Hi Everyone,
I’ve been thinking of organs that I wish were available as sample sets. In writing this list I am bearing in mind that there are organs whose owners will never allow to be sampled and others which it may be exceedingly difficult for a variety of reasons. I’m hoping other people will reply and list their dream sample sets and perhaps producers will notice and give it some thought. Even better would be if there are members of the HW community or friends that could facilitate negotiations or connections to allow an instrument to be sampled.
-the Father Willis at Lincoln
-Kings College, Cambridge
-St. Pauls, London
-the Hildebrandt at the Wenzelskirche in Naumburg
-the Walcker at Riga. The other very fine sample sets of the Berlin Steinmeyer, Annaberg Walcker and Chemnitz Sauer have made me enamored with German Romantic organs!
-the Sauer at Berlin Cathedral
-the Aeolian-Skinner at St. John the Divine in New York
-organ of the Church of the Advent, Boston
-the Cavaillé-Coll at St. Sernin, Toulouse
These are organs that I think have special historical merit in their particular style of organbuilding. I’m looking forward to hearing other opinions!
Jon
I’ve been thinking of organs that I wish were available as sample sets. In writing this list I am bearing in mind that there are organs whose owners will never allow to be sampled and others which it may be exceedingly difficult for a variety of reasons. I’m hoping other people will reply and list their dream sample sets and perhaps producers will notice and give it some thought. Even better would be if there are members of the HW community or friends that could facilitate negotiations or connections to allow an instrument to be sampled.
-the Father Willis at Lincoln
-Kings College, Cambridge
-St. Pauls, London
-the Hildebrandt at the Wenzelskirche in Naumburg
-the Walcker at Riga. The other very fine sample sets of the Berlin Steinmeyer, Annaberg Walcker and Chemnitz Sauer have made me enamored with German Romantic organs!
-the Sauer at Berlin Cathedral
-the Aeolian-Skinner at St. John the Divine in New York
-organ of the Church of the Advent, Boston
-the Cavaillé-Coll at St. Sernin, Toulouse
These are organs that I think have special historical merit in their particular style of organbuilding. I’m looking forward to hearing other opinions!
Jon