[Jenn[_3_]]

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"TT" wrote:

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Do tell:-)

Iain

I'll try to be brief ;-)

snippo

It's a nice life ;-)

What a pleasant surprise to actually read a nice story here for a change :-)

Thanks Jenn for sharing that with us.

Cheers TT

Thanks for reading.

[Jenn[_3_]]

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"Iain Churches" wrote:

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"Iain Churches" wrote:

Theatre organs are fascinating, too
Wurlitzer, Compton, etc. Especially
those with built-in percussion, xylophone,
snare dr, BD, cymbals, castanets
etc!

I agree; fastening things, hearable these days in several pizza parlors
;-)

Ahaa. That's good news to hear that some have survived the
scrap metal yard.

I have done a couple of theatre organ recording projects.
The first of these was a bit of a surprise. I had never been
to the location before, which turned out to be a very large
house with a workshop attatched. We were invited in, and
offered a cup of tea by the wife of the artist, who promptly
disappeared, only to emerge a few minutes later from a
massive trap-door in the middle of the 100m2 living room
floor, seated at the largest Compton organ I have ever seen -
four manual with built-in percussion, piano, and spot
lights:-)

The owner had bought it from The Odeon Theatre in
Livberpool, and painstakingly restored it, before installing
it in his own "show room"

If you are interested to hear it, Jenn, I will send you
a link by e-mail

I'd like that; thanks.


The segment is .mp3 bitrate 256k. The recording
is 5 microphones straight stereo. The organ blower
is audble at the very end only during the fade out.

Ice cream, drinks, cigarettes anyone? Forget Wall
Street. The main feature "Stagecoach" starts in 2 mins!!


Iain

lol

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

Iain Churches said:

Have you not noticed the difference in the ambience in
threads in which you do not take part?

If you're implying that the so-called rationality is a result of the absence
of Kroo, you're badly mistaken. Arnii knows what the real reason is that the
Normals aren't abusing and humiliating him in those threads: It's because
they're hiding in the shadows, waiting to pounce on him. That's why the
invective and mockery start up only after Arnii launches a "debating trade"
salvo. It's Arnii's sacred duty to flush the Kroo-haters out of their hiding
places and give them a target or six.

[Bill[_16_]]

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What a pleasant surprise to actually read a nice story here for a change :-)

Thanks Jenn for sharing that with us.

Totally agreed! That was a delightful story. Thanks for sharing that
Jenn.

--
Bill

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Jan 20, 2:06*pm, Jenn wrote:
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*"Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote:

On Jan 20, 1:28*pm, "Iain Churches" wrote:

The American's make very good guitars. *Both
Guild and Martin are firmly amongst my favourites
(or are they now made in the Far East? :-((

The Canadians do OK too. I like my Larrivee quite a bit.

I figure they just copied us. :-)

Larrivee is an excellent maker, though they are mostly now made down the
road from me in Oxnard, CA. *

Mine is from Vancouver. I wasn't aware that they'd moved.

Do you know if it's true that Bob Taylor was an apprentice of Jean
Larrivee? I've heard that before but I don't know if it's true.

I owned a beautiful Larivee until recently. *
It was the guitar that started my association with Peter Paul and Mary
(long story!)

I read that story. Cool, Jenn!

[Jenn[_2_]]

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Bill wrote:

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says...

What a pleasant surprise to actually read a nice story here for a change :-)

Thanks Jenn for sharing that with us.

Totally agreed! That was a delightful story. Thanks for sharing that
Jenn.

--
Bill

Thanks

[Jenn[_2_]]

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"Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote:

On Jan 20, 2:06*pm, Jenn wrote:
In article
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*"Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote:

On Jan 20, 1:28*pm, "Iain Churches" wrote:

The American's make very good guitars. *Both
Guild and Martin are firmly amongst my favourites
(or are they now made in the Far East? :-((

The Canadians do OK too. I like my Larrivee quite a bit.

I figure they just copied us. :-)

Larrivee is an excellent maker, though they are mostly now made down the
road from me in Oxnard, CA. *

Mine is from Vancouver. I wasn't aware that they'd moved.

They still have a factory there as well.


Do you know if it's true that Bob Taylor was an apprentice of Jean
Larrivee? I've heard that before but I don't know if it's true.

Yes, it's true. BTW, I just saw Bob at NAMM; looking well.


I owned a beautiful Larivee until recently. *
It was the guitar that started my association with Peter Paul and Mary
(long story!)

I read that story. Cool, Jenn!

Thanks

[MiNe 109]

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"Iain Churches" wrote:

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16' pipes are commonplace for church organs.


