hope they talked to a structural engineer before they pull out all the stops on that thing
Posted on 03/28/2011 1:18:56 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (AFP) – Here's heavy metal music that won't give you a headache: a French-built organ with more than 6,000 steel pipes that has just started thundering from a New York church.
The organ, built by master artisans in France, draws on centuries of French organ tradition, creating an authentic Baroque sound that other makers just can't copy, according to organist Dennis Keene.
"It reminds you of Versailles at the king's arrival. We don't have this kind of sounds in the US," Keene enthused.
The instrument, comprising a staggering 6,183 pipes in 111 ranks, will be officially inaugurated in May at the Church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Is that a giant organ in your church, or are you just glad to not be French?
*grin*
Am I the only Freeper who thought of the scene from “The Simpsons”?
http://videos.sapo.pt/pSkz0Z6AIBNGqJQDG0iK
It's a rock band that performs at worship services.
There's one in Greenfield, WI
speaking of different beasts, I attended the auction of Judge Hofhientz of Astrodome fame, collection of band and street organs. Wonderful instruments. I came and lusted in my heart, but left unsatisfied. I always wantedted my own private pipe organ.
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hope they talked to a structural engineer before they pull out all the stops on that thing
Band organs are different from the theater organs which are different from the pipe organs, but there’s a wonderful family of sounds there.
Go down to "Listen to ATOS Theatre Organ Radio!"....and enjoy! :)
A friend found this for me. ;) It's cool!
If you don’t know what a worship team is, you’ve never been to a non-denominational, spirit-filled, evangelical church.
You’re missing out.
Maybe not giant, but larger than average.
Great for you, oh open minded one. Sad.
No disrespect to you, but is it really ‘sad’ to be a traditionalist on a conservative website?
I sit in a completely contemporary church. Have for years. I don’t care for it, but go because the Bible teaching is superior.
You play a guitar. If that enhances your worship experience and the experience of those around you, then that’s great. But it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. I don’t want worship teams and skits as part of my worship. I want a church organ and hymns.
If that makes me sad, so be it. I’ve tried the open mind approach but find that contemporary worship is not open to my point of view.
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