool.
>
>> Peddle division:
>> Bordon 16'
>
> Small organs typically have very few peddle stops. If there is only one,
> it is almost always a Bordon.
>
>> Great division:
>> Open Diapason 8'
>> Stopped Diapason 8'
>
> These are your basic organ stops. Sounds rather flute-like. The stopped
> diapason sounds quieter and more muffled, but otherwise similar to the
> open diapason. These are both 8' (i.e., normal pitch) stops.
>
>> Dulciana 8' (incomplete rank)
>
> A rather pleasent, quiet stop, with a mellow tone. Sounds almost
> "distant". It is "incomplete" in that there are no pipes for the bottom
> octave.
>
>> Principal 4'
>> Flute 4' (incomplete rank)
>> Fifteenth 2'
>
> These sound more or less like diapasons, but higher-pitched. Use them on
> their own, or mixed in with an 8' stop just to add more trebble.
>
>> Swell division (enclosed):
>> Double Diapason 16' (incomplete rank)
>
> Double as in double length. (This is a 16' stop.)
>
>> Horn Diapason 8' (incomplete rank)
>
> I'm not fond of this one. Sounds a bit like a fog horn.
>
>> Lieblich Gedact 8'
>
> Ask Florian how the **** you pronounce that. (It seems to be roughly
> "YEE-blihh deDAAkt".) It has a lovely flute-like tone, soft and
> delicate. Works best for melodies rather than chords.
>
>> Principal 4'
>> Full Mixture III
>
> Again, use these to flesh out the sound. Personally I don't like the
> Mixture stop very much.
>
>> Cornopean 8'
>
> The only reed rank on the organ. (The others are all flue pipes.)
> Produces an irritating trumpet-like sound.
>
>> Tremelo (sic.)
>
> Pull this and the organ makes a thunderous noise like an unbalanced
> washing machine! o_O Makes all the ranks sound like they've been put
> through a Leslie speaker. (It modulates the air pressure.)
>
>> Couplers:
>> Swell to Peddle
>> Swell to Great
>> Great to Peddle
>
> As demonstrated, this causes a second set of keys to move when you press
> the first set. (Also makes the keys correspondingly heavier! And more
> prone to jamming on this tired old organ.) On modern electric organs,
> this would just make an extra rank speak without actually moving the
> keys. I kinda like the graphic demonstration of what it does though!
Thanks for that :) an interesting read. So, this is a pretty typical
organ, then?
--
~Mike
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