Organ matters - Organs matter!

Quote from: David Pinnegar on May 21, 2012, 12:29:39 AM
Hi!

I'm sure that there are some rather expert and experienced members of this forum who might know of detached tracker consoles. I seem to recall example(s) where long horizontal trackers were used, it being an artform of engineering to arrange significantly low mass and responsivity . . .

Best wishes

David P

This organ springs to mind... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muS0f-wqkXo

Greetings,

Andy

Here are some French reeds  :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwUpPOXmqXI

Many thanks for the kind comments! The Derby instrument is certainly greatly underrated; I was very pleasantly surprised by its capabilities - yet terrified by the console - when I played it for the first time prior to my recital last August. Someone (who'll remain nameless) told me it was the worst Cathedral organ in the UK!! This is definitely not the case...

@'pcnd' You are right about this organ not quite suiting Guilmant, although I find the solo reeds in the second movement do work very well. All the recitalists in last summer's series were asked to include one piece of Guilmant- it wouldn't have been my first choice either...
I'll try and upload some clips of this instrument soon: http://www.americancathedral.org/pdfs/GrandeOrgue02.pdf

Meanwhile, I'm off out to enjoy some Belgian beer  :P

Here are a couple more videos of the Derby monster  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=patp2khi9eE&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82EVaO2XGQ8

Greetings,

Andy

The pedal pipes are wooden and were originally covered by a thin layer of tin. Traces of this can still be seen today.

Regards,

Andy

Hello All! I've been a long admirer of the work and awareness this forum creates for the preservation of fine British instruments. Now that I've finally become a member, I would like to share with you recordings of two English organs that have been given a new lease of life in Germany.

The first instrument came from St Mary's church in Yeovil, Somerset (where I was organist at the age of nine) and is now in the English church in Stuttgart. This church is situated close to the Musikhochschule and has attracted a lot of attention from students and professors; Ludger Lohmann and Bernhard Haas have already performed recitals on this organ, and one of the occaissional organists there is Nathan Laube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvhyyWxFOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rNBdPFtTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c79cGh-3Eik

The second instrument is in St Quintin, Mainz http://www.orgelbau-krawinkel.de/orgelprojekte/transfer/orgel-st-quintin-mainz.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9e4x5l0G4I

Greetings,

Andy