But Stephen,

This is a Baptist church organ, 'tis a
fine and wonderful thing!

They usually have to make do with a
harmonium or a battered Baldwin upright
piano with one candle-holder missing:-))

And the piano hammers for bass C and G are disproportionately worn.


Just think. Arny stated that they disposed of two
Steinways to get that heap of junk the Kawai !

The time I assisted a church in buying a piano, one difficulty was
getting to the instrument before the store techs could shellac the brand
new hammers. They assumed that as a church, we would want that
ultra-bright sound and literally began the process as soon as we said we
were on our way.

Those Steinways are better off wherever they ended up.

Stephen

[MiNe 109]

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However her identifications of the instruments used
in the WMA that Stephen tried to pass off as being
mine have been spot on. Sounds to me like Stephen
has spent too much time in front of too-loud stage
monitors.

Troll, and since you've been corrected but persist,
loose with the truth.

What corrections might those be Stephen?

How about your lame attempt to pass off every organ
with 16' stops as an organ with 16' pipes?

"Non-delusional slidings of the truth".

Nice turn of phrase, Stephen. Whateever you call them,
you seem to spend a lot of time telling them to
yourself. If you stopped, you might actually go
someplace good.

It gives you credit for the ability to stop your
irrational behavior should you choose to do so.

It is true that expecting a reasonable response on RAO is irrational. And
Stephen, you are one of the reasons why.

IKYABWAI

If you wish to argue that you are compulsive and can't
help yourself, go ahead.

Pot: kettle: black

You wish.

Stephen

[Iain Churches[_2_]]

"John Atkinson" wrote in message
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On Jan 21, 8:31 am, "Iain Churches" wrote:
I have done a couple of theatre organ recording projects.
The first of these was a bit of a surprise. I had never been
to the location before, which turned out to be a very large
house with a workshop attatched. We were invited in, and
offered a cup of tea by the wife of the artist, who promptly
disappeared, only to emerge a few minutes later from a
massive trap-door in the middle of the 100m2 living room
floor, seated at the largest Compton organ I have ever seen -
four manual with built-in percussion, piano, and spot
lights:-)

The owner had bought it from The Odeon Theatre in
Liverpool, and painstakingly restored it, before installing
it in his own "show room"

Was this in Stotfold, Beds, Iain? I used to live in that village
and one of my neighbors had a restored Compton theater
organ in his living room.

Morning John

The organ was located in Bolton, Lancs. The restorer
was a delightful chap by the name of Ronald Curtis. He
played on the recording too.

The most comfortable spl was from
_outside_ the house :-)

I will put a segment on my website and let you
have a link if you are interested. A couple of
people have already asked.

While we were setting up the equipment, it became
apparent that the room was not suitable for a
pair or a tree, so I went for a multi microphone
solution. The organ sounds as big as it looks:-)

I will put an -.mp3 segment on my website and
let you have a link if you are interested. A couple
of people have already asked.


If not, then I can only conclude that theater organ fans
have us all beat for fanaticism!!!

Oh indeed. There was, and probably still is,
a great following. People came from far and near
to weekly concerts. There were sometimes guest
performers too, and the fans used to organise trips
to Blackpool to see and hear the huge Wurlitzer with
Phil Kelsall at the keyboard.

I find the diversity of "minority" interests fascinating.

There was a label in the UK called Transacord, which
specialised in steam locomotive recordings. Who, you
might wonder, would ever buy those? I worked on
several of their projects, including a footplate recordings
of a newly rebuilt locomotive on a test run from the Railway
Museum at York to Doncaster and back. We had a team
of four. I picked the short straw to ride on the footplate.
Two of my colleagues were stationed at strategic points
along the track, while the fourth recorded the departure
from York, and then drove like a madman to Doncaster
to record the arrival and subsequent departure. He then
drove again like a madman to record the return to York.
A water tank had been set up at about the halfway point.
A stop was madethere for people to watch and take photos,
(and to allow the chap in the car to get ahead)
There were considerable crowds. I was amazed to
learn that there was such a demand for such recordings.

I have only recorded a full church organ on two occasions,
but the second time -- in Ely Cathedral, England in 1984 -
still stands out as a highlight experience of my efforts
at capturing sound.

Organs are particularly difficult. The Chapel at King's
has,. IIRC a reverb 4 sec (frequency dependent!!)

Beside King's, I have worked at Paisley Abbey, and
also Rochester and Southwark Cathedrals

The small baroque organs fascinate me too.

