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This is the Mander at St.
Ignatius Loyola in New York City I got to see with the
Organ Week group in 98 and 99. This is my discription of
the 98 trip:
We went to see this after
the 141 rank St. John the Divine Aeolean-Skinner. It
seemed like it took forever to get to the organ! All of
us were so excited, we were practicaly pushing each other
up the five flights of stairs. And, there it was. The
neo-baroque organ was shining with it's tin pipes, oak
case and detailed carvings. The first thing to catch our
eyes were the large 16' footers in the facad. They were
very fooling, they almost look the size of 32's, but they
were just extended 16's. I was one of the first to play,
so i decided on Pachelbel's "Toccata in E" to
get the place grovin'. Then my freinds and I went inside
the organ while it was playing! We were screaming our
heads off and no one could hear us. We kept yelling to
whomever was at the console to "Play the
Bombardes!". Here are the specs for ther organ. I was lucky
enough to have had ear plugs in. Then my friend Matt and
I went to the very top of the organ and could
almost touch the ceiling! Then we all had to crowd around
the console to get a picture in the hot church. All in
all, it's a great organ! Well, actually it's the Grand
Orgue, but were not going for technicalities here. :)
Ian
wants to be "Positif"!
Me
playing some funky Pachelbel(Yo quero Pachelbel!)
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