Lucasorg
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Yes, I rather thought that might be the case with the 16' pedal reed! Would I be right to think the pedal reeds are rather effective down the nave too?
Glad to hear it's beginning to reveal its voice and you're liking what you hear! Best of luck with it and to Ken & Co. too!! Who's doing the tonal finishing?
Tom and Simon are doing the voicing, supported by most of the team in various ways, not least Ken himself.
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Here are today's photos, showing more of the pedal stops in place, as well as carved pendants on both sides and further stops awaiting placement on the soundboards.
All the pipes are now on site, mostly just awaiting rack-boards before fitting.
We spent some time today listening to the various choruses on the four manuals and making adjustments to the pressures in order to bring the whole organ into balance. It's a thrilling sound with some fabulous individual stops, combining to make a glorious whole. There's plenty of fine-tuning still to do, but the results so far are breath-taking.
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Yes, Adrian's photos are a marvellous documentation of an important event. I'm beginning to wish a TV crew had also been following this. I'm sure someone with flair could have made an interesting programme out of this for the general public. Howard Goddall perhaps?
I'm sorry I didn't have a video camera to hand...though it would have been much more difficult here with the organ cases on two sides...
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If you want to see a video of the erection of an organ
on a time-lasp video 
, have a look at these videos (if you dare)Have you tried this?
in our sister cathedral at Magdeburg...
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All looking good! The cases look like they're going to be very effective - the style of Dr. Arthur Hill springs immediately to mind. There'll be no hiding from those Pedal 16' and 32' reeds in the South Case in the Quire - they've got front row seats inside the organ! Is that 32' going to be full-length to the bottom?
Thanks for sharing the excellent photos - very interesting and your photographic skills inside organs are far better than mine! Your enthusiasm for the project is infectious!
Thanks, Colin,
The 32' reed is half length but has a splendid sound. The 16' reed I heard this afternoon for the first time "in anger" and it is quite the best of its kind I have ever heard. It balances the full Great chorus on its own with splendid clarity and precision.
The Great Flute chorus is also absolutely beautiful with plenty of colour and depth.
Then there are the strings on both the Choir and Swell which are absolutely to die for....
Wish you were here!
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More really great photos! Isn't technology wonderful, and to think that when this organ is finished, there will be a fantastic timeline of it from the very birth of the project, meticulously laid out for all to see.
Thank you very much!
Thank you - I really appreciate that!
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The latest set of photos shows the pedal starting to go in, including some of the big reeds, as well as finishing off the front pipes and completing the Great flues. Nearly there on the installation...just the voicing to go!
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And here are Friday's photos. All the flues are in on the Choir and Solo, and most on the Great and Swell. Great reeds and tuba sit grandly in place at the top of the North case.
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Marvellous photos, I'm sure it'll sound as magnificent as it looks, and thank you for taking the time and trouble.
You're most welcome!
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OK....but what's the magic chord on the piano....
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Someone has done this fairly recently in France - using the net etc. with 2nd console computer and 'sound' in one place and organ in another!
I wonder which of these (internet or H-J) would have the slower action....probably the internet....just!
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I do hope so....but I'm not usually dressed for surfing during the sermon....Does that mean the player can surf the web during the sermon?
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We are putting microphones in, but I'm not sure this is the idea we had in mind.....but.....!!!!You could set up some microphones in the cathedral and relay the sound back to the player across the Internet. It would all be very much in the spirit of Hope Jones, bearing in mind that photograph of him playing his instrument at (I think) Wallasey from outside the porch. -
This is actually possible....but I don't want to do myself out of a job...in any case the wireless signal at the console is terrible!So with an internet connection, it could be played from... anywhere!Squinius, abandon that Hauptwerk and hook up your console!
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Do I detect some irony here....????... or simply throw out the old lot and put something new in ....A
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You do yourself an injustice Pierre. Also....I suspect that with weights such as these on the reservoirs Howells et al from the 'Lucas Choir' will sound totally authentic!
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I suspect that the weights will give the whole instrument a special gravitas!
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Amusing to see that the ubiquitous ethernet and IPv4 are now very much at home in a modern pipe organ, with off-the-shelf components of limited lifespan taking their place among other custom-made parts which look built to last rather longer. How sensible; these parts are now so commoditised that one would no more struggle to replace them than one would a console light bulb.
I wonder if the inbuilt (and unavoidable) latencies of this action are noticeable from the console in terms of a delay in response? Or are they relatively insignificant compared to the inertia in the downstream EP actions?
I'm told (I think I have the figures right) that the time was about 7ms to transmit each packet across the system - I'll chase that up for exact figures! The actions are direct electric and extremely fast and responsive. I challenge you to play faster than that!
Talking with the staff from Musicom, there is a distinct move towards using a standard networking protocol (rather than reinvent the wheel) in order to promote longevity...all new designs have to be backwards compatible!
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I've always played the whole phrase a few times.
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'Good to see today's episode - as ever thanks. Nice also to read the name on the reservoir weights! 'Historic link with the past (along with those Vd'Os) which should help please any (if such exist) who still think the HJ (in any of its incarnations) should be still there!
We do our best!
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Today's photos show more pipes on the way in and signs of the electrical heart of the beast coming to life.
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I have used crossed figure eights just inside the choir at Durham, and mounted 12 ft up, very good stereo seperation and not overpowered when full organ is unleashed. But it was a pair of AKG 414 uls, hired for a special occasion .What about a Rhode NT4. Looking at the site that you provided the link to, there was a wealth of stereo microphones and at all prices, will just have to sell more meat and forgo a couple of trips to Paris, and I might treat myself
I got myself a pair of 414 XLSs last year from an ebay shop in California - ummmm!!!
I also have a Rode NT4, but while this is cheaper, it is at a fixed angle and has no pattern flexibility... Nice mic, nonetheless.... I often use it with a pair of Studio Projects B3s in omni setting as the basic choir cover for recordings. The B3s were my first mics and they are incredible value - a really good sound overall and very versatile.
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on a time-lasp video 
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Worcester Cathedral
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