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Third time on eBay, much reduced in price - will no-one save it from the scrapman?
Quote from: NonPlayingAnorak on September 27, 2010, 02:10:30 AM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stunning-Vintage-Oak-Monastic-Chamber-Pipe-Organ-/360304591294?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Keyboard_RL&hash=item53e3d3c1be
Third time on eBay, much reduced in price - will no-one save it from the scrapman?
Hi!
Thanks so much for drawing attention to this. I wish the school could be persuaded that the instrument is an ASSET which should be cherished and which can inspire children musically.
As an instrument, it's certainly less humble than the spec might suggest:
* SWELL - Salicional 8, Flute Douce 4, Flauto Amabile 8, Viola 8
* GREAT - Flute Harmonique 4, Dulciana 8, Wood Diapason 8
* PEDAL - Bourdon 16
Presumably on Swell, Viola or Salicional plus Flute will add as a Diapason or else the Viola might well be a stringy Diapason - possibly quite bright and with such instruments upperwork whilst theoretically necessary can be superfluous.
On Great, I wonder what Wood Diapason is? A stopped? The Dulciana may be voiced to add to the Wood to give it the spirit of an Open, but if the Wood Diapason is Open, perhaps one might move the Dulciana up an octave to a light 4ft Principal and the Flute to 2ft.
Were one of the chests to have a facility for a clamp-on, one might easily add a reed or 2ft or even a pouch box for electrical contacts for whatever else one might desire to do . . .
I wish the school would value it more as a musical instrument than just for its oak.
Best wishes
David P
Quote from: KB7DQH on September 27, 2010, 01:06:17 PM
Sold! 349 Pounds...
Eric
KB7DQH
Probably to someone who just wants it for the woodwork and its scrap metal value...