Clairon Harmonique 4'

THANK YOU !
love this !

Thank You, J. I was terribly excited shooting it that day & some of the errors weren't small. I expect I'll return w/ a disc of the images and a loaf of great sourdough for the kind people there - and retake a number of shots.

Really cool. Pipe organs to me are an ultimate combo of art and technology. And stop names are fun, as they are slowly becoming a salad of words from several different languages.

Yes, DW! I didn't have access to the pipes the way I wanted - I really should get that Sonnar 250mm . This place (First Pres) is awash in breathtaking carved wood. St. James, down the street has multiple pipe galleries I hope I can get a good perspective on. I did get shots of the church's original organ and pipes, some of which were re-toned for use in the '90s organ they now have. You've probably been around massive organs. I haven't been since college days, seeing Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Some of those pipes are a couple feet across & output 30cps. We can hear those low registers, but our bodies can feel it. They really are cool.

mmm sourdough !
this photograph is a beautiful extrapolation of paul strand's typewriter, its just perfect !
good luck when you take some more

Really cool, I would like to borrow that "swell to great"....could be very useful

Tony, that's great! Perfect for making vibrato. Queue Madelene Caan in Young Frankenstein.

Yes a really cool photograph and i like john's point of an extrapolation of the strand typewriter. Throw in a little Toccata Und Fuge D-moll for good measure, when you develop the new films of this - your stand development and perhaps even sourdough rising may be perfectly timed. There is even a print stop for pulling - Swell to Positive. I have never tried to enter the Christ Church of Shrewsbury, NJ, but have photographed a little from the outside. Founded in 1702, and the cornerstone of the present church building laid in 1769. There is a pipe organ in this church. A work mate of mine was an organist (played organ at my wedding) and he maintained that organ. He had a little tudor-style house a few blocks away from the church, into said house he built a pipe organ. Bellows and air pump in the basement. The tudor style house gave him sufficient head room for a few nice low pipes. It was amazing. I know nothing about music or pipe organs, but i imagine that the title means a whole lot to some folks that admire pipe organs.

My search skills must be in the shop. 40 min, looking for Paul Strand's typewriter & nothing. nuts. The instruments themselves are fascinating. Apparently, Bach intimidated the daylights out of the builders. If he approved of their organ after testing, they had serious bragging rights. I sure hope you get to shoot that church, Michael. It would have to be a scream to shoot your friend's organ built into the house. The organs themselves are so specialized - mostly to fit into their location 'cause they take up so much space. Aside: my canadian formula baked last night could have used that one stop. 'Not a brick, but it always feels better when they're tall & proud.

Michael R, Thank You!