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Ally Pally Organ ...
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Contratrombone64
Admiral of Fugues
QFE - sadly it would appear that this organ is in need of a big funding injection to get it restored to its former glory. I note that about half of its pipes not working, sad indeed.
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
A great organ and a fascinating story behind it !
Thanks for the link.
I just wish we had in Athens a place like that....
Soubasse
New member
What a wonderfully informative site, I never realised the place was plagued by fire twice - dreadful! I always recall the episode of the Organ Works series by Howard Goodall when the A/B test was done between in Ally Pally between the Willis and a digital organ. What stood out for me (apart from the fact that the reeds were out of tune on the Willis and that this was not picked up by a panel of alleged music students!), was the bottom end. Even through the TV speakers, the Willis's pedal ranks had far more presence than the digital's sub-woofers. It's still curious to me that air being pushed by a speaker cone is no match for air being pushed by natural means, but I'll not question it too much as there's nothing better than the wind passing through the mouth of a well-voiced pipe.
dll927
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About those six organists doing a concert --
There is a story that Tchaikovski's second piano concerto is less often performed than the first because too many egotistical pianists won't share the limelight in the second movement. Other than that, the second is as much a romp as the first.
If six are going to share the limelight, the console better have lots of those new-fangled "memory levels" on the pistons. Otherwise, you may have a war instead of a concert. And how long is the program going to last???
There is a story that Tchaikovski's second piano concerto is less often performed than the first because too many egotistical pianists won't share the limelight in the second movement. Other than that, the second is as much a romp as the first.
If six are going to share the limelight, the console better have lots of those new-fangled "memory levels" on the pistons. Otherwise, you may have a war instead of a concert. And how long is the program going to last???
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
A good one dll ! I wonder the same thing...Imagine a war instead of a beautiful concert ! This EGO thing ruins a lot....
Contratrombone64
Admiral of Fugues
I stand firmly by my organ mentor's wise words: "it is a false economy to put a "blashphemy box" into a church to save cost from installing a proper pipe organ".
A well made pipe organ will last decades and decades with minimal maintenance so long as it is housed adequately. A digital organ, and this has been my experience, becomes redundant technology just a few years after its release.
A well made pipe organ will last decades and decades with minimal maintenance so long as it is housed adequately. A digital organ, and this has been my experience, becomes redundant technology just a few years after its release.
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
Yes David, I agree. Every church has to got a real pipe organ, even if it's the smallest one ! Let's say a 5 stop one manual/ped.
Technology changes in some months, turning the gear you just got with joy, nearly obsolete !
Digital Organs are good antidotes and of course good tools for practicing at home and get a good taste of pipe organ enjoyment.
But I did some very good recordings with some great HW3 , GrandOrgue and jOrgan sets...so we can say that playin' a digital/VPO is like listening a pipe organ from a CD?
Technology changes in some months, turning the gear you just got with joy, nearly obsolete !
Digital Organs are good antidotes and of course good tools for practicing at home and get a good taste of pipe organ enjoyment.
But I did some very good recordings with some great HW3 , GrandOrgue and jOrgan sets...so we can say that playin' a digital/VPO is like listening a pipe organ from a CD?