goodwill67
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Hello All:
I hope it is OK for me to ask this question. I don't post here often but I suspect this is the best place to ask a question. My main training is as a pianist. I have studied organ but not as in depth as many on this forum. My knowledge of registration is not as solid as I would like it to be. I have recently accepted a position as an organist in a church that has been seeking to fill the position for some time without success. The organ is a 1930 Austin with 3 manuals. I was quite surprised to discover that this instrument has no mixtures or two foot stops. I have never encountered this before. My first concern upon realizing this was how I was going to create registrations of much color and variety. The instrument does have three very prominent reeds which include a trompette, a cornopean and a clarinet. There are also more strings than I recall in other organs I have played as well a more 16 foot stops than I have seen before. I have decided to launch into some serious research into registration which is something I feel I should be better versed in. In the mean time I wonder if someone could tell me if this absence of mixtures and 2 foot stops in perhaps typical of a particular type of instrument or time period. It strikes me as being on the Romantic side in some respects based on my presently limited knowledge. I also wonder if anyone can suggest a good book on the subject of registration. Any advice would be most welcome. I am sorry I am not better versed in this. Thank you so much.
I hope it is OK for me to ask this question. I don't post here often but I suspect this is the best place to ask a question. My main training is as a pianist. I have studied organ but not as in depth as many on this forum. My knowledge of registration is not as solid as I would like it to be. I have recently accepted a position as an organist in a church that has been seeking to fill the position for some time without success. The organ is a 1930 Austin with 3 manuals. I was quite surprised to discover that this instrument has no mixtures or two foot stops. I have never encountered this before. My first concern upon realizing this was how I was going to create registrations of much color and variety. The instrument does have three very prominent reeds which include a trompette, a cornopean and a clarinet. There are also more strings than I recall in other organs I have played as well a more 16 foot stops than I have seen before. I have decided to launch into some serious research into registration which is something I feel I should be better versed in. In the mean time I wonder if someone could tell me if this absence of mixtures and 2 foot stops in perhaps typical of a particular type of instrument or time period. It strikes me as being on the Romantic side in some respects based on my presently limited knowledge. I also wonder if anyone can suggest a good book on the subject of registration. Any advice would be most welcome. I am sorry I am not better versed in this. Thank you so much.