Indeed I am, David ! Videos would also be fine.
Willis III once said Casavant were right to use the Pitman chest, because of the canadian climate.
Himself and Harrison & Harrison still used slider-chests, and this may have been a reason for the
problems with their organs in Canada.
Eberhard Friedrich Walcker built also slider chests in the beginnings of his career (notably in his well-known
organ in the Pauluskirche in Frankfurt). The idea to go for the Kegellade, developped from several experiments
made by other builders before) came to his mind because of the problems he had with slider-chests in Russia,
exactly for the same reasons thus. Of course multiplex-wood, telescopic joints and the like did not exist then.
(P.S. If interest, I have the list of the H-J stops that were still in Worcester in 1979 (though indeed "revoiced") )
Best wishes,
Pierre
Willis III once said Casavant were right to use the Pitman chest, because of the canadian climate.
Himself and Harrison & Harrison still used slider-chests, and this may have been a reason for the
problems with their organs in Canada.
Eberhard Friedrich Walcker built also slider chests in the beginnings of his career (notably in his well-known
organ in the Pauluskirche in Frankfurt). The idea to go for the Kegellade, developped from several experiments
made by other builders before) came to his mind because of the problems he had with slider-chests in Russia,
exactly for the same reasons thus. Of course multiplex-wood, telescopic joints and the like did not exist then.
(P.S. If interest, I have the list of the H-J stops that were still in Worcester in 1979 (though indeed "revoiced") )
Best wishes,
Pierre