I'm a big fan of open TOE voicing. Was he saying "open" and "closed TIP"? I've been voicing and regulating for decades; I've never seen a voicer test for "slowness" by blowing hard and listening for undulating tone. I'll have to give that a try. It's amazing that organ pipes (like those he was blowing) are made of 10 to 70% lead. Isn't lead a highly toxic substance? Nope! Lead compounds--that are easily dissolved in water-- are highly toxic. The metal lead, pure or alloyed with other light metals, appears not to be dangerous. Organbuilders and stained glass artisans have been plying their trade for centuries without complaint of lead poisoning symptoms, formerly known as "painters stomach".
What determines the volume of the pipe when it speaks? I play an organ that has a Principal chorus(8,4,2) in the swell, and my 12 member choir can overpower it, and they are in their 70s. I also have string stops and an oboe in the swell that a solo singer can sing over it. Plus I have to use the sw 4' coupler to use swell for hymns. The great isn't that strong either with it's stops, but its principal chorus is a little bit louder than the swell principal chorus. Then the church added a great trumpet 8 that sounds like a loud chamade sound, which over kills almost all the fundamental stops and mixtures of the whole organ. It's a 25 stop organ, it should sound louder than what it is now.
It would have been more useful to have seen close-up of the pipe mouth plus some visual aids to see exactly what was done. The talk only really audibly gave the effect of voicing adjustments.
Een mooie demonstratie van dit mooie eeuwenoude ambacht. Dank voor het plaatsen.
Thanks. Looks like an interesting lecture. Is there any more of it?
I'm a big fan of open TOE voicing. Was he saying "open" and "closed TIP"? I've been voicing and regulating for decades; I've never seen a voicer test for "slowness" by blowing hard and listening for undulating tone. I'll have to give that a try. It's amazing that organ pipes (like those he was blowing) are made of 10 to 70% lead. Isn't lead a highly toxic substance? Nope! Lead compounds--that are easily dissolved in water-- are highly toxic. The metal lead, pure or alloyed with other light metals, appears not to be dangerous. Organbuilders and stained glass artisans have been plying their trade for centuries without complaint of lead poisoning symptoms, formerly known as "painters stomach".
What determines the volume of the pipe when it speaks? I play an organ that has a Principal chorus(8,4,2) in the swell, and my 12 member choir can overpower it, and they are in their 70s. I also have string stops and an oboe in the swell that a solo singer can sing over it. Plus I have to use the sw 4' coupler to use swell for hymns. The great isn't that strong either with it's stops, but its principal chorus is a little bit louder than the swell principal chorus. Then the church added a great trumpet 8 that sounds like a loud chamade sound, which over kills almost all the fundamental stops and mixtures of the whole organ. It's a 25 stop organ, it should sound louder than what it is now.
It would have been more useful to have seen close-up of the pipe mouth plus some visual aids to see exactly what was done. The talk only really audibly gave the effect of voicing adjustments.
Metalen pijpen zijn wel makkelijker te intoneren en te corrigeren dan houten. Vooral de kleinere
The voicing of the voice is awful.