wljmrbill
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJLK_eEcZ9s
footnotes:Has anyone noted that there is an organ playing witht he strings and such. Now take a look at the organ console - No one is there. Imagine building an organ with two console, one is electric. So why did anyone waste time building a tracker organ if it is played with pull down magnets? 2 years ago
newtrinitybaroque (uploader) Indeed the organ behind is a tracker organ, but the organ that is played is a [pipe] chamber organ built by Robin Jennings who also built "Bach Organ" for John Eliot Gardiner and two chamber organs for Robert King (of The King's Consort). The small organ was used here because we perform at Baroque pitch A=415 Hz, which is 1/2 step lower than today's modern pitch. The big organ behind is built to play at 440 Hz, and it would be difficult to play it 1/2 step lower. 2 years ago
footnotes:Has anyone noted that there is an organ playing witht he strings and such. Now take a look at the organ console - No one is there. Imagine building an organ with two console, one is electric. So why did anyone waste time building a tracker organ if it is played with pull down magnets? 2 years ago
newtrinitybaroque (uploader) Indeed the organ behind is a tracker organ, but the organ that is played is a [pipe] chamber organ built by Robin Jennings who also built "Bach Organ" for John Eliot Gardiner and two chamber organs for Robert King (of The King's Consort). The small organ was used here because we perform at Baroque pitch A=415 Hz, which is 1/2 step lower than today's modern pitch. The big organ behind is built to play at 440 Hz, and it would be difficult to play it 1/2 step lower. 2 years ago