Alright, Buzzy gave me an idea in his recent post complaining about something or other concerning General Volume shoes and crescendo shoes.
Ok here's a crazy idea for small home/church organs.
Why not have a great box, and then put the swell box in that? In other words, a swell box inside a swell box. You put all the great (even the principal) in the box, and then have a box inside that for all your swell.
Sounds crazy, but hear me out on this.
Scenerio 1: You're at home practicing late at night for a service the next day, but you have to practice with hardly any stops because every one else is sleeping. Solution: A general volume shoe! You just close the box and wallah!
Scenerio 2: The elderly ladies in the church are complaining about the "loud organ". Sadly, your congregation is made up entirely of these elderly women. Solution: A general volume shoe! You can close the box so that it's not as loud, but you still have the variety of stops. You get the same tone, just softer!
And no, NEVER do this on a concert organ.
But I mean, from what I can tell it seems like a great idea. You just put a switch on the console to turn the crescendo pedal into a volume pedal if you ever need it. Otherwise, those shades are always open. Put a nice facade in front of it, and no one ever knows.
Ideas?
Ok here's a crazy idea for small home/church organs.
Why not have a great box, and then put the swell box in that? In other words, a swell box inside a swell box. You put all the great (even the principal) in the box, and then have a box inside that for all your swell.
Sounds crazy, but hear me out on this.
Scenerio 1: You're at home practicing late at night for a service the next day, but you have to practice with hardly any stops because every one else is sleeping. Solution: A general volume shoe! You just close the box and wallah!
Scenerio 2: The elderly ladies in the church are complaining about the "loud organ". Sadly, your congregation is made up entirely of these elderly women. Solution: A general volume shoe! You can close the box so that it's not as loud, but you still have the variety of stops. You get the same tone, just softer!
And no, NEVER do this on a concert organ.
But I mean, from what I can tell it seems like a great idea. You just put a switch on the console to turn the crescendo pedal into a volume pedal if you ever need it. Otherwise, those shades are always open. Put a nice facade in front of it, and no one ever knows.
Ideas?
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