Airy. Where are the pipes?Right behind the double door above the keyboards?
Small and very nice to play and listen to. Perfect for chamber music. This one is usually played by a certain Mr. Kuijken, who lives nearby.
No. This is a panorama handheld baked from 4 single shots with Kolor Autopano Giga
Then edited in Photoshop just for color space
then resized in View NX2 for Web
Small and very nice to play and listen to. Perfect for chamber music. This one is usually played by a certain Mr. Kuijken, who lives nearby.
Great! But I only know the violinist, the gambist and the fluitist Kuijkens. Is he a son of any?
John. It is a pity in Holland. Spontaneous visits to church for either prayer or photography is not possible.
You have to ring out the custodian, or in the bigger churches pay an entrance fee of 2.5 to 4.0 Euros.
This is really bad marketing.
John: Difficult lighting. Needs a tripod and lamps switched off and 30 Seconds exposure....Yes Frank. Actually it would be preferred if the priest or sexton would lower that hanging candle. Or go up and use a super-wide ;)
Yes Frank. Actually it would be preferred if the priest or sexton would lower that hanging candle. Or go up and use a super-wide ;)
Another Klais organ. I recommend you "cathedral music" composed and played by Gunnar Idenstam on that very organ. Virtuoso, well-crafted, and entertaining at the same time.
Just some close-up organ porn...
Just some close-up organ porn...
Looks like the Angel had a smoke. And that's not trumpet in his hand...
This angel is sculptured so perfectly post-ironic, the maker could about qualify to meet woith us every sunday at mass (see that thread)My understanding is that the angel dates back to the 1620's - a 1620's wood carver would be a nice supplement to the crowd of medieval dressed people in your thread about sunday mass. You could imitate the angel .. if your hair and body is up to it? ;D
Björn. This is wonderful magical reminds me of my mother's funeral a short while ago.I'm so sorry, Frank!
Thomas. Thank you for the contribution. A bit of research would be most helpful.Frank, please see above. I finally was able to identify the church.
my first organ photo - not very impressive though, but with a huge history
taken in "de Groote Kerk" Cape Town - corner stone laid in December 1700
The current organ has 5 917pipes, four "manuale" and pedals and a console with 102 registers. The longest pipe is 9,5m long with a circumference of 254mm and the shortest is 6mm long with a circumference of 2,5mm. Pipes were made of copper, tin and wood.
Frank, please see above. I finally was able to identify the church.
What you see is only the pipework of the "choir" organ, i.e. a smaller set of pipes located low at the gallery girder, in the back of the organist who faces the main body of pipes. The choir organ is played via the second manuel (out of three) in this case; usually (17th-18th centuries) it would be the first.
Organs without cases were fashionable between 1930 and 1960, approximately. Not such a good idea because the pipework gets exposed to dust and falling plaster, also because the sound easily gets dispersed in all directions. From a purely musical point of view, there are good and bad ones, and the manufacturing quality had more to suffer from the economic crises and wars than from the absence of casing. Still, such organs often get associated with "bad quality" without further checking, which is stupid.
This one, in Lille, is from 1950. It is a very solid organ with good tonal qualities, and one of the feww organs here that were recorded by first-rate organists (Gaston Litaize in that case, and several times).
What you see is only the pipework of the "choir" organ, i.e. a smaller set of pipes located low at the gallery girder, in the back of the organist who faces the main body of pipes. The choir organ is played via the second manuel (out of three) in this case; usually (17th-18th centuries) it would be the first.
Looks great; typical XVIIIth Spanish style, given the trompeteria.Airy
I see that the upper labia of the front pipes have been decorated with devilish blue faces : can you upload a 100% crop of that detail please ?
@Akira : in fact, it does not sounds not that nice - the tone has been "pushed" to fill the cathedral, it seems. Moreover, playing was extremely uncomfortable, because of electric action that would react to the lightest touch (very short distance between key at rest and closed contact). To some extent that was useful, one had to be very precise... but it was impossible to have hands normally "resting" on the keyboards, hence a permanent tension.
