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Title: Crystal Cathedral (as it was)
Post by: Barrie Davis on September 07, 2016, 12:09:26 PM
Is any of this giant digital?
Title: Re: Crystal Cathedral (as it was)
Post by: David Drinkell on September 07, 2016, 02:03:21 PM
I don't think so.  It was an amalgam of two organs, to a scheme by Virgil Fox, subsequently enlarged under the advice of Fred Swann.
Title: Re: Crystal Cathedral (as it was)
Post by: revtonynewnham on September 08, 2016, 08:35:25 AM
Hi
There was an article about the CC organ in "The Organ" magazine several years back - at that stage it was 2 4 manual pipe organs in effect.  I don;t know if anything was changed subsequently.

One comment I do remember is that it was impossible to get it all in tune at the same time, due to sun shining through the glass!

Every Blessing

Tony
Title: Re: Crystal Cathedral (as it was)
Post by: David Wyld on September 08, 2016, 12:37:33 PM
I was in California for a time in 1980-81 and never heard the organ in tune except at 9pm!

A tuner's nightmare   :-\

DW