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Church music
From:
John Seboldt <[log in to unmask]>
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Pipe Organs and Related Topics <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 15 Oct 1994 18:05:30 -0700
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On 10-11-94  [log in to unmask] wrote to  PIPORG-L%ALBNYVM1.BITNET@:
 
 > Observation no.1  This is not a new issue.  When we visited the museum
 > of mechanical organs in Utrecht, Netherlands, we saw a barrel organ
 > specifically made to use in English churches where there wasn't an
 > organist.  The barrel organ accompanied the hymn singing and a person
 > turned the handle to operate the thing. You could speed up or slow
 > down the music by the rate at which the handle was turned.  You used a
 > different barrel for each hymn.
 
Yep.  I read about this in a history of English church music.  What was even
more amazing, according to this work, is that they tried to accompany Anglican
chant with this automated assemblage.  Talk about synchronization/breathing
problems!
 
: John Seboldt  [log in to unmask] /   I am Bach of Borg...
: Amateur radio K0JD...             /     your style will be
: Church of the Annunciation,      /         assimilated.
: Minneapolis                     /
 
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