dll927
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I have often noticed that many European, especially German, organs have pistons only under the first manual. On the other hand, American consoles have them all over the place under every manual. Is there some explanation for the difference?
There seem to be different systems for setting pistons. I've (on TV) seen European consoles that seem to have a series of buttons or controls of some type by each stop, making me wonder how that works. Obviously, I'm talking about electric-action consoles, not Cavaille-Colls!!
One other question: A lot of five-manual consoles seem to have TWO rows of couplers above the fifth manual, and it seems to happen only with 'fives'. That seems like an awful lot of couplers, or are some of them for another purpose? (As you may guess, I've never played a five-manual.)
There seem to be different systems for setting pistons. I've (on TV) seen European consoles that seem to have a series of buttons or controls of some type by each stop, making me wonder how that works. Obviously, I'm talking about electric-action consoles, not Cavaille-Colls!!
One other question: A lot of five-manual consoles seem to have TWO rows of couplers above the fifth manual, and it seems to happen only with 'fives'. That seems like an awful lot of couplers, or are some of them for another purpose? (As you may guess, I've never played a five-manual.)