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>> This is actually pretty normal with pipe organs.

not when you are the player

>
> I've never had the opportunity to play one - as you can probably 
> imagine...

I didn't either (my father does weekly though) but I had the opportunity to 
record a handfull of them
>
> [I do have something of a fascination with them though. Still, it's not 
> something you can learn easily. They are rare instruments. And they're 
> LOUD!]

Strangely they are not so loud unless you unleash the whole set of pipes. 
They give a powerful impression because of the richness of the harmonics 
combination and the reverberation of the hall/church but the level barely 
reaches 100dB. I had to record together an organ and a bombard (kind of 
Breton traditionnal oboe) played by a single (good) player with his own 
lungs and the organ was sometimes overwhelmed by the bombard.

Marc

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