On the other hand, the "Art Déco" look of these mass-producted instruments (in the twenties-thirties) is not bad, and the manufacturing quality was remarkable. This thing has survived although maintenance seldom takes place.
| Huvudverk | Svällverk | Pedal |
| Gedakt16' | Borduna 16' | Principal 16' |
| Principal 8' | Principal 8' | Subbas 16' |
| Spetsflöjt 8' | Rörflöjt 8' | Kvinta 10 2/3' |
| Oktava 4' | Spetsgamba 8' | Oktava 8' |
| Rörflöjt 4' | Vox celeste 8' | Gedakt 8' |
| Kvinta 22/3' | Oktava 4' | Oktava 4' |
| Oktava 2' | Traversflöjt 4' | Koppelflöjt 4' |
| Cornett 4 ch | Nasat 2 2~3' | Nachthorn 2' |
| Mixtur 5-7 ch | Oktava 2' | Mixtur 6 ch |
| Trumpet 16' | Ters 13/5' | Basun 16' |
| Trumpet 8' | Waldflöjt 1 ' | Trumpet 8' |
| Cymbelstjärna | Mixtur 5-6 ch | Ciarion 4' |
| Fagott l 6' | ||
| Ryggpositiv | Trumpet 8' | |
| Gedakt 8' | Oboe 8' | |
| Kvintadena 8' | Tremulant | |
| Principal 4' | ||
| Gedaktflöjt 4' | Bröstverk | |
| Waldflöjt 2' | Trägedakt 8' | |
| Sifflöjt l ' | Rörflöjt 4' | |
| Sesquialtera 2 ch | Principal 2' | |
| Scharll 3-4 ch | Blockflöjt 2' | |
| Dulcian 16' | Kvinta 1 1/3' | |
| Rörskalmeja 8' | Cymbel 3 ch | |
| Tremulant | Vox humana 8' | |
| Tremulant | ||
| HV/BV, HV/SV, HV/RP, P/BV, P/SV, P/HV, P/RF, RP/SV |
Thomas. Wonderful organ and camera work!Thanks you, Frank.
HCS supershot of the organ!!!!
Thanks Frank. I thought to escape the lunatic group of photographers who were shooting straight at the organ 8). I moved to the back of the church.
my D3 image of the organ is taken far far back in the church. In fact very far back where no photographers are.
another one from Utrecht then
Krakow, SS Peter and Paul. A composite organ, with a small XVIIIth century center element, and ugly alignments of pipes to hide complementary material from the early XXth I guess. Df, Tamron 45/1.8, f/5.6, 1/15s handheld, 1000 ISO. Bizarre looks, but the organ seems to sound pretty good.The pipes display looks like abstract angel wings. I like the different design. The lens seems to work quite well but not optimal for the situation?
Maybe, but in what sense ?I see (feel?) a descending IQ towards the light sorce. Seems like an issue with the amount of diffuse light falling from the top onto the upper half of the front lense.
I see (feel?) a descending IQ towards the light sorce. Seems like an issue with the amount of diffuse light falling from the top onto the upper half of the front lense.
I've seen that behaviour before, unfortunately don't remember the lense.
@Thomas: the alfresco painting drew my attention, a German Puvis de Chavannes so to say. Painter?I think these are from Willi Spatz (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Spatz), painted around 1900.
What an interesting organ! It the pedal just for E to B?No, it is the so-called "short octave" :
No, it is the so-called "short octave" :
you see : E F F# G G# A Bb H
you play: C F D G E A Bb H
First octave of the keyboard has the same layout.
the two pedals on the right are for special effects (drums - in fact, two low tones with a small difference in frequency, giving a rolling sound)
To whom it may concern
the annual organfestival Haarlem 2016
http://www.organfestival.nl/en/index.html#english (http://www.organfestival.nl/en/index.html#english)
Thank you LARS.
That organ was one of the favorites of French organists (Michel Chapuis, and Marie-Claire Alain - the lady who recorded Bach's integral work at least three times)
I found an organ picture on my smartphone.
From the context it must have been taken in our
holiday in Haarlem, NL
But I do not really remember
More hints show it was taken at 21 July 15 when I was in Haarlem
but the picture itself might well have been taken in Denmark where
my father was at the time with his wife. Then it came by WhatsApp
and was therefore automagically inserted into my WatsApp picture
folder where it is difficult to tell from my pictures...
