Where is Jim located? Is he in the Guild? How might I reach him? I might
be wanting to send one to him that is in need of more than I know how to
handle. Or, he could come here for a few days...Robert Murphy did that for
us a couple years ago and worked on our forte-piano. That was a great
learning experience for me!
Thanks!!
Paul
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Hello again Paul,
Jim Campbell is his name. Does good work, an interesting guy with a
multi-dimensional experience. Both him and Eric might turn you into a
harpsichord enthusiast; they built a few of them.
I will add that insects in general may sound very musical. Heitor
Villa-Lobos wrote tone poems based on the sounds of insects. Of course,
“Flight of the Bumblebee” by Rimsky-Korsakov is something we all are
familiar with. I am sure there are many others. This is it for digital
harpsichord:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=texzpFPJquI
I guess I might have to warm up to harpsichords more myself. Have fun!
- Ben
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I'm not all that fond of harpsichords either. Our organs are in the "just
OK" catagory according to our organ prof. But Mr. Bedient of Bedient Pipe
Organ factory is located here in Lincoln, so they get pretty good
attention. It's a very small group of students who study it. We don't
really have any harpsichord profs, but several of the students and faculty
in oboe, flute, and voice use them often for recitals, so I must continue
to learn more about them. Buzzing flies is a good analogy! Who have you
contracted for outside repairs, rebuilding etc.? Nobody in Nebraska works
on them.
Best,
Paul
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Hi Paul,
Well, I am glad they are an inspiration to you. Keep looking.
However, I am hoping to steer things in the direction of an instrument,
the organ, that in this region seems to have fallen out of favor in the
eyes of the PTG, when counterpoised with the harpsichord, far as non-piano
endeavors are concerned for the PTG and CAUT. Maybe the climate is
different elsewhere. Perhaps a depiction of these in comparison to nature
will help me explain.
No matter how a harpsichord is voiced, it still sounds like buzzing
flies to me. I hope that does not sound too pejorative. Obviously, they
have an appeal of their own and there place here, and part of my job is to
help maintain them, though recently we have been contracting out some
harpsichord work, not including what for the most part is concert
maintenance. However, a well maintained organ sounds like thunder. If the
institution I work at needs to secure funding for continuing education in
what is called Performance Management here, I would rather get trained to
play with lightning, than to swat at flies. Either area would help with
the budget problems at CCM created with contract demands, and I see no
reason why to favor one over the other in that case at this school.
Good luck with the harpsichord projects!
- Ben
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Hey Ben,
Thanks so much for the harpsichord videos! I've learned something today
on plectra replacement and voicing!! :>) Now...off to some of our
harpsichords that are acting up! I'll leave the organ stuff to Mr.
Bedient!
Paul
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Good morning all,
Thought somebody might find these videos interesting.
These are organ tuning, voicing, & repairing I believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CPxaEfFhGI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdtLvHLqMT0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrECqw6mHOE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xze5QRIAO-0&feature=related
And these harpsichord stringing, voicing, and I can’t remember what else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uQnibdOdW4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_rTN7F5QUY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifaVED5q5Gs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BqRBYM4YxU&feature=related
Probably won’t start a conversation. Have a good day,
-Ben
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