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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ
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> >>shudder<<
I like Wikipedia's assertion that "if Wanamaker hadn't died in ??? then
the organ would probably be even bigger". :-D
(The top manual doesn't have a corresponding division, so you have to
couple it to make it sound.)
I also love the way the manuals are tilted like that; it almost makes it
seem like it's to prevent the organist trying to escape from the console
or something!
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Orgel_der_Severikirche_in_Erfurt.jpg
I wonder... would my mum let me put this in my bedroom?
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Orgel_der_Severikirche_in_Erfurt.jpg
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> I wonder... would my mum let me put this in my bedroom?
Stephen
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Invisible wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ
I've seen and heard this. It's very cool.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ
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> I've seen and heard this. It's very cool.
Well, I've seen the picture. I doubt I'll ever hear it. ;-)
Still, there are plenty of neat organs in the UK. I especially remember
the one at the York Minster - although I'm told Ely has a famous one
too. And not forgetting the one at the Royal Albert Hall which kind of
set off this whole crazy train of events. ;-)
I doubt I'll ever play at the Royal Albert Hall, but this weekend I'll
hopefully be playing an small Victorian organ in a local village
church... (Hopefully *without* an audience!)
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Invisible wrote:
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Orgel_der_Severikirche_in_Erfurt.jpg
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> I wonder... would my mum let me put this in my bedroom?
No. That's why we tell you to go live on your own :D
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Invisible escreveu:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ
I guess that Vishnu is the one to play it? ;)
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Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
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>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ
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>> >>shudder<<
>
> I like Wikipedia's assertion that "if Wanamaker hadn't died in ??? then
> the organ would probably be even bigger". :-D
>
> (The top manual doesn't have a corresponding division, so you have to
> couple it to make it sound.)
>
> I also love the way the manuals are tilted like that; it almost makes it
> seem like it's to prevent the organist trying to escape from the console
> or something!
Actually, I'm quite fascinated by pipe organs. Just because they are so
big and seem so complex.
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Actually, I'm quite fascinated by pipe organs. Just because they are so
> big and seem so complex.
I spent a couple years renting a room in University from a guy who had a
disassembled pipe-organ in the house. He spent years trying to buy the
house so he could install it, but the owner wouldn't sell. In the mean
time, the place was, shall we say, crowded. Pretty much every level
place except for narrow passageways was full of pipes.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Actually, I'm quite fascinated by pipe organs. Just because they are so
> big and seem so complex.
I love the sound they make. It seems so powerful and majestic.
Also, there are some really good-looking organs out there. It's such a
huge, architectural machine. Many of them are ornately decorated. The
one in the Royal Albert Hall looks sort of like some bizare child's
plaything - except that it's *huge*! The pipes along the facade look
almost like toy tin whistles, but they're 4' diammeter! :-D
And of course, there's nothing like the sound of a 13 tonne pipe organ
to make ladies' handbags scurry across the floor in terror at the awesom
power of the 32' stop. >:-D Muhuhuh!
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