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I'll be Bach....
Topic Started: Sep 23 2017, 02:50 AM (75 Views)
Mikhailoh
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Ahnold fulfills childhood dream of playing organ at Bavarian church
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George K
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He looks like he's touched a keyboard of any kind about twice in his life.
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He is a natural.
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Klaus
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HOLY CARP!!!
I did play an organ in a church on a regular basis for a couple of years (I was a standby for the organist).

Few things beat the atmosphere of playing on a fat organ in an empty church in the middle of the night.

And few things beat the embarrassment of screwing up during a service. I remember that I once accidentally played the wrong song; the church goers sung one song, I played another one.
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Copper
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Klaus
Sep 23 2017, 04:47 AM
I remember that I once accidentally played the wrong song; the church goers sung one song, I played another one.

Did anyone notice?
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Mikhailoh
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Hymns. All same.
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Klaus
Sep 23 2017, 04:47 AM
I did play an organ in a church on a regular basis for a couple of years (I was a standby for the organist).

Few things beat the atmosphere of playing on a fat organ in an empty church in the middle of the night.

And few things beat the embarrassment of screwing up during a service. I remember that I once accidentally played the wrong song; the church goers sung one song, I played another one.
I had a similar experience, as a church organist for 4 years. Took lessons for a few years as a teen from the organist, then stepped into the position when she retired. 105-stop 3-manual.

There were many times when I would finish playing at a nightclub, and then go to the church at 2:00 am or so, to get ready for the morning services. Spooky. Very large sanctuary, pitch black, only lights I would turn on were the choir loft and the light on the music rack.

It was fun to mess around. Pull the 32' and octaves, play the lowest C. Then, play the lowest C along with C#, and certain windows would rattle, things would shake and vibrate with various combinations, or things would sing along with perfect intervals. I was doing that one night, when a voice rang out, "what ARE you doing??" It was the youth pastor, who sneaked in to see what in the world was going on. (Playing the final few measure's of Bach's Passacaglia et Thema Fugatum would make everything shake, I loved doing that!)

Biggest mistake that I remember, occurred was when I was severely hung over. On the Swell (top manual), I had left the carillon on, and when I played the first chord of a hymn, it was a huge crash of bell sounds that finally drifted away into silence.

I turned looked at the congregation, and said, "Ooops!" Everyone had a good laugh, even god did I think.
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Klaus
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Rainman
Sep 23 2017, 09:48 AM
Pull the 32' and octaves, play the lowest C.
Did the organ have a "real" 32' or was it "gedackt"?

The organ I played on had only 16' as the lowest registers, but it was still a rather impressive instrument. I loved to step into the inside of the organ. One fun thing was that it could also be operated by "muscle power" only: one person needs to operate the bellows, everything else was mechanical.

I remember that I once played the "Pink Panther" theme on the organ when the reverent stepped in. I quickly modulated to some more religious theme :)
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