I’d rather have a warm, broad jeux des fonds than all the mixtures and mutations in Christendom.
An organist acquaintance notes a friend who had two digital ranks put on his tracker organ. This acquaintance kids him constantly about the nuances of touch he experiences on those fake stops.
Plus, there are some untruths being circulated and I'm almost convinced the photoshop montage of the Wilhelm in SFdS is not corrected for perspective.
I don't know the details beyond what's in the announcement, but is it just possible that Steven Ball, who is new there, wants the Wilhelm for some good reason we've not grasped?
OK...Bruce L., I found the photo on the Oratory website to which you were referring. Yes, the perspective and proportions do seem wrong. The impost and the pedal towers looked higher in Syracuse, as did the bottom of the Rueckpositiv. The pedal towers appear to be pulled in toward the main case, which may have been necessary in any future installation (and easily accomplished by shortening trackers.) And you're right, in the case of a new-build, the building would have suggested a higher case, and if there is a desire for and tradition of concerted music and adequate depth in the gallery, an instrument without a Rueckpositiv may have been the way to go. At least the pedal towers are set back in line with the Swell and Great. I wonder if the space between the Rueckpositiv and main case could be maximized.I'm almost convinced the photoshop montage of the Wilhelm in SFdS is not corrected for perspective. The pedal towers look much larger than they should in that room, and the positiv appears to be much larger than a 4' facade
HAUPTWERK (II)
8' Cornet V (c25-d51) 135
1 1/3' Mixtur V 280
RÜCKPOSITIV (I)
1' Scharf IV 224
SWELL ORGAN (III)
2 2/3' Cornet III (f18-d51) 102
2' Mixtur IV 224
PEDAL
2 2/3' Rauschpfeife IV 120
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