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Declan Curran

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    Dear All,

    What is the best solution for cleaning old grungy metal pipes, soap & water, alcohol ?

     

    Also, pronunciation of GEMSHORN. Is it JEM as in precious gems or GEM as in a game of rugby. I have heard both

     

     

     

    Regards,

    Chauncey

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    Dears,

    I have absolutely no problem with a member promoting his/her website as long as the intention is altruistic rather than commercial.

    We should welcome the efforts of those who have a desire to communicate their love of the instrument and its music.

    With the economy as it is, and the inroads that electronic-midi instruments are making, we as pipe organ lovers and the pipe organ builders as an industry should welcome the efforts of individuals who wish to share their passion via the net.

    I am a member of the OHS ( US Organ Historical Society) and the greatest challenge being faced here in the US is attracting the next generation, a generation who as future church goers will say Yea or Nea to the purchase of a new pipe organ or the restoration of their current instrument.

    I am the proud father of a 14 year old who thinks organ music is for old farts.

    If one individual, like David, can ignite a spark of interest when a casual web surfer (think teenagers) stumbles upon his site then the more the merrier.

     

    If other members or the hosts of this forum feel differently please say so.

    Perhaps a separate category could be established - e.g. "General Discussion", "The Organ and its Music", "Member Websites"

     

     

    Regards,

    Chauncey

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    Greeting !

    I recently purchased Organ Works from 23 British Instruments - Recorded in the 1960's (downloaded as MP3s off a UK site as I could not find a copy here in the US )

    Unfortunately, as I have no CD jacket (or whatever they call it) I have no idea which track is which instrument.

     

    Can anyone help

     

    Well, I guess I can answer my own post

    http://www.priory.org.uk/cgi-bin/zone1stor...Tv&next=170

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    What cathedral organist would be willing to be constrained by the limitations of such an instrument? No 32 foot reed, no tuba, no setter, 56 note manuals, no detached nave section.

     

    How about the unemployed cathedral organist !

     

    If the parishoners of Sheffield are gracious enough to accept the financial constraints associated with the purchase, refurbishment and re-erection of this historic instrument I can hardly fault them if they are really not that interested in what constraints it may put on a cathedral organist, especially as his/her signature will not be found anywhere on the bank loan.

     

     

     

    Chauncey

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    ....And it is noteworthy, that this system is already partially

    an electropneumatic one !

     

    Pierre

     

    Pierre,

    Yes indeed ! this is certainly a surprise to me. In fact it seems more electro than tubular. If I understand it correctly the valve in Figure 2 and the pneumatic motor in Figure 1 could be mounted very close to each other therefore the length of pipe a connecting these two devices could be very short indeed, i.e. the pipe a did not run from the pneumatic motor back to a valve mechanism mounted directly behind the keyboard as in many conventional T.P. designs (often resulting in varying and excessive pipe lengths with one or more elbows, all causing varying degrees of pressure drop and therefore response time), rather this distance between the pneumatic motor and the keyboard was mostly covered by wire (from keyboard to the to the electro-magnets in Figure 2).

    Am I correct ?

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