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Hand-operated Devices For Moving Swell Shades
Andrew Butler replied to Brian Childs's topic in Nuts and bolts
I'm sure there is a village organ somewhere in Norfolk with shutters operated by hand lever..... -
Hand-operated Devices For Moving Swell Shades
Andrew Butler replied to Brian Childs's topic in Nuts and bolts
http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=E00594 - This has manually operated shutters to the GREAT to adjust sound in the gallery.... -
Hand-operated Devices For Moving Swell Shades
Andrew Butler replied to Brian Childs's topic in Nuts and bolts
Yes - I've heard of this. Can't remember where though. -
Apologies - I was mistaken about the spelling. I was thinking of someone else It is Richard Cock!
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On paper, I would say that there are more accompanimental possibilities than with the existing instrument, which only has an 8' flute as the only unison flue on the Swell - although it does have 16 & 8 reeds. Time will tell.
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I played for a wedding at a nearby church (not my own) the other week. The choir of three were conducted in "All things b & b", "Sing Hosanna" and "One more step"
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Some of Ken Tickell's smaller instruments have a 12-17 Cornet as the only Swell mixture. I wonder if these are intended for chorus use?
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I remember an evensong at Chichester in the mid-late 70s with Richard Kok (sic) playing, no sign of John Birch, lay clerks conducting, and excellent performances of (albeit sraightforward) repertoire. If I remember correctly Wood No 2 in Eb and Holst "Turn back, O man"
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I have discussed this today with Barry Rose to see if he remembered anything. He thinks that Christopher Dearnley had some sort of mock-up of the stop jambs in his house, but not a full console. Interestingly though, when i asked the question on my Facebook page, a non-musical friend recalls seeing a documentary years ago about St Pauls and remembers something about a mock-up!
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Apologies - John Mander has advised me that my assertion is total rubbish - although there are apparently old consoles from previous incarnations stored in the triforium. I must have got the story from somewhere though!
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Could be - although I thought it was Amen Court. Can John Mander comment?
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I'm still waiting for someone to confirm I'm not dreaming here, but I think it was just a dummy to allow practice of registration changes, and familiarity with the (then) new console
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if I am correct, I think it dates from the first Mander rebuild. can't remember how i heard about it but i don't think I'm dreaming....... Anyone......?
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I don't know if it still exists, but did there not used to be a mock-up of the St Paul's console in the organist's house? Does that count?!
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Thaxted Parish Church - three organs?
Andrew Butler replied to OmegaConsort's topic in General discussion
Sorry - posting in a hurry and got mixed up. I knew that! -
Thaxted Parish Church - three organs?
Andrew Butler replied to OmegaConsort's topic in General discussion
Makin Organs' website's "Installations" section mentions a 42 stop 3 manual for "Thaxted Festival Foundation" (from memory - I haven't checked) Could this be it? i visited Thaxted in the early 1990s and the west end Arnold instrument appeared to be in regular use then. The England didn't look as though it was in use - was it playable at that time? -
Electronic substitute in a Cathedral ?
Andrew Butler replied to Dr Nigel H Day's topic in General discussion
The Yates instrument (2 manual, totally enclosed with extensions) at Ulcombe, Kent, is a beautifully constructed and reliable instrument. Specification and lack of inter-manual coupler take a bit of getting used to, but it is a very effective organ. -
Electronic substitute in a Cathedral ?
Andrew Butler replied to Dr Nigel H Day's topic in General discussion
Apologies for being slightly tangential here, but was Percy Beard related to GWB? I played for a funeral some years ago at Brightling, East Sussex, where the builder's plate read "Percy Beard" (As I remember, it had a Voix Celeste AND Vox Agelica, but one - can't remember which - wasn't undulating) -
Electronic substitute in a Cathedral ?
Andrew Butler replied to Dr Nigel H Day's topic in General discussion
There is no mention of the current location of the pipework on NPOR or on the cathedral website... -
Electronic substitute in a Cathedral ?
Andrew Butler replied to Dr Nigel H Day's topic in General discussion
Salford did have a 2 manual pipe organ prior to the installation of the Makin - it was a rebuild of the Compton http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N12617 Norwich, last I heard, had a Bradford Computing organ in addition to a small pipe organ in the south transept that looks as though it came from elsewhere. http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=D07254 The Northampton pipe organ is, I believe, not fully functional, and suffered from poor execution of the original design. http://www.northamptoncathedral.org/Cathedral/TheOrgan/tabid/70/Default.aspx -
Getting to know an unfamiliar instrument
Andrew Butler replied to Philip's topic in General discussion
I almost came horribly unstuck at Canterbury some years ago. I opted to use the then assistant's accompaniment channel for "my" evensong, but between my practicing in the week, and the service at the weekend, he had set the Swell 8 & 4 Reeds on Sw 1 in place of the Celestes - for a psalm verse I imagine. Luckily I spotted it in time!! -
Daniel Justin - starting this month according to cathedral newsletter
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Nick's funeral will be on Tuesday March 24th at 11am at St George's Cathedral, Southwark. (Information from Nick's sister)
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Nick Gale, until recently DoM at St George's Cathedral (RC) Southwark, died tragically in an RTA yesterday. RIP
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On another tack, is there a standard distance up from the top surface of the pedalboard for a balanced swell pedal to be mounted? A local organ to me has a (I think) Rushworth and dreaper console from the 1950s, and the swell pedal is uncomfortably high - you have to lean backwards to get your foot up onto it.