There was a subscriber to the Oz group, Ayn Marx
who was very interested in and well informed about
church organs. A couple of years ago, Ayn travelled
extensively in Europe, and sent some pictures
including the four manual Schnitger at the Jacobikirche
in Hamburg on which Bach played in 1720,

Regards
Iain

[Iain Churches[_2_]]

"George M. Middius" wrote in message
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Iain Churches said:

Have you not noticed the difference in the ambience in
threads in which you do not take part?

If you're implying that the so-called rationality is a result of the
absence
of Kroo, you're badly mistaken. Arnii knows what the real reason is that
the
Normals aren't abusing and humiliating him in those threads: It's because
they're hiding in the shadows, waiting to pounce on him. That's why the
invective and mockery start up only after Arnii launches a "debating
trade"
salvo. It's Arnii's sacred duty to flush the Kroo-haters out of their
hiding
places and give them a target or six.


George, I will leave him in the capable hands of
yourself and the excellent Boon - his carers:-)

Get your white coats on and prepare the anechoic chamber:-)

Iain

[Iain Churches[_2_]]

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There is a principle here - your claim to be a
recording professional. As a born again Christian
surely you have some regard for the truth?

The regard for truth is one reason that have some satisfaction about
unmasking you, Iain. You're a poser, pure and simple.

Post your link, and let me match it.
It will then be abundantly clear who
is the poser (simple but far from pu-)


Just be careful here that Arny doesn't get you mad. He is trying very
hard to needle you and if there is a glimmer of hope that one of his
vitriolic barbs hits the mark the beast will smell blood and go into a
feeding frenzy. Well, he will thrash about and make horrible gloating
sounds for days :-)) Quite pathetic really!


This "discussion" with Mr Krueger is now at an end,
as far as I am concerned. It is clear that he craves
attention, and is desperate to keep the exchange going
even as a mud-throwing contest.

Iain

[Iain Churches[_2_]]

"Jenn" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote:

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"Iain Churches" wrote:

Theatre organs are fascinating, too
Wurlitzer, Compton, etc. Especially
those with built-in percussion, xylophone,
snare dr, BD, cymbals, castanets
etc!

I agree; fastening things, hearable these days in several pizza parlors
;-)

Ahaa. That's good news to hear that some have survived the
scrap metal yard.

I have done a couple of theatre organ recording projects.
The first of these was a bit of a surprise. I had never been
to the location before, which turned out to be a very large
house with a workshop attatched. We were invited in, and
offered a cup of tea by the wife of the artist, who promptly
disappeared, only to emerge a few minutes later from a
massive trap-door in the middle of the 100m2 living room
floor, seated at the largest Compton organ I have ever seen -
four manual with built-in percussion, piano, and spot
lights:-)

The owner had bought it from The Odeon Theatre in
Livberpool, and painstakingly restored it, before installing
it in his own "show room"

The segment is .mp3 bitrate 256k. The recording
is 5 microphones straight stereo. The organ blower
is audble at the very end only during the fade out.

If you are interested to hear it, Jenn, I will send you
a link by e-mail

I'd like that; thanks.

On it's way.

Iain

[Arny Krueger]

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
i.fi
"Jenn" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote:

Theatre organs are fascinating, too
Wurlitzer, Compton, etc. Especially
those with built-in percussion, xylophone,
snare dr, BD, cymbals, castanets
etc!

I agree; fastening things, hearable these days in
several pizza parlors ;-)

Ahaa. That's good news to hear that some have survived the
scrap metal yard.

There is a theater organ in Detroit that is maintained solely for the
purpose of recording and listening by enthusiasts:

http://dtos.org/

I've visited it on numerous occasions. It's still in very good shape and
played routinely.

A pair of Neumann microphones are connected to a mic preamp and DA so that
visitors can record it using their own recorders.

[Arny Krueger]

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
i.fi

This "discussion" with Mr Krueger is now at an end,
as far as I am concerned.

Not at all. Iain will bring this issue up again and again, probably as long
as he has internet access.

I'm starting a pool to see if anyone can guess how many hours will pass
before he brings it up again.

[APR[_2_]]

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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If you do not need to do multi microphone work, then
you might be wise to sell off your church's mic collection
and buy just one pair of Neumanns. It's a shame they
don't have someone there who knows what he/she is
doing, to advise them.

But I still think the red nose ans baggy trousers would
suit you better:-)

Now where is your link?

Iain


Hey, children, children, children!!!
Play the ball, not the person.

We are getting our heads up our arses again.

Gee, we really think we are that good, perhaps the best even. I think really
fragile egos. If others heaped **** the way you blokes do you would be
covered with it.