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AJJ

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  1. Here's mine - any comments? GREAT Enclosed Contra Gamba 16 Ex 8 Diapason 8 Harmonic Flute 8 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Gamba 8 Principal 4 Flute 4 Fifteenth 2 Mixture 1-1/3 IV Bass Clarinet 16 Ex 8 Clarinet 8 Tromba 8 Suboctave Tremulant SWELL Bourdon 16 Diapason 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Salicional 8 Celeste 8 Gemshorn 4 Flute 4 Flageolet 2 Echo Cornet 2-2/3 III Mixture 2 III-IV Posaune 16 Trumpet 8 Hautboy 8 Vox Humana 8 Clarion 4 Octave Suboctave Unison Off Tremulant Clarinet 8 Gt Tromba 8 Gt Octave Tromba 4 Ex 8 PEDAL Enclosed in both boxes Open Wood 16 Contra Gamba 16 Gt Sub Bass 16 Quint 10-2/3 Octave 8 Flute 8 Super Octave 4 Contra Posaune 32 Ex Sw Ophicleide 16 Posaune 16 Sw Trumpet 8 Ex 16 It's a 'big' organ for its number of stops but flexible. I quite like the idea of an enclosed Great - especially when near a choir or in a fairly dead acoustic - they seem to do this in the USA quite often but not over here. Electric or electro- pneumatic action of course! AJJ
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    While it is interesting sometimes to try and make a guess at who is commenting from their alias or the religious, philosophical, 'organalogical' or any other angle that they happen to be firing from at the time, on the whole I tend to agree with the above. But...I suppose... each to his/her own. (Are there any female contributors I wonder? - in this day and age it would be good if there were!) AJJ
  3. Could we also perhaps be able to judge for ourselves - where is this please? AJJ
  4. There is a recording of the Andriessen Toccata and his Aria (and other interesting pieces by Franck, Guilmant, Alain, Dupre, Saint Saens and Prokofiev/Guillou) 0n Festivo 6921652 - Klass Jan Mulder playing the CC at St. Sernin Toulouse - some amazing sounds! AJJ
  5. This all sounds a bit dire - I put 'Devon' in as an experiment just now and it all came up (on the new system) - perhaps it depends on what county one wants!! Seriously though - let's hope the powers that be at BIOS get the change over to Birmingham as smooth as possible. AJJ
  6. Schoenstein's 'electric-pneumatic' system in the USA seems to be well regarded amongst enthusiasts for the work of that company - I have not played one myself but Jack Bethards has some very persuasive ideas (both mechanically and tonally) and certainly amongst some players (students of Thomas Murray etc. especially) this action is felt to provide an effective and musical link between player and pipe. AJJ
  7. Sorry - 1st attempt at setting out the composition of the above stop was decidedly dodgy so I redid it - my submission is now corrected - not quick enough for M.Lauwers though!!. AJJ
  8. It might be interesting (in the context of the above) to hear the effect of the mixture shown below - on the newish Walt Disney Concert Hall organ by Rolsales/Glatter Goetz in LA - in the 'Bombarde' division. There is also a large quint mixture starting at 2-2/3 pitch. Note 1: 1-3/5, 1-1/3, 1-1/7, 1, 8/9 Note 15: 2, 1-3/5, 1-1/3, 1-1/7, 1, 8/9 Note 27: 2-2/3, 1-3/5, 1-1/3, 1-1/7, 1, 8/9 Note 43: 4, 2-2/3, 1-3/5, 1-1/3, 1-1/7, Note 47: 4, 2-2/3, 2, 1-3/5 Note 51: 8, 4, 2-2/3, 2 Note 61: 8, 4, 2-2/3, 2 The stop is actually called Compuestas and the IVth Manual on this instrument is titled Llamarada - terminology possibly to suite the Hispanic roots of city and builder. The 'write up' in The American Organist mag. (Jonathan Ambrosino) says that the stop gives 'clang and added richness' - there are also high pressure reeds and principals - all enclosed in what must surely be some sort of 'super swell' division. AJJ
  9. My former teacher used to play the Toccata - not easy but effective. 'Out of my league though! AJJ
  10. This should get you to the new NPOR set up: http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk AJJ ps See also the NPOR entry for St Thomas the Apostle, Lymington, Hants. for another example of the Brindley patent console arragements - there is a photo too. http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch...ec_index=N11407
