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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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5. I've Heard That, Too

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:41 AM

Mar 2025

A pipe organ at the old grand movie house where I grew up got moved.
It was said that after it got moved (somewhere in Ohio, I think) many of the stops didn't sound the same.
I'm guessing things like flute or reed stops might be ok, but diapason would lack the roar.
I was an altar boy at a cathedral when I was a kid. They had an awesome pipe organ there. Over 5k pipes. Cost $54,000 when it was installed in 1953.
The blowers in the subbasement were the size of a small car!
I got to play it a few times. It was quite a rush when I was 10 or 11 years old!

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As an organist and organ curator in retirement defacto7 Mar 2025 #2

The organ was built..... oberle Mar 2025 #3

I understand. But in rebuilding, it was redesigned for this building and environment defacto7 Mar 2025 #4

I've Heard That, Too ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #5

It's nice to hear from a pipe organ enthusiast with a story. defacto7 Mar 2025 #6

I'm Really A Piano Player ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #7

The touch of an organ keyboard are as varied as keyboards get. defacto7 Mar 2025 #8