On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:44:04 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:15:07 GMT, "Dave xxxx"
wrote:

Keith G wrote:
Well, summer's officially here at last (ignore the weather, it's just
a glitch) - tonite is the First Night Of The Proms! So all of you who
like pop music and have systems good enough can tune in and enjoy the
experience of a 'real live event' without the hassle and expense of
actually attending it!! ;-)

(Although I have to say it, if my kit sounded as bad as the PA'd
'live' event that I experienced at the RAH a few weeks back it would
be out on the back lawn in a heap, by now......)



Will be giving my new tuner a good testing tonight :-)

At seven thirty tonight the proms start, on radio 3, to kick it off is



Bach/Henry Wood: Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Elgar: The Music Makers

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Martin Neary (organ)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Have you heard the Albert Hall organ since they rebuilt it?
Incredible!



I think so - too dim-witted to be paying attention the other day!

I think it was on the radio (in the background, not listening too closely -
organ music is commonplace in this household as I can't get enough of it)
and then I heard an announcement mentioning something about the restoration
being finished!

If the Prom is opening with Bach's Toc & Fug on it we all need to be in our
seats a bit sharpish! (And me getting truly ****e FM reception today!!!)



I'm glad I made my mega subwoofer a few months ago. Not one of those
honking tuned port jobs, but a seriously low Fs driver in a huge
(concrete cupboard) sealed box. This is what I made it for.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Don Pearce wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:44:04 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

snip

I think so - too dim-witted to be paying attention the other day!

I think it was on the radio (in the background, not listening too
closely - organ music is commonplace in this household as I can't
get enough of it) and then I heard an announcement mentioning
something about the restoration being finished!

If the Prom is opening with Bach's Toc & Fug on it we all need to be
in our seats a bit sharpish! (And me getting truly ****e FM
reception today!!!)



I'm glad I made my mega subwoofer a few months ago. Not one of those
honking tuned port jobs, but a seriously low Fs driver in a huge
(concrete cupboard) sealed box. This is what I made it for.


Have you got any pictures?


Dave

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:06:45 GMT, "Dave xxxx"
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:44:04 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

snip

I think so - too dim-witted to be paying attention the other day!

I think it was on the radio (in the background, not listening too
closely - organ music is commonplace in this household as I can't
get enough of it) and then I heard an announcement mentioning
something about the restoration being finished!

If the Prom is opening with Bach's Toc & Fug on it we all need to be
in our seats a bit sharpish! (And me getting truly ****e FM
reception today!!!)



I'm glad I made my mega subwoofer a few months ago. Not one of those
honking tuned port jobs, but a seriously low Fs driver in a huge
(concrete cupboard) sealed box. This is what I made it for.


Have you got any pictures?


Dave


I did take some while I was making it, loaded them onto the laptop,
and promptly had a disk crash. I can do one of the front panel,
though, I'll chuck it on my website later and post a link.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
I'm glad I made my mega subwoofer a few months ago. Not one of those
honking tuned port jobs, but a seriously low Fs driver in a huge
(concrete cupboard) sealed box. This is what I made it for.

I've got an ancient pair of ex BBC LS 5/1As in the cellar firing up
through grilles as subs. 'Flat' down to 28 Hz, IIRC.

Wonder what frequency the new organ goes down to?

--
*Bigamy is having one wife too many - monogamy is the same

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:04:02 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
I'm glad I made my mega subwoofer a few months ago. Not one of those
honking tuned port jobs, but a seriously low Fs driver in a huge
(concrete cupboard) sealed box. This is what I made it for.

I've got an ancient pair of ex BBC LS 5/1As in the cellar firing up
through grilles as subs. 'Flat' down to 28 Hz, IIRC.

Wonder what frequency the new organ goes down to?

Well, the double open diapason on the pedal organ is 32', whatever
that comes out at.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:27:40 +0100, Don Pearce
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:04:02 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
I'm glad I made my mega subwoofer a few months ago. Not one of those
honking tuned port jobs, but a seriously low Fs driver in a huge
(concrete cupboard) sealed box. This is what I made it for.

I've got an ancient pair of ex BBC LS 5/1As in the cellar firing up
through grilles as subs. 'Flat' down to 28 Hz, IIRC.

Wonder what frequency the new organ goes down to?

Well, the double open diapason on the pedal organ is 32', whatever
that comes out at.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

I'm thinking about 16Hz for the diapason.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...

Well, the double open diapason on the pedal organ is 32', whatever
that comes out at.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

The interval item on the organ renovation mentioned 64' pipes. I didn't
quite feel the earth move but it did sound jolly good to me.

Oh and I never realised before that "The Planets" contains a forearm cluster
on the organ (ooh err missus).

Roy.

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 11:50:59 +0100, "Roy" roy wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
.. .

Well, the double open diapason on the pedal organ is 32', whatever
that comes out at.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

The interval item on the organ renovation mentioned 64' pipes. I didn't
quite feel the earth move but it did sound jolly good to me.

Oh and I never realised before that "The Planets" contains a forearm cluster
on the organ (ooh err missus).

Roy.


Or that Henry Wood could have made such a cods of "improving" toccata
and fugue with an orchestra.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

"Roy" roy wrote in message ...

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...

Well, the double open diapason on the pedal organ is 32', whatever
that comes out at.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

The interval item on the organ renovation mentioned 64' pipes. I didn't
quite feel the earth move but it did sound jolly good to me.

Oh and I never realised before that "The Planets" contains a forearm
cluster
on the organ (ooh err missus).

Roy.



No it didn't - he played a top G on (I think) the smallest pipe and bottom C
on a 32ft diapason - 32ft being the biggest pipe on any organ - honking at
16Hz. At that frequency you feel it, not hear it and not even DAB will pass
frequencies as low as that!


--

Woody

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 20:38:09 GMT, "Woody"
wrote:


"Roy" roy wrote in message ...

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...

Well, the double open diapason on the pedal organ is 32', whatever
that comes out at.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

The interval item on the organ renovation mentioned 64' pipes. I didn't
quite feel the earth move but it did sound jolly good to me.

Oh and I never realised before that "The Planets" contains a forearm
cluster
on the organ (ooh err missus).

Roy.



No it didn't - he played a top G on (I think) the smallest pipe and bottom C
on a 32ft diapason - 32ft being the biggest pipe on any organ - honking at
16Hz. At that frequency you feel it, not hear it and not even DAB will pass
frequencies as low as that!

It certainly does.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com