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10 hours ago, peterdoughty said:
Update - I emailed Martin Doering and he's fixed it! Carry on as you were.
Many thanks for that Peter!
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Just out of curiosity, are any other members who use Die-Orgelseite having any problems using it? I can't log on and can the only things available are the "new on the organ site" and the "organ database", which if you can't log on doesn't let you access fully the specifications and pictures, which is pointless if you've paid for the subscription!
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3 hours ago, SomeChap said:
Thanks Peter for all your inside knowledge. Watching with interest
(btw I'm not particularly an unashamed romantic, but I am also a fan of an unenclosed, flute-toned Unda Maris!)
A rare beast indeed - an unenclosed flute toned celeste btw! LOL
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An incredible project for sure! I must admit though, as an unashamed romantic, I will miss the Unda Maris on the choir. It's divisive I know, but I love having a celeste that isn't a string! Our American cousins have made a very fine art out of these stops!
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Harrison's new specification for Norwich has been posted on their website.
NORWICH CATHEDRAL
HARRISON & HARRISON
2023
PEDAL ORGAN
1. Double Open Wood (from 3) 32
2. Open Wood I 16
3. Open Wood II 16
4. Open Diapason I 16
5. Open Diapason II (Grand) 16
6. Violone 16
7. Viole (Solo) 16
8. Bourdon 16
9. Lieblich Bourdon (Choir) 16
10. Dulciana 16
11. Quint 10 2/3
12. Octave Wood (from 2) 8
13. Octave (from 4) 8
* 14. Principal 8
15. Violoncello (from 6) 8
16. Bass Flute (from 8
* 17. Twelfth 5 1/3
18. Super Octave (from 4) 4
* 19. Fifteenth 4
20. Octave Flute (from 4
21. Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV
22. Contra Trombone (from 23) 32
23. Trombone 16
24. Bass Trumpet (Grand) 16
25. Orchestral Trumpet (Solo) 16
* 26. Trumpet (Swell) 16
27. Clarion (from 23) 8
28. Octave Clarion (from 23) 4
Choir to Pedal Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal Solo to Pedal
Pedal Divide
CHOIR ORGAN (unenclosed)
† 29. Lieblich Bourdon 16
† 30. Open Diapason 8
† 31. Viole d’Amour 8
† 32. Rohr Flute 8
† 33. Gemshorn 4
* 34. Open Flute 4
* 35. Nazard 2 2/3
† 36. Fifteenth 2
* 37. Block Flute 2
* 38. Tierce 1 3/5
* 39. Larigot 1 1/3
* 40. Mixture 15.19.22.26 IV
* 41. Trompette 8
* 42. Cremona 8
Tremulant
43. Bass Trumpet (Grand) 16
44. Tromba (Grand) 8
45. Clarion (Grand) 4
Swell to Choir Solo to Choir
Choir & Great Exchange
GREAT ORGAN (Screen)
† 46. Double Geigen 16
* 47. Open Diapason I 8
* 48. Open Diapason II 8
† 49. Stopped Diapason 8
* 50. Octave 4
* 51. Principal 4
* 52. Wald Flute 4
* 53. Octave Quint 2 2/3
* 54. Super Octave 2
* 55. Flautina 2
* 56. Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV
* 57. Sharp Mixture 26.29.33 III
58. Cornet (g20) 1.8.12.15.17 V
* 59. Posaune 8
Choir to Great Solo to Great Swell to Great
Great on Choir
SWELL ORGAN
60. Bourdon 16
61. Open Diapason 8
† 62. Lieblich Gedackt 8
* 63. Salicional 8
* 64. Voix Céleste (tenor c) 8
65. Principal 4
66. Lieblich Flute 4
67. Fifteenth 2
* 68. Sesquialtera 12.17 II
† 69. Mixture 15.19.22.26.29 V
70. Oboe 8
† 71. Vox Humana 8
Tremulant
* 72. Double Trumpet 16
* 73. Trumpet 8
74. Horn 8
* 75. Clarion 4
Octave Unison Off Sub Octave
Solo to Swell
East Shutters Off West Shutters Off
SOLO ORGAN
76. Contra Viole (from 77) 16
77. Viol d’Orchestre 8
78. Voix Célestes (2 ranks from tenor c) 8
* 79. Harmonic Flute 8
80. Octave Viole (from 77) 4
81. Flauto Traverso 4
82. Cor Anglais (tenor c) 16
83. Orchestral Oboe 8
84. Clarinet 8
Tremulant
* 85. French Horn 8
86. Orchestral Trumpet (from 87) 16
87. Orchestral Trumpet 8
88. Orchestral Trumpet (from 87) 4
(unenclosed)
89. Tuba Mirabilis 8
90. Cornet (Great) V
Octave Unison Off Sub Octave
East Shutters Off West Shutters Off
(Octave couplers do not affect 76, 77, 80, 86, 87 & 88)
GRAND ORGAN (Triforium)
91. Double Open Diapason 16
92. Open Diapason I 8
93. Open Diapason II 8
† 94. Harmonic Clarabella 8
95. Octave 4
96. Octave Quint 2 2/3
97. Super Octave 2
98. Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV
99. Bass Trumpet 16
100. Tromba 8
101. Clarion 4
Grand on Choir
102. Cymbelstern
COMBINATION
COUPLERS
Great and Pedal Pistons
Pedal to Swell Pistons
Generals on Swell Foot Pistons
ACCESSORIES
Ten foot pistons to the Pedal Organ
Ten pistons to the Choir Organ
Ten pistons to the Great Organ
Ten pistons to the Swell Organ
(duplicated on foot pistons)
Ten pistons to the Solo Organ
Ten general pistons
Two coupler pistons
General cancel piston
Pedal cancel piston
Doubles off piston
Reversible pistons:
Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal,
Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal,
Swell to Choir, Solo to Choir,
Swell to Great, Choir to Great,
Solo to Great, Solo to Swell
1, 22
Reversible foot pistons:
Great to Pedal, 1, 22 & 102
Stepper, operating general pistons
in sequence
7,992 general piston memories in eight
libraries of 999
128 divisional piston memory levels
Two balanced swell pedals
to the Swell and Solo
* New Stops
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8 minutes ago, Keitha said:
The 1994 Walker at St Chads, Birmingham, was given a complete clean and overhaul by Nicholsons in 2019. I haven't played it since, but by all accounts, it is in fine fettle!
