Silver Octopus are pleased to announce the release of two 18th. century chamber organs. The first is by John Avery dating from 1792 and the second is by James Davis dating from 1790.
The Avery has five stops and the Davis nine, of which some registers are split into bass and treble halves on each organ. Both instruments are single manual and retain the long compass down to low G up to F giving a total of 59 notes in each. The larger Davis also has a long compass based pedal board. Tuning for the Avery is Meantone 5th. comma and the Davis is close to 10th. comma. The sets have been presented in equal temperament so that end users can choose their own preferred tuning.
Each sample set is recorded from the players perspective or from a medium distance listeners standpoint. Either position can be selected as an individual set or as a combined set for those with rear speaker set-ups. Each sample set is presented wet with original acoustics although those are fairly minimal in each case.
Trial sets of both instruments (with a limited compass of 2.5 octaves) are available at:
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/TRIALAVE ... ptwerk.rar
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/TRIALDAV ... ptwerk.rar
Further specifications and historical details together with photographs can be found at:
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/%20avery_1792.htm
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/%20davis_1790.htm
The Avery has five stops and the Davis nine, of which some registers are split into bass and treble halves on each organ. Both instruments are single manual and retain the long compass down to low G up to F giving a total of 59 notes in each. The larger Davis also has a long compass based pedal board. Tuning for the Avery is Meantone 5th. comma and the Davis is close to 10th. comma. The sets have been presented in equal temperament so that end users can choose their own preferred tuning.
Each sample set is recorded from the players perspective or from a medium distance listeners standpoint. Either position can be selected as an individual set or as a combined set for those with rear speaker set-ups. Each sample set is presented wet with original acoustics although those are fairly minimal in each case.
Trial sets of both instruments (with a limited compass of 2.5 octaves) are available at:
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/TRIALAVE ... ptwerk.rar
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/TRIALDAV ... ptwerk.rar
Further specifications and historical details together with photographs can be found at:
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/%20avery_1792.htm
http://www.silveroctopus.co.uk/%20davis_1790.htm
Last edited by Charles Braund on Thu May 09, 2019 12:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.