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You could also try the Ton Koopman recordings - very sharp, crips, harsh maybe, lots of trills, I've had it with his style of organplaying but you might like it ...

You might get yourself the 2cd-set from Erato label nr. 3984-24235-2 (don't know if it's still available), it's a re-edition of recordings from the 1960's The disc comprises Requiem op.9, Veni creator op.4, Prelude and Sicilienne from Suite op.5, Mass Cum Jubilo op.11, the four motets op.10, three dances op.6, scherzo op.2 and the ALAIN pr. et f. op.7. Durufle plays and conducts all except scherzo and the ALAIN, which are performed by his wife. A must have if you ask me ...

Oops, almost starting the W.. thread again ...

Do we really know that?

Haven't played one of this kind, but I did play Sauer-St.Thomas,Leipzig which I didn't find too convenenient either. This one is really small, but everything is júst were you (sorry: I) want it (just like the Volkswagen cockpit layout ;-)).

I used 'farmer' to characterize the organists, not that they wére farmers .... And Bätz, well yes, excellent, but I don't want organs to be built with consoles like these in the 21st century, certainly not in large organs... My experience with these consoles are that manuals are to far 'in' the organ and the pedals are to far under your seat. Result: balancing between falling forward (you wánt to play the uppermost manual) and not being able to reach the uppermost manual (because you wánt to play the pedals).

Well, for once my length comes in handy here (1.92m), but I think these old pedals (like Dordrecht) are 'designed' to be played with klompen - that's why they're so big ;-) You can imagine a farmer with klompen on a 19th century dutch organ console, you can imagine a Savil row gentleman on a Willis/Hill/ACC console. That's the difference (and still is? )

Som might even prefer the pedalboard on this page (scroll down entirely) - should get you working

Being dutch, I've played on many kinds of pedals here in the Netherlands (as well as abroad) and having two organs in 'my' church, one of which is a two-manaul Hill I definitely choose the radial-concave pedal (like on the Hill). It takes about a month to get used to it (the pedal of the great-organ "upthere" has a 19th century dutch pedal, probably made to play with 'klompen' (woodenshoes), or maybe not to be played at all ). It's just very convenient to be able to play the entire pedal range with any feet, to easily play two notes with one foot, and/or to play a quint in foot LEGATO (shoe size 42). The 1905 Hill console is way ahead of it's time for Holland - even today organs are built that are much less sophisticated or ergonomic (but then these are probably 'historic'). BTW. I don't think that here in the selfacclaimed organmekka there's anything like a standard with regard to organ consoles, let alone pedals. It's funny to see how 'we' have evolved here (not, that is ...)

How about Mander Organs, St Peter's Square, London, E2 7AF, England as meetingpoint?

http://www.manufacture-orgues.fr/Ventes.htm

Pierre, could this be something: http://www.organstops.org/_sounds/StAnnesM...lciana8_arp.mp3 http://www.organstops.org/_sounds/StAnnesM...ciana8_stan.mp3

The bombarde being 'Acoustic' (or 'acoustique') probably means 'half-length' in this case.

And here's the C.B. Fisk version: http://www.cbfisk.com/info/spl.html

There's a link for everything: http://www.willis-organs.com/Floating.html

There are still many in use. You can even listen to them at the downloads here: http://www.stsulpice.com/Docs/video.html

There flues as far as I can tell (zoom....)

Well, the Dobson's are intruiging - take also i.e. Los Angeles, sort of St.Maximin on steroids

I say it's a pity: the casework looks promising, but then the composition is neo-neoclassical, the console is neo-ACC. To much 'poldermodel' for my taste ....

The composition is very DomBedos-ish, it'll probably sound 'good', but from the specs I don't expect something that knocks you of your feet

As far as I know, the "Cochereau console" was American. So if there's anything left of it, it won't be very french.

One might almost (just for the fun of it) think about putting some 'Worcester' in there (Royal Diaphone 32' )...

A quick one then .... The original abbey was founded during the government of Canute in 1018. The community flourished until Henry VIII broke with Rome. The breakup with Rome caused the abbey to detariorate, stones were taken and used for different purposes. In 1882 the ruines were bought by french monks who lived secluded and it were these monks who rebuild the abbey on the original foundations. On the occasion of the inauguration of the major part of the abbey in 1922, the Plymouth based firm of Hele & Co, provided a new organ. The organ comprised two manuals en pedals and was a donation of the R. Rev. Mgr. C.W.S. Smith. The choirorgan, built in 1923 , was also a donation of Smith. In 1929 the covered choirstalls were finished an d the organ got its definitive shape. The Great organ was placed in a niche on the eastside of the choir, the pedalstops next to it, and the choirorgan was built in the western niche of the choir. Directly above the Great in the triforium a concrete room was built to house the Swell organ; the Solo organ was to be placed in an other room. The console got its place in the southside of the choir. In 1938 the organs action became unreliable and early 1939 a new plan was developed by Ralph Downes and J.W. Walker & Sons installed a new modern console to connect the existing organ. This console was identical to the console that J.W. Walker installed in Doncaster Parish Church. From 1952 on until 1963 a revision of the organ took place, in cooperation with Ralph Downs, during which the windchests were renewed and the Aeolian-chest were restaured. The different sections of the organ were more logicallay regrouped and the organ got a front with speaking pipes. (copyright Gerco Schaap) That should save Pierre some time ....

You can post the dutch info here, and I'll translate it for you (if someone else doesn't do so before me, 'we' speak a great many languages here )

This http://www.klais.de/m.php?tx=36 is nice: Sho 8’ Shakuhachi 8’ Shinobue 4’ Hichiriki 8’ domo arigato gozaimashita!