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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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7. I'm Really A Piano Player

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 12:09 PM

Mar 2025

(And guitar).
But my dad had a Hammond organ so I understood the difference between the 2 instruments. They're not meant to be played the same and I learned that as a little kid. Some luck there.
I was amazed at the amount of comfortable resistance of they keystrokes compared to an electric organ.
Is that because all the levers and rods are wood? Or because of pressure against the valves those levers are moving?

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Organ recitals oberle Mar 2025 #1

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