[Theme] The Organ Thread

[Airy]

Akira: No, but it is one of the three, as I've been told. I do not remember which one (we did not meet - I played that organ "en passant").
Frank : indeed I like having the keyboard opposite the front pipes, or to the side. One gets less direct and more reverberated sound, hence a better "listening experience" and less ear-ringing.

[Frank Fremerey]

Today in de Nieuwe Kerk Haarlem. Built in 1645 to 1649 the organ was built by Van Covelens/Hess 1523/1791

[Akira]

Airy, thanks for the further info on the Kuijkens.  There's no wonder any one (or even all) of them can play some keyboards.

Frank, this latest one is very neat and appears to be beautifuly maintained.

[Frank Fremerey]

Yes Akira and I love it how the Fuji renders the golden letters
in the extreme highlights: "IEU LIED". Nikon would just render white here.

[Akira]

Frank, thanks for the details.

Is this SOOC jpeg?  The exif says the image was processed in View NX...

[Eric Borgström]

Frauenkirche, Dresden.
The organ nearly disappears in all the restored baroque splendor.
/Eric

[Frank Fremerey]

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

[Frank Fremerey]

Eric. This is really impressive. I am sure the sound is as good as
the looks

[Akira]

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

Thanks for the details.  I wonder why you use View NX2 for the resize, though.  It the final image quality better than export for the web from Photoshop?

Eric, this is yet another gorgeous church and organ!

[Airy]

Somewhere in Wien (Vienna). A tribute to the fantastic work against the light done by the Zeiss 35/2, here at f/4. The sun was blazing through the clear windows. The blue tint of the front pipes is reflected skylight from other windows, not flare. No other lens gave me such results. The 35/2 is a must-have for organ shooters.

[Eric Borgström]

Impressive organ setting, impressive lens rendering! /Eric

[Frank Fremerey]

Wow Airy. The Vienna specimen is a great shot of great artwork. I am sure this cask is just opened.

[John Geerts]

A most impressive thread here. Especially the last one is a 'work of art'.  I must look around here in Tilburg, from what I've heard and read, there are some unique organs, in this (former) most Catholic city of the Netherlands 

[Frank Fremerey]

John. You are more than welcome

[Gary]

Man, I'd like to contribute to this thread, but American organs are all small and feeble compared to these behemoth, European pipes. (I feel humble and inadequate.)