It's a wonderful instrument! I'm curious about their plan for a small Holdich organ to be installed as an "orgue de choeur".
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2 hours ago, Philip J Wells said:
St John's College, Cambridge
Newcastle Anglican Cathedral - are they getting a new organ or a rebuild?
St Barnabas, Oxford - Willis pipework from Sheffield Anglican Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral Transept organ
I'm intrigued as to the state of play at both Cathedrals in Birmingham!
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Thank you for the answers to my questions!
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I raised this question quite while ago, but for some reason, my profile's been relegated to "newbie" from "advanced", despite having been a member for many years (I joined in 2007!), and my earliest post seems to be in 2019, despite having made many more posts since then. My question is what is the title of the album where the organ was recorded with microphones in amongst the pipework, then the recording was played back in a more reverberant building and rerecorded with the added presence. Also, have any other forum members noticed any change in their status and loss of topics they've posted?
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Awful images of the damage to the roof of the North Choir Aisle at Worcester Cathedral due to Storm Arwen. One image shows damage close to the North Choir organ case - does anyone know yet if any damage was done to the organ?
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Thank you Rowland for that. As always, it seems to be these days, our organs seem to be an obstruction to certain elements of the clergy and parish councils. I find it beyond belief that ANYONE should consider organ pipes to be obtrusive in a church where the organ is to be the main instrument of supporting worship. Maybe I'm missing out on something!
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I'm hoping any members on here might be able to help me. On one of the groups I'm a member of on Facebook, someone has posted some pictures of St Michael's church, Highworth. One is a view of the west end of the church, and it shows an organ divided on either side of the tower arch with what looks like the back of a console at floor level on the right of the picture. I looked it up on the NPOR, but the most up to date survey is from 1995 and shows H&H did work in 1972, and John Coulson, but it's undated. Sadly, there is no further information and the only spec given is from a survey from 1963. I looked on the church's website but it doesn't offer any more information. Does any member here have anymore info and an up to date specification?
I live in hope!
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I'm curious as to whether there are plans to extend the Orchestral Trumpet to bottom C at Wimborne 🤔
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LOL I can imagine the ambulances lined up outside A&E departments across the country! I'm just curious about this organ as the pictures of the stop tabs on the OHS website show 64' stops, both flue and reed, a 32' Gemshorn and 32' Contra Violone on the pedal, chamades at 16' 8' and 4' as well as mutations a go go not covered in the specification supplied!
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I was playing around on YouTube (as one does!) and came across a video of Hammond Castle Encores recorded in 1976 at Hammond Castle in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I looked on Die Orgelseite and on the Organ Historical Society websites for the specifications, but they don't match the stop tabs on the pictures of the console, nor is there any mention of anything being prepared for. Could anybody shed some light on this please?
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Am I the only person who thought the service of the blessing of the Minster organ this morning was a big non event? I understand the service was choral eucharist, but after all the hype and press gone into such a major event, it was so low key. I appreciate the thanks given by the clergy during the service, but we never heard the voice of the very thing thanks was being given about.
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2 hours ago, DHM said:
And what's wrong with Country & Western music? 🤣
[Ducking and running for cover....]😂😂😂
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I was always led to believe that "bang and twang" was what some people call country and western music!
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Thanks for that!
6 hours ago, michaelwilson said:They are in the middle of a program of works including re-roofing the quire and chapter house, and conserving some internal stone carvings. I'm not sure how this would affect the screen organ, but I suspect the fact it's shrouded in plastic is probably related.
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Just watched the Southwell Minster Carol service online - and wonderful it was! I was wondering why the screen organ has been wrapped in plastic? I can't find any mention of building work happening in the church on their website or anywhere else - mind you, that could be because I'm a Luddite...
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The brustwerk of the Rieger in Clifton Cathedral has glass doors, and the Copley organ in St Mary Magdalen in Oxford has manually operated glass shutters to the Great, and the Swell has glass shutters to the North and South sides.
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I remember pictures of the bottom CCC 32' Open Flute arriving at Symphony Hall in Birmingham arriving on a canal boat at Brindley Place when the Klais organ was installed.
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The new plan for the organ by Nicholson's at Radley College Chapel sounds impressive! http://www.nicholsonorgans.co.uk/pf/radley/
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Such a sad loss indeed. David was so very helpful to me in finding obscure organ music and sharing his interpretations of pieces. A man of many talents and much knowledge who will be greatly missed. I send my love to all his family and friends.
Tewkesbury Abbey.
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I appreciate that the work done by Nicholson's on the Milton organ was carried out in 2018, but my curiosity's finally got the better of me - does anyone have details about how the Swell mixture was re-composed and in what form it is now?