  11. Paul Joslin (also the Historical Organs Certificate Coordinator for BIOS) is the man you want - he has done much research work on Gern - try contacting him via the BIOS website: http://www.duresme.org.uk/BIOS/hocs.htm At the bottom of the page are his details and an email link. Also - the NPOR will give you an interesting page-worth of Gern organs in the UK if you use the builder search facility. AJJ
  12. ''I remember hearing a spectacular recording made of this instrument in (I think) the late '60s or early '70s. It was part of a large English organ LP series, with one LP per organ. Beverley Minster was on one of those LPs. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the organist. But I do remember one stand-out track, I think it was a tocatta, possibly by Howells on "Von Himmel Hoch". Does anybody else remember this recording?'' Alan Spedding (currently still in charge of music at Beverley) was playing - the piece concerned is by Garth Edmundson. I still have a copy of the LP..somewhere.... but at present nothing to play it on! AJJ
  13. And Naji Hakim at Farnborough Abbey (CC/Mutin ?) on the following Sunday - 3.00pm - what's on Saturday? AJJ ps Could we persuade Mr Mander to run a 'Concerts' option? - there seem to be enough of us reading here.
  14. This looks to be a superb asset for St Peters and the IOF - just one thing - on the news section of the Mander website - should the Seventeenth read 1-3/5, are the Great couplers missing and is there possibly another 4' on the Swell in the St Peter's spec? AJJ
  15. [ At least one is - published by Banks of York in a volume of manuals only music edited by John Scott Whitely from York Minster. AJJ
  16. Where does this leave Blackburn then? AJJ
  17. We seem to have gone miles away from the cathedral music thread but the 1867 Vowles where I play is very much the same as the above - 8OD, 8Claribel, 8Dulc, 8VdiG, 4Princ, 4Flute, 2Fifteenth, 8Hautboy plus 16Pedal - all enclosed except OD and Bourdon. Amazingly versatile despite TC stops and odd pedal dimensions etc. - I would not change a thing and the church is about to pay for a restoration! Are we starting another line of discussion or do we need to get back to the point? AJJ
  18. Point taken - I agree here! AJJ
  19. It is one of the few organs that I have ever just sat down at ('visiting choir again - sometime ago now) drew the stops I hoped would work for some before the service music and found that they did! Having been in and out of St Albans now since the late 1960s either a member of the above visiting choir (from about as far south in the diocese as one can get) or because of a Godson as ex Head Chorister there (his father is still amongst the tenors) I can vouch for Mr Lucas' sentiments - in the right hands the H & H there can be a fantastically versatile and exciting musical instrument. Try visiting the Organ Festival to find out! AJJ
  20. The same could be said to occur at parish level where if I am not careful my Rector (whose musical taste is generally beyond reproach) could have me leaping up and down between the organ in the chancel and a keyboard at the head of the nave depending on the musical leanings of particular parts of the service. Anything that involves the 'auto rhythm backing' he plays himself however!! AJJ
  21. Interestingly one of the best recordings I have of Choral Evensong repertoire with some fantastic organ 'backing' in the psalms is on a CD called 'Show Yourself Joyful' recorded in St Pauls Church, K Street, Washington - the whole thing is directed by Jeffrey Smith (now at Grace Cathedral San Francisco) - the organ is a large 4 man. Schoenstein with much romantic voicing and the sort of multiple swell boxes one associates with this builder including 32' reeds under expression and real strings etc. The nearest thing over here is I suppose St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. AJJ
  22. The Lewis organs at Southwark Cathedral and Kelvingrove Gallery, Glasgow both exhibit this sort of diversity. The 32/16 Posaune and 16/8 Bombarde ranks on the Pedal at Southwark are especially fine on a lowish wind pressure. One can but imagine what Southwark might sound like on an open west or transept gallery! AJJ
  23. It sounded quite superb today on Choral Evensong - as did the choir. AJJ
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