Saturday, January 23, 2016

Pipe Organs

I am in the middle of a snow storm, and may have my concert cancelled tonight, but meanwhile, I looked through my library of photos to see what pipe organs I've captured, and found quite a few.
I post some of them, hoping that seeing them will give you pleasure
A tiny church in Passau, very plain in comparison to most churches in Germany.

One of those small organs in the sanctuary used for smaller masses rather than the main organ up in the balcony.

The great Marcel Dupre playing the Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia,
the organ with the most playable pipes in the world (Atlantic City actually has more pipes, but many need to be repaired).

The organ in Melk Abbey, one of the greatest and most ornate of Baroque churches.

Perhaps the grandest expression of a organ case, the main organ at Passau
(which was until just recently, the largest church organ in the world)
I heard a noon-day recital by a young American organist, and the church was fille,
probably close to a 1000 people at an organ concert!.

Just part of the collection of organs at St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna.

I've lost the identity of this one.   It is in Germany or Austria.
Anyone?

The organ case at Wanamaker's, Philadelphia.

And on of the organist regularly performing at Wanamaker's.

The organ at St. Phillips cathedral of Atlanta, the last Aeolian-Skinner I helped install with Dad, Don, and Bruce

Another chancel organ for smaller services.

The organ at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Sidney Mines, Nova Scotia
where my grandfather, A. D. Wauchope I was pastor.

The "State Trumpet" at St. John the Devine, NYC, voiced at 100inches of wind pressure, and probably the loudest musical instrument in the world.  The nave of the church is 600 feet long (the longest gothic nave in the world), and the reverberation lasts 9 seconds.
This photo is from 1960 when Dad, Don and I took a tour of Philadelphia, Washington, New York and Boston.
Alec Wyton was the organist.


The St. Sulpice organ, Paris. 
The picture means so much to me.  It was the first photo I took on my first trip to Paris.  I walked into the cathedral, turned around, and was struck dumb upon seeing this organ which was featured so prominently on all the covers of the Mercury "Living Presence" recordings by Marcel Dupre, of which my dad had the entire collection.  How I remember those recordings, and those really nasty (in a good way) French Bombards.

I believe this is the organ in St. Charles Church in Vienna

And I believe this is St. Eustache.

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