Lemare's Bach

[MusingMuso 0]

Mine is all pneumatic. I haven't ever heard of an electric one.

 

DW

 

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They exist apparently, and after a bit of a dig I've come across one.

 

http://members.socket.net/~rtaylor/aeolian_pipe_organ.html

 

OMG........Look at this for engineering complexity:-

 

 

 

http://members.socket.net/~rtaylor/concertola_player.html

 

No mention of mercury-dip contacts, but mention of silver contacts and relay boxes etc.

 

http://members.socket.net/~rtaylor/tracing...ion_wiring.html

 

It probably means that the one I stumbled across in my youth may have been unique in the UK.

 

MM

[nachthorn 0]

I found it quite fascinating, in a fairly horrible way, I must admit.

There's a merry-go-round in Plymouth city centre with a player organ that sounds just like this recording.

[James Goldrick 0]

[Ian Ball 0]

 

Note the pedal cadenza at 7:47 (!)

No - that's in the left hand

[Vox Humana 0]

There's a merry-go-round in Plymouth city centre with a player organ that sounds just like this recording.

A foghorn and a calliope. What more could one want?

[David Drinkell 0]

A foghorn and a calliope. What more could one want?

 

 

I have the Tibia, but the Diaphone is on the other side of the harbour just below the light-house, so ensemble is difficult.

[MusingMuso 0]

I have the Tibia, but the Diaphone is on the other side of the harbour just below the light-house, so ensemble is difficult.

 

 

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Only on the other side of the harbour, I would have thought. :angry:

 

MM

[David Drinkell 0]

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Only on the other side of the harbour, I would have thought. :angry:

 

MM

 

There has been quite a lot written about Hope-Jones's innovations in the way of dividing an organ between various locations and providing a detached console. I like to see mine as the logical outcome of such ingenuity. The light-house is about a mile away as the gull flies (a lot further by road, as the harbour gets in the way), so a console in the Old Ship Tavern would seem to be a reasonable compromise.