Posting organ pics


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The wall were 3' thick and had to run cable through the organ to get to the other side.
This old church was opened 150 yrs ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation_Church_(Houston)
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https://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/Massive-pipe-organ-is-musical-heart-of-1699554.php
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I disabled, I am the South Carolina woman who gouged her eyes out on meth.
But... organs it is.
Some years back (I actually don't care to think of how many) I co-chaired an "organ study committee" at our church in MA to identify a replacement for an aging and pretty crummy Rodgers electronic organ that was on death's door and didn't sound that great any way. We ended up comissioning a pipe/electronic hybrid organ from Cornell Zimmer in North Carolina. The church had terrible acoustics (still does -- it's baked into its cheezy 60s modern architecture) but the organ turned out pretty nice(ly). Lutherans like their organs to raise a ruckus and to sound good whilst doing it.
That J. S. Bach guy. Lutheran. 'nuff said.
Pipes are at the other end of the sanctuary (where the old organ used to be).
http://www.zimmerorgans.com/portfolio-items/opus-47-mt-calvary-lutheran-church-acton-ma/
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They moved the bench outta the picture
Organist too, apparently!
Does the bench straddle the whole pedestal or does the organist just have to reach really far(ly)?
Do all organists have to have short legs, do they saw them down to fit, or is the bench height adjustable?
No, organists don't manifest any particular crural physiognomy
Famous, and famously weird, American composer -- and, ahem organist -- Charles Ives said of playing his Variations on America on the organ
https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/static/media/uploads/Education/YPC/1617ypc02_teacherguide.pdf
N.B. The decision to put the console up in the front of the sanctuary was... well... it wasn't my idea...
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These pics are from:
http://aeolianskinner.organhistoricalsociety.net/Specs/Op00713.html
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Those look like Def Tech speakers. A lot of them.
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the one inside the Tabernacle in Salt Lake...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_Tabernacle_organ#:~:text=The Salt Lake Tabernacle organ is a pipe,and is also featured in daily noon recitals.
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OK, now I am gonna tell you a story... This gets really complicated -- but our church consists of two congregations "joined at the hip". One of the two has a newer (mid-19th Century) brick building with a modern hybrid organ. The other one has an older (early-19th Century) wood building with a late 19th century pump organ. This is a reed organ that can be operated by the organist by two foot pedals or by a "volunteer"
A few years ago, the foot pedals had become unreliable and the only way to use the organ was the latter method.
Fortunately, it was lovingly restored and rebuilt by a guy who does such things.
The little "pipes" on top are just for looks.
I actually have a video of the restorer puttin' it through its paces at the dedication -- if anyone's curious enough, let me know & I can upload it to YT or Flikr.
I think when you (literally) "pull out all the stops" and let that sucka rock and roll, the "volunteer" method is required to get enough airflow to keep on keepin' on.
The Mighty Mo, a 3,622-pipe organ custom made for The Fox by M.P. Möller in 1929, is the second-largest theater organ in the world—bested only by the Wurlitzer organ at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
And the ceiling of the Fox Theater in Atlanta.
Harry / Marietta Georgia