AJJ Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Quimby Pipe organs have been selected to clean and restore the four manual Aeolian-Skinner organ in the cathedral of St John the Divine, New York......the company specialises in the building, expansion, renovation and restoration of pipe organs............the intrument is due for completion in 2008. The specification is as follows: HOOFDWERK Prestant 8, Holpijp 8, Octaaf 4, Octaaf 2, Mixtuur III-V, Trompet 8 BOVENWERK Gedeckt 8, Roerfluit 4, Quint 3, Woudfluit 2, Terts 1 3/5, Dulciaan 8 PEDAAL Subbas 16, Octaaf 8, H/B P/H P/B Ooerr!! AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Well, a bit 8'-heavy as a scheme, isn't it? Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprondel Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Well, a bit 8'-heavy as a scheme, isn't it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, and the Gedeckt 8' + Roerfluit 8' combination on the Bovenwerk appears to put a thoroughly execrable tendency to romanticism into the scheme, admirable as it appears to be otherwise. Or is it just a typo? Because I would have expected a 4-foot State Chimney Flute in that position(actually an 85-pipe unit to be extended to 2 2/3, 2, 1 3/5, 1 1/3 and 1 -- it is a large space after all). Suspicions, suspicions. Wondering, Friedrich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbouffant Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 You haven't had early sight of the April edition of this learned publication have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 You haven't had early sight of the April edition of this learned publication have you? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yup - 'came last week - very learned as ever - February to April edition. AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yes, and the Gedeckt 8' + Roerfluit 8' combination on the Bovenwerk appears to put a thoroughly execrable tendency to romanticism into the scheme, admirable as it appears to be otherwise. Or is it just a typo? Because I would have expected a 4-foot State Chimney Flute in that position(actually an 85-pipe unit to be extended to 2 2/3, 2, 1 3/5, 1 1/3 and 1 -- it is a large space after all). Suspicions, suspicions. Wondering, Friedrich <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Typo - sorry - should have been 4 - my fault not theirs! AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Lauwers Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 So far, so good. Now we need to question this 8' Prestant on the Hoofdwerk. This is not proportioned to the instrument , which would be better based on the 4'. So the Holpijp is enough as 8'. As for the Bovenwerk Gedeckt 8', this is a bit heavy and will spoil the polyphonic textures. I'd have a small-scaled Quintadena instead. Best wishes, Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heva Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Just wondering if <the banned stoplistwriter> has finished typing the stoplist for the pimped up übergrossgreathauptgrandorgue manual ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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