pwhodges wrote:All I can say about the organ is that it's not one I've got - but as I've no organs with a similar manual 16', that doesn't say much!
Meantone tuning - the question is 1/4 or 1/5 comma; my feeling is 1/5 comma, as that final glow of purity isn't quite there.
With or without your clue, I was going for Sweelinck as composer, though I don't know the piece.
Paul
Paul, wow you were pretty close !!!
OK, here comes the solution:
The organ is the Forcalquier set I have on a 30-day trial period.
Although I am toning down this otherwise overly bright and loud instrument as much as is possible with the voicing controls, I have done very little in this case:
Gamba at +4
Bourdon 16 not adjusted
The stops used are Bourdon 16' and Gamba 8'; it gives the impression of a narrowly scaled vocal sounding Principal 16', as I heard once on a CD with the old organ of Stavanger.
The music is indeed JP Sweelicnk, and the piece is called Prealudium ex F, No. 27 in the VNM Edition, ed. by Gustav Leonhardt, et. al.
I only played the first 40 some bars.
The tuning is meantone, not sure about the comma, I think it was 1/5.
Did you all like the warm sound? Since this organ is of course not a 16th-17th instrument it's a little more muddy than what I would prefer, but still it's not too bad.