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The Organ in photos thread

marval

marval

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This is the Organ st the Royal Albert Hall.


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Here is a quick tour.


http://www.matfrygbr.co.uk/rah_org.html
 
Contratrombone64

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
It would appear the pipes are upside down (or at least they've done that on purpose for the sake of design). Very attractive.
 
Contratrombone64

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Peter - wonderful photos on that website. Splendid looking instrument, does it have the all important "Pulpit eject" button??
 
jvhldb

jvhldb

New member
I envy you guys and girls with the nice toys.

For now I'll forego the "Pulpit eject" button, if I can have a "Monkey Mute" button for the screaming kids trying to climb the organ case.
 

peterharris449

New member
I am extremely lucky with my vicar, even though he is a organist himself of no mean ability. He leaves me well alone, is very encouraging and helpful. Also he has a maxim that if he cant get the message across in 10 minutes, its not worth getting across. !!!! Lucky me So no pulpit eject button needed.
 
Contratrombone64

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Fortunately, at CCSL, the priests there limit their sermons to five minutes (Fr. Adrian once said "we all have better things to be doing on a Sunday") it was funny at the time and in context the whole congregation fell about laughing, which happens occassionally
 
Corno Dolce

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Aloha GC,

Yeah, the Trier Cathedral organ is probably the most fantastic organ design by Klais in the 20th century. Btw, the organ was a *gift* to the Cathedral by the provincial State government where that Cathedral is located. Why? The reasons are many and diffuse. One would have to look into the history and culture of that province and other factors too numerous too mention. Anyway, whatever the case may be, rejoice that there is such an outstanding musico-cultural statement like that instrument. There are always lots of music programs going on there, sponsored by the Church and by the cultural authorities in that region. Here's a link - I trust you know your German:

http://www.trierer-orgelpunkt.de/index.html

Here are more clickable photos of the organ:

http://www.trierer-orgelpunkt.de/domorgel-trier-fotos.htm

Btw, I would be amiss if I did not share that the position of this organ was arrived at in a novel way: A goodly number of solo instruments were played in different parts of the Cathedral in order to find the acoustical *sweet spot*. The Cathedral has a history of a few different organs also in other positions. Since the Cathedral has had some major structural repairs done, some of the fastening points of previous organs have been lost. When the current instrument had been installed in the chosen *sweet spot*, a sensational discovery was made: The original placement of the very first organ was where the current instrument resides. So you see, the *ancients* also knew what they were doing acoustically. The Cathedral was first built before the Middle Ages and there have been successive add-on to the structure. One can see that the Cathedral is a mishmash of Romanesque and Gothic styles.

Sorry for being so long-winded on this topic.......

Cheerio,

CD :):):)
 
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musicalis

musicalis

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your organs

You are all very lucky, you have nice organs at your disposal.
When I was an organist, my church only had a small organ, one manual and no pedals. I do not remember exactly but I think they were about 12 stops.
I have no photos.
But, in my life I have played sometimes on very nice organs in France, and less often in Spain and England.
Now, I have at home several nice pipes organs, small and great,.... but all are virtual.
 
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