Today's workplace. Proper keyboards, unlike computers'.
Today's workplace. Proper keyboards, unlike computers'. Handheld shot, with the magnificent Zeiss 25/2.
Lars, I wish I had that one for Bach. The precise tone emission is a plus. In my present case, the console is in the nave and the organ up there, so the feedback comes with a delay... see picture (again Zeiss 25/2, straightened in LR)
Mid XIXth century I guess. Wish you also had taken the other side.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7519/28342254703_731171b8d4_o.jpg)Nice one. Actually listening to Dolores - Bohren & der Club of Gore (https://youtu.be/Z-dfbceq4x4) which gives the right mood to look at pictures of organs.
Saint Pierre, Saint Laurent, Bauge
Here are some nice shots of the Trinité with their long term organist (60 years!) Olivier Messiaen playing the impressive instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7g0ULVl2I
She recorder three sets. Which year ((P), not (C)) is yours?
Église Unie Saint-James, Montreal.
Since I didn´t know, I will like for you guys to point out if I miss something important. I´m growing fond of this thread.
ThomasG: These are the first pictures I see from you Iceland Experience ... 9000 ... wow. I came back from California with 8700, but I bracket +1/0/-1 all the time, so in truth only 2900. ... Back to the image: This is a very beautiful huge organ and somehow you managed to take a geometrically perfect shot of it. So I guess you used pano technology to take and later correct it?Thanks! Yes, it is one of many. Free hand pano and some post effort.
Beautiful organ, but make me dream... There, I see pictures for a organ manufacturer catalog. On top, there is too much grain / noise.Dreaming is allowed. Dreaming of going there again I'd bring and tripod, a flash and a helping hand maybe. Invite a lesser number of other tourists. Other time of the day.
I have also a big problem with the framing:I like it with environment or straight on the nose. The latter I did not bring the equipment for.
(1) why all this front scene ?;
(2) what has the ugly window to do there;the world is ugly sometimes. tryptich as the organ framing. explains the ugly light spot. (see attached)
(3) portrait framing would enhance the organ pipes, now they are cut somewhere in the middle.not available as it was not to my liking. the pipe mouths are. the copper dents are. does not pay off without the sun illuminated church room.
Church of St Michael the Archangel, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, England, on Christmas day 2016.Nice. Technical appereance in a Normannic (?) church.
Another nice one, depicting a "humble" parish organ. Curtains are typically English. Organists there have the possibility to dig into their noses or fumble their iPhones (or the page-turning, stop-drawing lady) during services.
Nice. Technical appereance in a Normannic (?) church.
Simone: That IS a beauty!
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord...
Wonderful thread, images and text.
Carl, the organ you referred to is an entertainment organ, and its purpose is different from that of the ones posted in this thread. The organ like the Wuritzer were used to accompany the silent movies or some other entertainment shows, not really for the liturgical purposes.
Wurlitzer later made electric pianos used by pop artists like the Carpenters in the 70s.
Three organs in one shot. Is this a record?
St Stephan's Cathedral, Vienna.
Yesterday I have been to a concert listening to Olivier Messiaen "9 Meditations on the Birth of Christ"
That's envious. Hope you enjoyed it!
It was wonderful. The clustertones at the end that stand in the room like Giant Star Destroyer Ships seemed to be a tad too much for our old organ, I heared that she tried to escape her wooden housing!
https://www.sankt-petrus-bonn.de/kirchen/stiftskirche/orgel-stiftskirche (most of the photos on this website are mine)
It had a small church with an even smaller ................. ;)
Given the amount of dust, I guess it is no longer played, which is the prelude to total functional loss.
Santuario de Guadalupe - Zamora Michoacan , México
Oh, that is the last prelude I would want to listen to...
Given the amount of dust, I guess it is no longer played, which is the prelude to total functional loss.
I visited a very small Danish island Orø
It had a small church with an even smaller organ. ;)
Build in 1978 at Fyns Orgelbyggeri (Funen Organbuilder).
A quick shot for Airy and Frank :)
Was visiting Frederiksborg Castle today and found an organ ;)
For once it wa possible to take the picture straight on.
