Updating of Pipe Organ Resources

[Contratrombone64]

jerzy - if you look at this website you'll see a photo of the organ at my church:

http://www.sydneyorgan.com/CCSL.html

[Krummhorn]

Beautiful looking sanctuary, CT. I bet the acoustics are quite grand also.

So, where does the choir sit/stand when doing anthems? Seems like it would require an assistant to watch the director and transmit the same direction to the organist.

[methodistgirl]

Thanks... my grammas is also not too good, so don't worry ;-)
The organ You've seen is not in "my" church. My friend needs help in "his" church sometimes. You can read more here: http://www.organy.art.pl/instrumenty.php?instr_id=881
I may try to translate it a little if you want.
BTW. do you have any picture of your organ?

Yes I do! Look at the avatar under my name of the methodist church
I go to and look up my profile!
judy tooley

[quasimodo1]

Being a new member, forgive the intrusion into your conversation. Basically, I'm interested in sources relating to Mr. Bach's Tocatta Fuge. Any links or references would be appreciated.

[Krummhorn]

Hi quasimodo1 ... and Welcome to MIMF

Ask and you shall receive ... check out this internal thread of the site owner, Sir Frederik Magle, playing the Bach Toccata & Fugue an famous organ.

[Dorsetmike]

I've now added two UK organ stop lists to the Magle Wiki, Wimborne Minster and Salisbury Cathedral

http://wiki.magle.dk/index.php/Categ...and_Stop_Lists

I'd appreciate some feedback, like too much or not enough information, format, any other links you know of for the ones already done and possible links to others which can be added.

Hopefully found a couple more to process, Great Malvern Abbey and possibly Christchurch Priory. I had a trawl round the net for details of organs in larger, older towns in my area, you would think organ was a dirty word, hardly any mentions and so far only one possible specification. Winchester Cathedral for example, very old, but next to no detail on the organ, apart from a claim that it is a good one, a Father Willis built originally for the great Exhibition in 1851 but no specification.

Cheers MIKE

[Corno Dolce]

Oh my goodness - I missed quasimodo1 - Drats.......

Well, better late than never---

Welcome Aboard Quasimodo1 - Please do make yourself feel right at home and stay for a spell as this form is highly addictive.

Aloha Mike,

Have you visited the following site?: http://www.die-orgelseite.de/index_e.html

There is a stoplist of the Winchester Cathedral Organ. The site mentions that 17 *new stops* were added to the Willis machine by two other firms. Willis himself had added two tuba stops to the original scheme.

Cheerio,

CD

[Dorsetmike]

Hi CD, I visited the site you linked, the man wants lots of money for access to his database, however in the links on his site I found

http://www.npor.org.uk/xnpor_search_keyword.shtml

As an example of the information available enter "winchester cathedral" in the search box then click "submit"

To see the specification and other information at a particular survey date, click on the "See details of .........."

A massive list of just about every UK pipe organ, just enter a town or church name if known and it gives specifications, history, some photos and sometimes comments, one which caught my eye for a small village church was

Effective little organ but dominated by Open Diapason

In view of the amount of information (28000 organs) plus copyright considerations would it be better to provide a link (or links) to the site and it's search facility along with a few instructions on how best to use it for what you want?

I will add links for the two organs I have entered on the Wiki so far.

[Krummhorn]

. . . In view of the amount of information (28000 organs) plus copyright considerations would it be better to provide a link (or links) to the site and it's search facility along with a few instructions on how best to use it for what you want?

Yes, it would be best for everyone concerned. Thanks for asking

I will add links for the two organs I have entered on the Wiki so far.

Thanks! Nice to make use of this great internal resource.
Now, if the wiki would accept PDF files I could put up CT64's contributions there also. We're working on that ...

[Dorsetmike]

Links to NPOR page added to Magle Wiki

http://wiki.magle.dk/index.php/LINKS...TER_%28NPOR%29

Go searching, have fun!!


cheers MIKE