Organs on Google Street-view

[SlowOrg]

41 minutes ago, peterdoughty said:

Because it's nearly the weekend, I hope nobody will mind a bit of frivolity, so with fingers crossed... 🤞

The Wave Organ in San Francisco (info, video)

There is also a Sea Organ in Zadar, Croatia.

[peterdoughty]

52 minutes ago, SlowOrg said:

There is also a Sea Organ in Zadar, Croatia.

Well, that's wonderfully minimalist in its design.

[Damian Beasley-Suffolk]

I doubt whether this makes a noise, or was intended to, I've been here a couple of times and there was no wind.

Sibelius Monument, Töölö, Helsinki

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ln2gtTsZ2RBq9dps9

[John Furse]

8 hours ago, Damian Beasley-Suffolk said:

Sibelius Monument, Töölö, Helsinki

That's an awful lot of umlauts !

When I read "more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together", I thought it inconceivable that noises would not be  created, given the right circumstances - i.e. wind.

Lo and behold: Sibelius Monument singing in the wind - YouTube

Probably best not to perform this as a voluntary !

 

[SomeChap]

On 31/07/2021 at 22:37, Choir Man said:

Salamanca Cathedral: https://goo.gl/maps/1jXTv2sZLjNvwP7t8

Goodness, what a find!  That is such a spectacular image, thanks and well done!

Tell you what though, I don't fancy playing Stanford in A on it...

[Choir Man]

The organ loft at the Martinkirk in Doesburg, NL: https://goo.gl/maps/yisakRq7T1yfS3t5A

[Choir Man]

Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France

Unfortunately the navigation arrows don't work very well so a number of links are below.

Steps within the west wall going up to the organ: https://goo.gl/maps/WCRCPLTXpvfSkmSn6

Console: https://goo.gl/maps/9uJiu6BLgapKj5PV7

Interior (showing wall paintings hidden by the organ): https://goo.gl/maps/dTbT52RsmVFLuKPT8

Back of the console: https://goo.gl/maps/789y6LmjSawhNG2G8

[SomeChap]

I'd missed these posts somehow @Choir Man - they're excellent thank you!

I'd completely forgotten I'd played once at Doesburg a long time ago.  You can also see the little Flentrop up in the choir, which is also an excellent organ of its time.

The last judgement behind the organ at St-Maximin is just sensational!

[SomeChap]

Quite by chance I've just stumbled into the organ loft at Brussels Cathedral on google street view.  Thought it might be of interest here - looks like the ruckpositive is just a sham facade?

 

 

[innate]

2 hours ago, SomeChap said:

Quite by chance I've just stumbled into the organ loft at Brussels Cathedral on google street view.  Thought it might be of interest here - looks like the ruckpositive is just a sham facade?

I’d say it’s more a protective screen to prevent the organist falling than a sham. The actual positive is below the organist, I think. There’s quite a lot of information and drawings here:

https://www.grenzing.com/cathedrale-de-bruxelles-bruselas/