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John Robinson

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  1. I agree. I'd rather have a quinted 32' than an electronic substitute.
  2. Well said, Contrabombarde. I do agree that 'toasters' have their place, especially as home practice instruments for example. I'd just like to add that I wonder how many serious musicians would prefer to listen to an electronic piano or electronic violin at a formal recital.
  3. Everyone is entitle to his or her opinion. Personally, I cannot bring myself to refer to a change of note over several days, or even weeks, as music. Of course, if some of you enjoy listening to Cage's infamous piece which follows this 'style', I which you enjoyable listening!
  4. Something which changes and progresses far more quickly... in fact, preferably in less than a day! Can you hum along to this particular 'piece', for example? 🤣
  5. I agree with others. Listening to the recordings on the same speakers or headphones, using the same amplifier, using the same electronic transmission, etc, etc, they are both going to sound very similar. Quite apart from attempting to reproduce the real thing, there is also the matter of benefiting from having the real thing in more ways than just the sound. Similarly, you could wear a cheap cubic zirconia ring and tell everyone that it's a diamond. It might look the part, but is it really? Alternatively, have a small electric car and imagine that you are driving around in a Rolls-Royce, but of course you are not!
  6. Cage! What a load of absolute nonsense this so-called piece of 'music' is.
  7. Like Adh, I am not an organist (my fingers and feet have a life of their own and prefer to do their own thing), but have had a lifelong interest in the organ (the real thing; not toasters). I enjoy planning specifications and producing accurate diagrams of 'dream organs' which, admittedly, are never likely to be built, though could theoretically be (with unlimited funds!). Consequently, I find such discussions on here not only very interesting, but also helpful.
  8. I agree completely with this. On the Continent, sensible people have retained and maintained many historic organs. In the UK, however, the trend has been to 'update' and improve our instruments. I can see both points of view: one is to preserve history, the other is to change for the better. I suppose that there are many more historic organs on the Continent, if we reserve 'historic' to be pre-20th century or even pre-19th century. I suppose the argument is, do we want to keep working examples of original organs, which can never be replaced, or do we want organs which change according to the changing musical tastes?
  9. A very interesting, and lengthy list. I had to search for the name Francis Jackson, as I had heard mention that he was not in favour of such things, but no. It appears that he was never offered the knighthood that many have suggested might have been offered. Obviously, he wasn't one of the 'clique'!
  10. What a very helpful source of recorded organ music.
  11. The new Nave division is behind the perforated area of the case beneath the west front display pipes, where I understand the West Great was sited.
  12. Oh, I live in a parallel universe, and it's very nice here. Of course, in the character of this thread, I was joking!
  13. From the pictures I saw on the programme, the Minster looked bigger than in real life. Camera angles and lenses, I suppose. Much bigger than Windsor anyway. I hope that the bagpipes didn't do any harm to the organ only a few feet away (reflecting back on the discussion about Norwich and the bishop hammering the organ with his crozier)! Oh, I'd say at least the admission charge, and no doubt quite a bit more on top!
  14. This, the final episode of the whole series (we assume) ended in, supposedly, St George's Chapel, Windsor. The pictures shown, however, appeared to me to be exactly like York Minster. I suppose they couldn't get Windsor for their filming! Strangely, I had never heard about this before, and it seems that they even managed to obtain permission to have a Scots piper playing on the organ screen, something I suppose has never actually happened in real life.
  15. Am I the only one to have heard about the plan to divide the case and site each half (east and west side, of course) to the sides of the Choir? I understand that this is being done to create an uninterrupted view along the entire length of the cathedral. What I am not sure about, though, is whether or not they intend to remove the screen as well.
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