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Hello Dave, one slight correction: The text says, that in 1904 they thought of rebuilding the organ with two manuals. It was still a one-manual organ. Probably a misprint. Elsewhere the text says not Karl Mauracher but Franz Mauracher for the rebuilt in 1904.Please note that there are some organ builders named Mauracher. Probably the best known was Matthäus Mauracher. Cheers tiratutti PS: I found another organ where Karl Mauracher was involved: in 1831 he refurbished the organ of the university church at Salzburg.

Hello, you will find some information about the organ at the site of the Pfarre Oberndorf: http://www.pfarreoberndorf.at/ Check out the following link concerning the organs of Oberndorf: http://www.pfarreoberndorf.at/upload/oOrgeln.html The whole city was moved because of high water damage in 1899. A new church was built in 1906 and the old organ disappeared. Cheers tiratutti

Hello, once more my standard dealer in Germany (http://www.bodensee-musikversand.de) has one in stock. It is published by Herman Zengerink Muziekuitgeverij, Utrecht. Cheers tiratutti

Hello, you will find it in the book "Eight Organ Voluntaries on Familiar Hymn Tunes" by Gordon Young. My standard dealer in Germany (http://www.bodensee-musikversand.de) has one in stock. Cheers tiratutti

Hello, the Novello edition of "Hymn to the Stars" from "Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance" gives A natural at bar 3, third quarter. Cheers tiratutti

Please notice, that the theme of this lovely fugue is the beginning of the chorale "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" or "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" (Passion Chorale, "O sacred head"). Reduce the theme to half notes, take away the ornaments and you see it. So I play it at passiontide, with a nice 8' or 8' + 4' registration without a change. Cheers tiratutti

Hello, it has the number 635 in the Saint Cecilia Series. Cheers tiratutti

Hello, In the organ catalogue of OUP from 1967 there are three pieces of Richard Hall: Intermezzo Nocturne Pastorale du Nord Cheers tiratutti

I bought it in 1997. Copyright is 1990. Spiral binding, 184 pages, price 34 DM (~17€). It contains Arioso Chorale Prelude on "Palisades" Fanfare Interlude Madrigal Meditation on "Picardy" Meditaton on "St. Vincent" Postludium on "Benedictus Es, Domine" Praeludium on "Benedictus Sit Deus Pater" Prelude on "Land of Rest" Prelude on "Malabar" Prelude on "Sine Nomine" Requiescat in Pace The Snow Lay on the Ground Suite for Organ (Chorale and Fugue, Fantasy for Flute Stops, Air with Variations, March) Toccata Whimsical Variations Cheers tiratutti

Hi, H.W.Gray published this Toccata in "Selected Organ Works by Leo Sowerby, compiled and edited by Dale Tucker". Hope it helps. Cheers tiratutti

No idea about the instrument, but the hymn is Krzyzu swiety, nade wszystko, latin Crux fidels, in german O Du hochheilig Kreuze. The polish hymn book Spiewnik Koscielny (Singing Church) has it under the number 117 with 16 verses. So I'm waiting for another 14 improvisations to make a guess about the organ. Cheers tiratutti

In 2008 a new book called "Orgelregister, ihre Namen und ihre Geschichte" (organ stops, their names and their history) appeared in Germany. The author is Dr. Roland Eberlein. The book contains 760 pages full of informations about organ stops. Looking at the entry "Unda maris" you will find that Casparini built a stop Onda maris for St. Peter and Paul Görlitz in 1697-1703. Older stops are from Italy, called Piffaro and out of the 16th century. Cheers tiratutti

Also not really comical but a nice piece is A joyous Christmas arranged by John Leavitt, published by H.W.Gray in the Saint Cecilia Series. Cheers tiratutti

The following picture shows the Clairon 4' of my organ, the resonators of double length. The highest Octave (gis'' to g''') is made with labial pipes. You did not hear a difference. Cheers tiratutti

At Freiburg Minster, which is in fact a cathedral, Barbara Kolberg is minster organist and plays day in and day out. Cheers, tiratutti

Ok, Tarragona. Look at the website of Verschueren Orgelbouw and you will find, that this Dutch company builds the new organ of Tarragona cathedral. Cheers, tiratutti

One source of the Peraza is the book "Organa Hispanica Heft 5: Neun Tientos de medio registro" from the Süddeutscher Musikverlag, now distributed by Bärenreiter. You will find it at the website of Bärenreiter making a full text search with the edition number SM2235. Cheers, tiratutti

Hello, I'm not sure about the word Taragonna, but if you have referred to Saragossa, then you will find appropriate information about the organ at Klais' website. There the city is named Zaragoza. Cheers tiratutti

Hello, my first post In 1988 Nigel Allcoat played at Freiburg Münster. I was one of those sitting on the floor and listening to the player. The Improvisation was over Regina coeli and Salve Regina. A really nice reminiscence. Cheers tiratutti PS: My native language is german, so please excuse the errors.