Darren New wrote:
> Michael Raiford wrote:
>> Wow... just .. wow :) Yeah, definitely dos not sound like an organ. 
>> More tantamount to a modern-day electronic keyboard, but the whole 
>> thing is physical. Amazing what can be done with pipes.
> 
> Then there are the (movie) "theatre organs", used for soundtracks before 
> film had sound.  They usually had keys for things like gunshots, 
> cymbals, snare drums, hoof beats, steam whistles, and so on.

...and then there's this Wurlitzer rendition:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G-JrgiWDgmI

Even though the recording quality is pathetic, you still get an 
impression of what an amazing instrument this is.

I still adore the sound of a plain old pipe organ though!

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>> To illustrate:
>>
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ02Lu8Zuzw
>>
> 
> Wow... just .. wow :) Yeah, definitely dos not sound like an organ. More 
> tantamount to a modern-day electronic keyboard, but the whole thing is 
> physical. Amazing what can be done with pipes.

Yeah. Isn't it just?

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Chambers wrote:
> Good job - seriously!

Thank you. :-)

Months of practise for multiple hours a day, every day, etc etc.

> By the way, I used to play the piano for my wife all the time when we
> first started going out.  You have no idea how many girls love a guy who
> can play :)  Unfortunately, there aren't many public places where you
> can just walk up to a keyboard and go to town on it - schools and
> churches seem to be the only ones.

O RLY?

So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?

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On 08-Nov-08 9:15, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> Good job - seriously!
> 
> Thank you. :-)
> 
> Months of practise for multiple hours a day, every day, etc etc.
> 
>> By the way, I used to play the piano for my wife all the time when we
>> first started going out.  You have no idea how many girls love a guy who
>> can play :)  Unfortunately, there aren't many public places where you
>> can just walk up to a keyboard and go to town on it - schools and
>> churches seem to be the only ones.
> 
> O RLY?
> 
> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
> 
Some do, everywhere, they are often referred to as 'groupies'.

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Even though the recording quality is pathetic, you still get an 
> impression of what an amazing instrument this is.

That's the best Vox Humana I've heard on a pipe organ.


Ah, this is the kind of thing I was talking about, altho this is 
obviously synthesized rather than a real pipe organ.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Gztizq_4U

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Darren New wrote:

> That's the best Vox Humana I've heard on a pipe organ.

Damned straight! o_O

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> Good job - seriously!
> 
> Thank you. :-)
> 
> Months of practise for multiple hours a day, every day, etc etc.
> 
>> By the way, I used to play the piano for my wife all the time when we
>> first started going out.  You have no idea how many girls love a guy who
>> can play :)  Unfortunately, there aren't many public places where you
>> can just walk up to a keyboard and go to town on it - schools and
>> churches seem to be the only ones.
> 
> O RLY?
> 
> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
> 

Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.

make sure it is real cold inside ;-)




Tom

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>> O RLY?
>>
>> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
>>
> 
> Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.
> 
> make sure it is real cold inside ;-)

That's an excellent idea.

Now, where the HELL am I going to find a girl? :-P

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Invisible wrote:
>>> O RLY?
>>>
>>> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
>>>
>>
>> Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.
>>
>> make sure it is real cold inside ;-)
> 
> That's an excellent idea.
> 
> Now, where the HELL am I going to find a girl? :-P


another idea....

keep playing and ( in movie voice inflection ) "they will come......"





Ok, it's hard to give the *movie voice* inflection with pure text.

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>> Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.
>> 
>> make sure it is real cold inside ;-)
> 
> That's an excellent idea.
> 
> Now, where the HELL am I going to find a girl? :-P

At a church.

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