In a message dated 7/24/2003 9:28:47 PM Central America Standard Tim,
yfd4@... writes:

> >One of the many ways to insure its future continuation as a viable
> musical
> > medium is the symphonic tradition or approach to organ design and
> >building. Much great literature has flowed from the pens of great composers
>
> >for that type of organ and its sensuous tones have attracted many a
> >follower as both performers and keen listeners alike.
>

Steve,

The Diapason magazine said in a recent issue that interest in the symphonic
organ, such as Skinner's, has been revived. I think the popularity of using
digital-sampled sound modules and keyboards with pipe or electronic organs has a
lot to do with this!

Today some pipe-organ firms make their instruments a mix of pipe and digital
samples, calling them "pipe-digital organs." In such instruments the regular
stops are pipe, and the imitative stops with instrument names digital-samples.


It should go without saying, a digital-sampled stop will imitate a musical
instrument closer than a flue or reed pipe willl, including the proper
attack/decay, vibrato, overblowing, etc. In pipe-digital organ the very
expensive and
space-taking 32' and 16' pipe stops may also be digital samples.

So you might consider using this approach. As you might already know,
Johannus in Holland builds pipe, pipe-digital and digital-sampled organs.

Pauline Wendy Phillips, Owner-Moderator
<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JohannusOrgansSchool/">Johannus Organs
eSchool</A>
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of
God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true
music but a diabolical bawling and twanging!" Johann Sebastian Bach 



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