abide with the out of tune recit

Ok, so this is the first sound to come from the récit division. It is slightly flat compared to the grand orgue keyboard and no regulation of pallets of reeds has been done. But that will take a while to retune the whole stop! This is the 8ft principal stop.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• harmonium
• projet
• récit
• clavier
• reed
• organ

[ofacteur]

The lower manual reeds are Esteve (Paris) but were made for export to UK in the 1870s. They are at A-455. The upper set is Trayser of the same vintage, but at A-440. Most reed organs were tuned well above 440, and quite often they are in the 450-455 range...just enough to make ensemble work difficult. I am eventually tuning the completed instrument closer to A440 :)

[wegot2ew]

du u hv mellotron?

[ofacteur]

no, all my instruments are acoustic! :)

[etbuk]

Wow... Fantastic! Very beautiful work; but te rècit is not in perfect tuning...

[ofacteur]

I know, this is a raw unvoiced, and untuned rank at present. Check the "more info" section, as I usually put a bit of detail in there :)

[ofacteur]

jaimerais le jouer un jour sur un instrument bien regle et accorde aussi!

[HumbertoMarquez]

I think your design of pumping the bellows of the harmonium with only one pedal is more practical and easy because one can use the weight of both feet, didn't it?

[Karlfalcon]

It could be that the one set of reeds was originally tuned to A=415, depending on when they were made.

[etbuk]

Ups... Sorry! This are a very difficult work!

[Belgologies]

Yipee ! Encore un 'Abide with me'; Dieu bénisse les facteurs d'orgue (et d'harmoniums en l'occurence) !