What sort of registration should I use for the BWV565

[Bombard]

On my Grandads little organ I can't seem to deside what sort of registration to use for the Toccata on BWV565. Here are the stops that are found on it;


Upper manual; 16' flute 16' horn 16' cello
8' flute 16' trombone 8' strings
4' flute 8' trumpet


Lower manual; 8' diapason 8' horn
8' melodia 8' viola.



Thats it folks, thats te show. pretty small hey, but its ever so cutte.

[dll927]

You don't mention anything about a pedalboard. If it's one of those with one octave of pedals, you're out of luck for 565, or for that matter, much of anything else.

That upper manual looks a bit over-loaded with 16'. I'd suggest using this to practice notes (senza pedale) until you can graduate to something with a few more resources.

[Bombard]

I understand the surcumstances, however, Never mind the facts and just try to hepl me out. The pedals are all token care of so you don't have to worry about that.

[dll927]

Most likely, you're best off to stick to the diapasons and flutes. (Melodia is a flute stop). Organs of Bach's day didn't have much or anything in the way of strings. But I still say that you are mainly using it to practice the notes, so with such few resources, I don't think the speciic choosings really matter much.

[Krummhorn]

. . . But I still say that you are mainly using it to practice the notes, so with such few resources, I don't think the specific choosing's really matter much.

I concur with that completely. The late Virgil Fox once told me that there were instances, while on tour, his only option for practicing was on a small home spinet organ ... it was the rehearsing of the notes that mattered the most, the repetition of the fingers, not the organs tonal resources or lack thereof. I rehearse lots of organ music on my piano at home, sans the pedal.

Bombard,
Can you five us a little history on this organ, like its builder or age?

[Bombard]

There isn't really any history at all, infact its my grandfathers organ, and it is electronic almost 20 years old. He's had it for a long time. I like to play on it when i visit him in England.

You can call me Andrew, hence its my real name.

[Krummhorn]

There isn't really any history at all, infact its my grandfathers organ, and it is electronic almost 20 years old. He's had it for a long time. I like to play on it when i visit him in England.

You can call me Andrew, hence its my real name.

Thank you, Andrew.

Do you know which electronic brand it is?

[Bombard]

Sorry, no clue.

[wljmrbill]

Interesting.. I would leave the 16' out or only one for sure otherwise too muddy a sound. IN these circumstances You can always move c1 to c2 and start. That will help remove the muddy sound somewhat: but may throw you off for later performances . Be nice to hear it played out of curiousity. Good luck