Another extravagant Klais organ ?
Düsseldorf, Neanderkirche. Rieger 1965. A "modern" organ without compromizes, on which Almut Rössler (1932-2015, and organist at the nearby Johanneskirche) recorded the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen, and Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (*1934) works by Bartok and Mussorgski (yessss, pictures at an exhibition).
The organ case is not exactly "beautiful", and is in stark contrast with the XVIIth century church, in typical calvinist arrangement : pulpit and altar at the long side, galleries on the three other sides. Musically, it is overwhelming and elegant at the same time, singing and percussive (also with the help of the four horizontal trumpet and clarion stops).
I have listened to its voice on records for more than forty years. Live on the 27th, for the first time.
hey man, Airy. You are in Düsseldorf? This is next door to me. Drop by. Have half a coma in my wine cellar!
As a matter of fact, Bartok wrote nothing for the organ. However, some of his piano pieces (from Microcosmos, Romanian dances, etc.) can be played nearly "as is", to the extent that you'd hardly call the result a transcription.
Sct Petri Kirche in Hamburg.
Sct Petri Kirche in Hamburg.
Thank you for the link. Does the church have seven organs?
Pontigny, BourgogneI love ups and overs
Not particularly focused on the organ itself, but on the positional relationship of the organ with the church, lurking above the visitors at church's entrance.
11-photo vertical pano, D600, 28-300/5.6 VR handheld (original is 5400x12000 px)
Ciao from Massimo
From a visit to Trinitatis Church, the one with the Round-tower, "Rundetårn" in Copenhagen.
One for Frank!
Koln Dom which I’m sure Frank is familiar with!
Lumix G9 + PLeica 8-18mm @ 1/15 f4 ISO1250.
Another from my Nikon archives from 2015. An RC church in Lucerne.
Nikon D810 + 24-120mm @ 1/200 f5.6 ISO5000, Sadly the organ pipes were covered in anti pigeon netting.
I was visiting Haderslev, in the souther part og Jutland.
They have a cathedral, "domkirke", lithe 3 organs.
Z6 24-70 f4 available light. Main organ 1/13 sec the VR actually works!
Nice box ;DIt is from Sorø Klosterkirke .. local church. A fairly big box :-)
In Which church did you find this big box?
The chip board box doesn't sit well with the beauty of the church. Let us hope that it is only a temporary structure - maybe it is there for protection during planned building repairs?I agree - and exactly as you suggest it is due to repairs inside the church that has been going on for quite a while. Also the lead roof of the church has been replaced.
Either that, or it's Christo's latest masterpiece.Hehe .. yes, possibly - had to look him up and I see what you mean..
Organ, Grote Kerk Breda. built by Flentrop.
Organ, Grote Kerk Breda. built by Flentrop.Must say very impressive. Nicely photographed.
Parish Sainte Marie, Limoges
interior with organ
Z6 24mm f/1.8S
What an exquisite church!
And exquisite light.
And exquisite light.
Better details
Aix en Provence, St Sauveur cathedral. The Isnard organ (1724) is now essentially a colourful and elegant pre-romantic organ, somewhat remining the late (around 1830 - Utrecht cathedral...) Bätz organs, of course enclosed in its original case. Facing it on the other side is a mere façade by Isnard. Having two opposite organs was common practice in mediterranean countries. This church is however not symmetrical at all.
A novel was written about 20 years ago, where the empty façade would magically awaken and play by itself.
Df, Zeiss 25/2 @f/3.5 (I made another shot @f/2 which is nearly as sharp... with that lens, you can get anything sharp if you take care of the slight field curvature; focus plane corners are bent away from the photographer, so focussing-and-reframing is out of the question at wide apertures).
From Google:
"The main organ in Oslo Cathedral was built by Norwegian organ builders Ryde & Berg in 1998. The organ façade is the original one from the Baroque organ of 1727 built by the Danish organ builder Lambert Daniel Kastens, who studied and worked with the famous North German organ builder Arp Schnitger."
I was fortunate to have a day to spend in Oslo after our wonderful safari around Norway in 2010 because my flight home had been changed due to badly behaving volcanoes in Iceland.
I took these shots of the fairly new organ in Oslo's Cathedral that day.