Anyone ever played a Pipe Organ???!

I was in the Chapel today, and we managed to climb upstairs and play the pipe organ because the door was unlocked.  It was AMAZING and it was beautiful sounding.

I used to play the one at my local church - it was an old Victorian model and could sound very spooky, especially since the church itself was 14th-15th century.

I've played others, though, the best sounding one is at the 11th Century round church in Northampton - the round auditorium has an amazing sonic ambience.

The most interesting one I've played is the 1960s hi-tech organ in Oxford's New College chapel: http://www.newcollegechoir.co.uk/organ.htm

    There's a former church in Tchernovtsy(western Ukraine).Now there's a Organ Hall.Muiscal evening are held there every autumn and spring, as long as I remember, with participation of organ players from all over the world.
This summer I played there! There are some photos and even a vidoe of me playing a mid-part of MUSICAL BOX on a Pipe Organ costing 1 million $!!!

here's the Hall's picture

MarkOne wrote: Yep!   I have played this one on a few occasions:   [IMG]height=507 alt="CPBC Organ" src="http://www.imagescape-designs.com/images/cpbc.jpg" width=380>   And yes, there is nothing quite like something that big, with all the stops out moving a lot of air.  It's VERY VERY loud! And very cool too!   I have a vague idea of asking permission to record it some day.

wow! where are u living?
    

Prog-jester wrote:      There's a former church in Tchernovtsy(western Ukraine).Now there's a Organ Hall.Muiscal evening are held there every autumn and spring, as long as I remember, with participation of organ players from all over the world. This summer I played there! There are some photos and even a vidoe of me playing a mid-part of MUSICAL BOX on a Pipe Organ costing 1 million $!!! here's the Hall's picture

    U live in a very beautifull place...