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25th Nov 2021, 10:41 am | #21 |
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A schoolboy prank was to go into Woods music shop in Huddersfield and ask for a copy of the sheet music for Je t'aime (ma non plus) and watch the shocked reaction. As the BBC had banned it, it had to be good!
Played on an organ bedecked with ecclesiastical flourishes, it sounds rather good. Anyone who recognises the tune will get the joke. It's quite innocuous without the 'vocals', rather melodious in fact. David
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25th Nov 2021, 7:13 pm | #22 | |
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My harmonium 'party-piece' is (was) 'Nights In White Satin' with my extended version of the flute solo in the middle! My other recommendations for the harmonium are 'Streets Of London', specially arranged for harmonium by me Also, 'Let It Be' and perhaps 'Amazing Grace', all good on the pedal organ! I'll have to start playing it again sometime - I haven't touched it for several years and may have got very out of practice and forgotten how to play, although I'm sure it'll soon come back to me once I loosen up the old fingers once again. With those above titles, you'd find it hard to believe that I was once a lead guitarist in a heavy metal band back in the 70s - a 'failed' lead guitarist unfortunately, but still good at thrashing out the likes of Sabbath's 'Paranoid' etc. Those were the days |
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25th Nov 2021, 8:21 pm | #23 |
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I 'swapped' something for a chord organ off a mate when I was a kid. A 'rosedale'; a rather old-fashioned looking thing. I remember it had a rotary knob for the mains switch, which came off very easily to expove a live contact underneath. Luckily I recognised the fault and replaced it with something more robust. The fact these things were aimed at children was dismaying.
One of the keys also had a cigarette burn, but that was probably a reflection on my mate's favourite pastime (he was about 8). I was struggling to remember the exact period but then realised I learned to play Jona Lewie's 'Stop The Cavalry' as it was in the charts at the time. (circa 1980). Nowadays I can play 'je t'aime' with more authenticity as I have a hammond tonewheel.
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I have played a proper pipe organ which is a nice thing to play, it was a relatively small dual manual model that is in the old prison church, St. Peters, on Portland, was still working a few years ago with very few issues. Naturally being a synth guy the ultimate "organ" is the Yamaha GX-1, Gammal Fäbodpsalm from ABBA give a good example of the sound, as does the strings on Pastime Paradise and sound on some of the ELP stuff. Last edited by dglcomp; 25th Nov 2021 at 9:27 pm. |
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17th Dec 2021, 12:49 am | #25 |
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I used to have a Magnus chord organ, I remember my brother and I bringing it home from the shop on the bus and getting some strange looks! It only had 3 octaves and the white keys had number labels 1 to 22, then there were the 12 chord buttons which were Bb F C G D and A with white buttons (major) and with black buttons (minor).
It was a rather noisy instrument to play and too limited for me by its range of only 3 octaves. |
17th Dec 2021, 5:00 pm | #26 | |
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17th Dec 2021, 7:04 pm | #27 | |
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So now I have the Tonewheel Hammond (which has a PSU fault, I need to fix) and a Large Yamaha, both with Lesile speakers. I found the chord organs were a little like a 'flattened-out' accordion, but somewhat lacking in real tonal qualities. Even Woolworths sold them. David. |
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17th Dec 2021, 7:55 pm | #28 |
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Here's something else related but different at the same time, a combination player piano/organ with sound effects, used to accompany silent films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5nHjCWl_Xg |
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Generalmusic: S2, Roland: SH-201/U-110/S-330/TR-626, Akai: miniAK/S6000, Yamaha: Motif XF7/DX9, Korg: 05R/W, Alesis: Vortex MK1 WH w/CME WIDI, CME: WIDI, Behringer: Model D/VC340/MS-101/RD-8/RD-9/TD-3/TD-6 Keyboards can be quite the rabbit hole!, wouldn't mind a digital pipe organ of some description or any organ with decent pipe orrgan sounds. |
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23rd Dec 2021, 12:27 pm | #31 | |
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Unfortunately it disappeared in a house move - my mother was quite ruthless and often decided unilaterally that I didn't need this or that any more - that's probably why I have such a defensive hoarder mentality now, thinking if I don't keep things under my direct supervision they will disappear. |
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23rd Dec 2021, 5:06 pm | #32 |
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Eeekkk - hope you Mum hasn't 'disappeared' the 101, they're worth mucho dinero these days SH
Off topic but my mate had one of Ringo's stage jacket he left behind after a gig at Lewisham Odeon - his Dad chucked it away ... |
23rd Dec 2021, 5:36 pm | #33 | |
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