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Inspirational instruments => Inspirational instruments => Topic started by: David Pinnegar on June 08, 2017, 08:39:06 PM

Title: The Metzler at Trinity College Cambridge
Post by: David Pinnegar on June 08, 2017, 08:39:06 PM
It's a real pleasure to hear Radio 3 devoting time to an organ recital - and with David Goode playing Bach on the Metzler at Trinity there's real inspiration.

The history of the instrument is on
http://trinitycollegechoir.com/media/filestore/articles/OrganHistory2.pdf

I saw reference to its "idiosyncratic" tuning and this was music to my ears. Bach really comes alive on the Metzler and http://www.cambridgeorganacademy.org/bachand.htm relates that it's tuned to Werkmeister. If only more instruments were tuned to systems with perfect fifths . . .

Best wishes

David P
Title: Re: The Metzler at Trinity College Cambridge
Post by: Bryan Moseley on June 13, 2017, 09:21:28 AM
A really good recital and one of he instruments I would like to hear live.