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Perhaps you should get yourself one of these.

Better still, if you read German ;-)

This obviously, very nice indeed ....

The FINEST musical instrument would be (for me) the one that inspires the most to create music with. For me that would be NotreDame de Paris in the hands of Pierre Cochereau first half 1970's.

Not the Scherzo this time, final

Could those who are familiar with the RAH advise on a good place to listen to the organ? Planning to hear John Scott there in Octobre and not familiar which such large halls (haven't got them in Holland ;-))

This organ is now in 'my' church (link), so an update to the NPOR may be interesting. Question is how. I've sent mails to the addresses on the 'contact us' page, to no result however. Maybe someone here knows more?

It used to be available here: http://plenum.free.fr/worcester but no longer is. Since Pierre Lauwers "reported" the link, maybe he can help?

Franck knew the other organs in Paris like St.Sulpice and the Trocadero well. Are you sure that he wouldn't want one of them (possibly he wrote his organmusic with those instruments in mind)? And he wa s dutch (just kidding ...)

Vierne - Les Angélus Very nice ...

Hennie Vaatstra, organ studies with Arie J. Keijzer (Rotterdams Conservatorium 1987-1993), Wilhelm Precker (Cologne, 1993-1996) and Bram Beekman (Soloist Diploma Cum Laude Brabants Conservatorium 1996-1998), some masterclassing with Susan Landale in 2003. Active as recitalist in and around the Netherlands as solist/continuoplayer, offical organist of the R.C. Cathedral in Breda and full-time employed as a UNIX/Linux expert.

Are you sure??? Read from "Kerkinterieur" Also, use the "virtueel bezoek "here, click on the church, click on 'kerkportaal'. Let's hope you're absolutely wrong this time ;-)

It's still (entirely) there, isn't it? So it can be restored, I mean, if we're able to restore old instruments like the small Alkmaar organ - we surely must be able to bring to live the Averbode one?

This perhaps? Wooden frontpipes, painted grey. BUT: the Anneessens organ is fantastic; I've played on it in it's old home in Breda in a large neo-gothic church - awesome "Bazuin 16" ...

St. Maximin's Isnard surely must be in the top 5. And Grauhof, and Naumburg, and Whir-au-Val, and and and ...

Maybe even more spectacular ...

Gabriel Pierné: Trois Pieces ?

Hope you're not suggesting the likes of a Renault Chamade? brrr...

Sure ?

Waiting for an English answer to this - a St.Paul's movable console by AstonMartin? Could be fun, with Clarkson and the

With 27 stops, I would love to see something like this.

Ok, you name Haarlem, but that's about all, isn't it (and for me Haarlem Bavo is 'hors concours' - for me the of the Netherlands) ? Civic organs with a sole 'concert' purpose are hard to find in Holland, there nearly all churchorgans (the ones in ConcertHalls in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Enschede aren't that fervently used or advertised). And yes, I would like to swap ten of our 18th century II/P/18 we-have-enough-of-those kind of organs for two IV/P/60+ 32' foot Victorian "Town Hall" organs . =|:-)

Alors, some churches in Nice. Maybe they they have quelques info.

This link about Compton wasn't mentioned yet, was it?

Known ? Rather depressing to see all those civic instruments at the other side of the water. Wish we had some of them overhere ...