DaveHarries Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Hi all, During my recent trip to Wroclaw, Poland I managed to find some time to look into some churches. This has resulted in more church organ photos being added to my site. Updates are as follows: New organs added: Church of St. Mary Magdalene. It can be described as scantily clad (as far as the casework is concerned) but, aside from that, it is apparently in bad need of a thorough overhaul. A website gives the builder as "Rieger" (of Austria?), opus 2375. http://churchorgans.fotopic.net/p58224018.html Also in the church of St. Mary Magdalene is this organ which is 1 manual. The larger organ, mentioned above, has 2 manuals. The organ in this picture was built in 1980 by a local builder and looks very nice surrounded by the red brickwork on the arch. This instrument is a separate organ from the one mentioned above. http://churchorgans.fotopic.net/p58224017.html One nice instrument was that in the church of St. Akademiki. Website shows this to be a one-manual organ of 5 stops and with a split manual (ie. separate stops for bass and treble). Funny looking organ in a church which is not very big. http://churchorgans.fotopic.net/p58224016.html Updates to existing photos: I have added a better quality photo of the organ in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist which is the largest organ in Poland (5 manuals, 150 stops and 13207 pipes in a building smaller than Notre Dame, Paris: ND only has 5 manuals and around 109 stops with approx. 7500 - 8000 pipes). I had to use the night setting on the camera to get the picture and keep the camera very still (which meant balancing it on a pew). An interesting note is that, despite only having 150 active stops, the console has 222 stops as both console and organ were in the Centenial Hall, Wroclaw. Have also addded builder information for this one: http://churchorgans.fotopic.net/p58224015.html Have also corrected the name of one of the churches. I originally had it as St. Elizabeth's Church but it is, in fact, the Dominican church. I have also added a newer photo and added builder information for the organ in the main part of the church as well. http://churchorgans.fotopic.net/p58224014.html Hope the pics are of interest. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kropf Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Church of St. Mary Magdalene. It can be described as scantily clad (as far as the casework is concerned) but, aside from that, it is apparently in bad need of a thorough overhaul. A website gives the builder as "Rieger" (of Austria?), opus 2375.http://churchorgans.fotopic.net/p58224018.html Only "Rieger" organs after WWII come from today's Austria. The Rieger firm mentioned here is the predecessor, then located in Jägerndorf, Silesia, today Krnov in Czechia, and the home of Rieger-Kloss organs. See more about the complete "Rieger" history at http://www.rieger-orgelbau.com/1845E.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Only "Rieger" organs after WWII come from today's Austria. The Rieger firm mentioned here is the predecessor, then located in Jägerndorf, Silesia, today Krnov in Czechia, and the home of Rieger-Kloss organs.See more about the complete "Rieger" history at http://www.rieger-orgelbau.com/1845E.htm Interesting - but what a dreadful website! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Interesting - but what a dreadful website! Paul Yes. Perhaps OK for a 'history' page, but not for the home page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DouglasCorr Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yes. Perhaps OK for a 'history' page, but not for the home page! Well it isn't the home page!! It IS a history page! Try looking at the root of the address here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Well it isn't the home page!! It IS a history page! Try looking at the root of the address here I did, which is why I said it is a dreadful website! The delay before the top-menu links appear is long enough for the home page to be abandoned by an impatient visitor as not working; the scrolling required by most pages doesn't work at all in Opera, is intermittent in Chrome, and jumps instead of being smooth in FireFox. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHarries Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Interesting - but what a dreadful website! Paul Yes I agree. That website is not a very good design. One of the worst I have seen, in fact. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Well it isn't the home page!! It IS a history page! Try looking at the root of the address here Silly me! Still, I don't like it. When I first saw it I thought it was one of those clever 3D pictures - I even got it to work, after a fashion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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