And a good time was had by all.

[Dorsetmike]

But then you would have found out what sort of range (distance not frequency!) the recorder has and if it picks up sounds from further away and at what level.

[Krummhorn]

. . . I spent the morning listening to Lars (Krummhorn) playing the J. W. Walker organ in Wimborne Minster (photo in the pipe organ gallery) . . . he has made some recordings which he will post on the forum at some time in the future, when he returns home in September.

It sounds like a good time, I am glad Lars and Mike could meet up. I look forward to hearing Lars play.

Margaret

And so it is, as promised ... finally got around to offloading the recorded files from the H4 to my PC. A couple of pieces played at Wimborne:

1. Air, by Gordon Young
2. Fountain Reverie, Percy Fletcher

[wljmrbill]

It is 12:30 am.. and what a nice selection to listen to to get ready for rest. Very nicely done and the organ sounds great. Love the Fountain Reverie( never heard this piece before as well a 1000 others too). You can almost hear the water falling and such a etherial melodic line. Thanks Lars.

[Dorsetmike]

Second time around for me, but just as enjoyable!

[teddy]

Thank you Lars. I am sorry I do not know enough to add any technical comments but I found it most enjoyable. I look forward to hearing some more from you.

teddy

[Krummhorn]

It is 12:30 am.. and what a nice selection to listen to to get ready for rest. Very nicely done and the organ sounds great. Love the Fountain Reverie( never heard this piece before as well a 1000 others too). You can almost hear the water falling and such a etherial melodic line. Thanks Lars.

Thanks, Bill ... I first heard that piece played by the late Frank Asper playing it on the Mormon Tab organ. It's seldom used in concerts.

Second time around for me, but just as enjoyable!

But ... you heard it "live" the first time, as well as a few visitors in the church that day, too.

Thank you Lars. I am sorry I do not know enough to add any technical comments but I found it most enjoyable. I look forward to hearing some more from you. teddy

Thanks, teddy ... the only technical part is mastering the "fountain", which is played by the right hand in the first and last sections (16th notes).

For contrast, here's that same piece played on the Frobenius (tracker) organ at Jørlunde Kirke (Denmark) from the recording of my concert there on Sept 2, 2010. This is a "live" recording, so there are 'people noises' in the background. The same recorder (my personal Zoom H4) was used for both recordings.

[marval]

Thank you Lars, lovely music expertly played.


Margaret

[wljmrbill]

I agree with the audience Lars. ( 2nd rendition). Like the registrations and the sound of the organ. nice full resonance sound on even the softer registration. Thanks.. addded this one also to my playlist.

[Soubasse]

Very nice indeed there Lars. I've only played one Frobenius but still recall what a lovely instrument it was. Were you using a tremulant in the middle "vox celeste" bit or is it just a very "widely" tuned one? It sounds different at the end which is what made me think so. (Isn't it amazing that the loudest audience noises always seem to occur in the quietest parts of the piece?! That crash in the middle section made me jump!)

I always find it an interesting exercise to compare the same piece on different instruments, especially quieter pieces with fairly specific registrations.

[Krummhorn]

Very nice indeed there Lars. I've only played one Frobenius but still recall what a lovely instrument it was. Were you using a tremulant in the middle "vox celeste" bit or is it just a very "widely" tuned one? It sounds different at the end which is what made me think so.

The registration you allude to indeed employed the celeste rank. The actual registration used with the trem was as follows:

• Vox Angelica 8'
• Gemshorn 4'
• Schweizerfløjte 2'

The rest was on the Vox Angelica 8' alone without the trem.

The solo stop combination was the Principal 8' and the Tectus 8'.

Interestingly, this particular organ has a fully adjustable tremulant ... both the speed and amplitude can be easily adjusted by the organist, however this must be done before a concert or church service. I had initially adjusted it for another piece in which I used the Obo 8' on the Swell as a solo stop.

Isn't it amazing that the loudest audience noises always seem to occur in the quietest parts of the piece?! That crash in the middle section made me jump!

You know, quite truthfully I don't know what that noise was ... in fact, I didn't notice it until I heard it in the recording after getting home. Or maybe I heard it and was able to ignore the distraction ... after almost 50 years on the bench, noises like that never bother me when I am when playing.

I find it an interesting exercise to compare the same piece on different instruments, especially quieter pieces with fairly specific registrations.

Indeed ... from an organist standpoint, it's equally as interesting to play the same piece in different environments too.

[Soubasse]

You know, quite truthfully I don't know what that noise was ... in fact, I didn't notice it until I heard it in the recording after getting home. Or maybe I heard it and was able to ignore the distraction ... after almost 50 years on the bench, noises like that never bother me when I am when playing.

Aye, I'm with you there. It's extraordinary what one can zone out whilst playing and you don't realise until listening back to it afterwards. I suspect there'll be plenty of others here who are blithely accustomed to many a distraction. These days for example, I just roll my eyes when emergency vehicle (with sirens) come blaring by during a morning mass (our cathedral is a few hundred metres down the road from the Fire Dept. Frankly, I think they often wait until it's just after 9 on a Sunday morning and then go for a test run - there can't always be that many emergencies at the same time on a Sunday morning ... can there??)

Indeed ... from an organist standpoint, it's equally as interesting to play the same piece in different environments too.

The first time I ever played Franck Choral III, was on a modest 2-manual instrument in a quite dry acoustic. When I finally got to play it on a sizeable 3-manual in an equally sizeable acoustic, it was so much fun not to have to play some parts so "over" legato!

[Contratrombone64]

I think the Fire Department have absolutely no idea what goes on inside a church to be honest Matt ... maybe you could evangelise to them? ;-)

[Soubasse]

Evangelise?? ME???!!!

[Corno Dolce]

Krummhorn..."After 50 years on the bench"...What??? Are you also a Judge in chambers? a Law degree even???