Am 24. Okt 2006 um 18:12 schrieb Jeff Gaynor:

> I've always wondered if base pitch on Wunderlich's recordings
> ("chorton") as historically accurate. They put it at a = 480 and this
> made all the reed sound quite cloying. Do you know if the 1993
> restoration changed this or if it was deemed accurate? Also, are there
> any recordings of this instrument post 1993? I would be very  
> interested
> in comparing them to my old Wunderlich recordings.

The pitch was indeed changed -- the organ sounds in even higher  
Chorton now, a' = 495,45 Hz, which appears to have been the original  
pitch, as far as it could be determined from the much worked-on  
pipework. The organ has one of the most complete collections of  
original baroque reeds in the world -- 14 ranks in total. Their  
original pitch was also the high Chorton; the sound, rather round and  
smooth, is of a quality that is quite typical for Schnitger.

Many recordings have been made with the organ after 1993, at least  
two of which are available from the OHS catalogue (http:// 
ohscatalog.stores.yahoo.net/index.html); click "search" and type  
"Schnitger" or "Hamburg". Today the organ sounds very powerful and  
impressive. Harald Vogel used it for vol. 7 of his Buxtehude  
recordings at MD+G (see http://www.mdg.de/titel/0427.htm), to my ears  
one of the best Buxtehude recordings available.

Best,
Friedrich

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