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For those who appreciate a good organ


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Reminds me of my Dad, he used to play the organ amongst many other instruments and I can remember him playing this very tune. He even had a go on the one in Blackpool tower.

Meanwhile I can't carry a tune in a bag - but it looks to have skipped a generation and my son is very musical!!

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1 minute ago, moondoggy said:

Wow, now that is a skilled job. Must be a very big extension. 😂

It is a big extension! He is retired now, but still helps out various churches etc when needed, and has done it for donkies years, from long before I knew him. He is a retired music lecturer. 
The son of some friends I have in town has just started an apprenticeship with an organ builder in London. They get to travel all over the country. 

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4 minutes ago, Scully said:

It is a big extension! He is retired now, but still helps out various churches etc when needed, and has done it for donkies years, from long before I knew him. He is a retired music lecturer. 
The son of some friends I have in town has just started an apprenticeship with an organ builder in London. They get to travel all over the country. 

Great to see youngsters are still taking up these old highly skilled jobs 

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The Hammond Drawbar is still an iconic sound that many have tried to replicate.

The biggest contributor to that sound is the Leslie Speaker. It’s a speaker unit with a rotating baffle that revolves at two speeds. If you watch the video closely, you will see him throw a switch just in front of the lower keyboard, this is followed by a change in speed of the reverb.

These organs in good condition, can go for thousands of pounds and the same goes for the Leslie speakers.

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