Guest Cynic Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 It looks a bit incongruous to me! A bit like an antique Grandfather clock in a MFI store... ....or an oriental trinket in a place of honour in a Western home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 At least it is safe, and won't be "bettered"! Our member, a pupil of the conservatoire de Paris, will look after it regularly and play it; he lives there now. So this organ will live. We do not know where it comes from. It was restored 2006. Specification: Bishop & Son. 1877 (restauration Feenstra 2006) I. Choir Dulciana 8' Viol di Gamba 8' Lieblich Gedact 8' Flauto Traverso 4' Harmonic Piccolo 2' Clarionet 8' II. Great Open Diapason 8' Clarabella 8' Principal 4' Fifteenth 2' Mixture 3 Trumpet 8' Clarion 4' III. Swell Lieblich Gedact 16' Diapason 8' Rohl Flute 8' Voix Angelica 8' Voix Celestes 8' Principal 4' Flautina 2' Cornopean 8' Oboe & Bassoon 8' Pedal Open Diapason 16' Bourdon 16' Principal 8' Trombone 16' The sound our member describes as "particularly poetic". Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazman Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 At least it is safe.... Yes, I agree entirely with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 At least it is safe, and won't be "bettered"! ============================= Somewhere in Japan, (I know not where), there is an Abbott & Smith organ, which for a long-time, the Japanese thought of as the "old" sound, because they regarded the baroque (actually neo-baroque) as the "new" sound. I don't know where it is, but somewhere I have some correspondence from Japan about this organ. A country of fascinating contrasts, and the Italian-built organ in the cathedral of Tokyo is quite a fine sound; speaking into a fairly huge, modern concrete building of exciting design with a big acoustic. I'll see if I can re-discover the sound-clips, but I believe they were on the Mascioni web-site, where there are many other examples of their work. MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 They are here, MM: http://www.mascioni-organs.com/inglese/audio.htm Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newnham Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 We do not know where it comes from. It was restored 2006. Specification: Bishop & Son. 1877 (restauration Feenstra 2006) Pierre Hi Pierre If you can find the Opus number (probably on the bass pipes of each rank), Bishops will be able to tell you where it was built for. They still have their archives. Every Blessing Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Thanks Mr Newnham, I pass over the information, and will let know here. Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Our member, Jean-Philippe Merckaert (belgian organist in Japan), will go back to Tokio this Saturday to see after that Opus number. Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 No Opus number found. Is it possible Bishop's workshop to have been located in Cricklewood, London ? Or organs from them there ? Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 A quick feed into the NPOR of 'Bishop' and 'Cricklewood' came up with no results. AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQB123 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Ermmmm..... What was the question? Think it started somewhere along the lines of "does anyone know what the latest is on the organ of the Royal Festival Hall? Is it all going back or not? And if so does anyone know when?" But now we find ourselves with an Bishop organ in Tokyo? Huh???? Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 The question was: What's The Latest? Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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