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Re: organ - off topic


From: J Martin Rushton
Subject: Re: organ - off topic
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 10:37:49 +0100
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"the church built around many organs" - I like your priorities! I got in trouble once for similarly suggesting that the purpose of a cathedral was to support the bell tower (we were in the ringing chamber at the time). :-o

On 01/10/2020 10:02, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
Hi Gianmaria,

Am 01.10.20 um 10:32 schrieb Gianmaria Lari:

Sorry if I ask this question here. I do it as usual because I have a lot of consideration for the people who write on this group and I'm sure someone can help me.

I'm curious to know if a pipe organ (mechanical) can have a sustain pedal and a sostenuto pedal like a piano. I had a look online but I have not been able to find it.

Not that I know of.

Or, to be more precise:

  * The _soft_ pedal (left, una corda) does indeed have a rough
    equivalent on many organs, namely the "Schweller":
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_box
  * The _sostenuto_ pedal (middle) can, as far as I know, only be faked
    using mechanical devices holding down some keys. And of course, keys
    may be stuck also without the player intending it.
  * The _damper_ pedal (right, sustain) is built-in to most organs by
    virtue of the acoustics of the church build around many organs,
    drowning the music in a sea of lingering pitches ;-)

Lukas


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J Martin Rushton MBCS



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