The rudeness calling digital organs contraptions and other terms really should stop.
There are buildings that do not have enough room for pipe placement that will serve the room. Pipe builders should turn down the job to let a digital take its place?
...you can get the effect from half-drawing the diapason against a full draw of the string. It will undulate, no problems.
Now, to go out on a limb... This will rattle a few cages, no doubt, but I believe that most parishes can get by for most of the liturgical needs with an organ that has the following specification:
Manual:
Principal 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Octave 4'
Flute 4'
Fifteenth 2'
[Nasard if you like -- bit of a luxury, but if you've got the cash, why not?]
Pedal:
Subbass 16'
Manual to Pedal Coupler. All stops divided at Middle C. Mechanical action.
no one would dare think to have a computer 'sing' the choral music...
hartleymartin, I'm afraid that I disagree even with the order in which you wanted the organ constructed! A nasard before a complete diapason? No, no and no! The diapason is the heart of the organ and everything else is defined by it. Needs to go in first.
A good tracker organ allows me practically infinite nuance in the formation of musical sound.
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