DIY ‘Space Saving’ Console, powered by GrandOrgue

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Swell pedal go brrrrrrr

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LONG LIVE THE KING!

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You know there's some power in your instrument when you see this on your console.

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Every church organist during the sermon

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The program for my first ever solo recital!

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I mean, why can't we play something else?

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A true hero

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The organ at a nearby church is currently unplayable. So I brought my organ from home to play a concert.

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Catholics vs Protestants in getting permission to play the organ

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Two pedalboards😳

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Behold: the most beautiful console of all time, designed by Porsche themselves!

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Today's spring tuning! A 60-rank, 3-manual Berghaus from 1998. Really great instrument!

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I think I've shared this before, but it's been a while

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Our physics building has a Robert Morton theatre organ in it!

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Some of the stops in the Pedal Division of the Hazel Wright Organ, Christ Chirch Cathedral. This looks rather ominous and foreboding . . .

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the choice is yours.....

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The power I have!! (Church bells)

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The organ I've been playing at for the past years is getting a new console. I took home the stop tabs and turned them into fridge magnets. Pretty satisfied with the result!

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Hammond M3 I just got for free

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DADADAdadadadada...

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Of the four organs I play regularly at my church gig, this old girl is my favorite

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Pipe Organ of Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ - we are restoring the concert grand piano inside the organ.

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Anyone else like the organist aesthetic for warmer countries?

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The console of a new hybrid organ (1,800 pipes, the rest digital) to be installed in the Castro Theatre this year.

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The immense 6-manual master console controlling the 4 organs of Mainz Cathedral.

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Hal Gober's Opus 5 tracker organ.

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The organist for the St. Louis Blues hockey team - who even let the kids hold his Stanley Cup Championship ring!

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Anyone know interesting facts about this unit? Recently moved to a new church with a mason & hamlin pump organ. Never played a pump before today. SO FUN.

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We all know this when we see it

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What do you think of my new practise organ

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My grandma had this organ sitting untouched in a garage for 40 years. It needs to be cleaned, but it sounds beautiful! So excited get into it!

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Just made an amazing purchase at Goodwill. Only $40!!! I'm having trouble finding more information on it, specifically a how it works. It is a Lowrey Organ

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Back of my Minecraft organ, to be built in my base on a sever

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Widor turns the organ upside down

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Pulled from my grandparents basement. I'm having way too much fun with this thing!

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I can't be the only person who does this...

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So I got an organ... now to learn

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Imagine not having a 32' Contre-Bombarde

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New place, new instrument. I am very grateful and happy! :)

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Practice organ

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What the heck have I gotten my self in to.

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The organ in Dublin Castle. Dublin, Ireland.

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Rest In Peace Vierne

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Console of the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ

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The beautiful organ at First Presbyterian Church in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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I got to go inside my parish's organ tonight after Christmas eve mass. Sadly the organ is no long in used to it needing repairs qmd has been replaced by an Allen organ.

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World's largest, fully functional pipe organ, The Wanamaker Organ in the Grand Court of Macy's Center City Store, Philadelphia, Pennsyvania. 287 tons, 28,750 pipes, 464 ranks, 6 manuals, 729 color-coded stop tablets, 168 pistons. Largest pipe more than 32', smallest pipe 1/4.

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What footing would you use for this pedal line? (For a beginner)

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Well, that's one way to fit your American standard brain on a baroque organ

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Warner concert hall at Oberlin Conservatory. Oberlin College has the largest collections of pipe organs in the world.

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By sheer coincidence, I got my first home console the same weekend my church closed for Coronavirus precautions. If you're stuck at home like me, what are you practicing to pass the time?

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Highly recommended life hack for organ shoes.

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What to do when not having much to do outside? Use the free time to practise at home! (With a warm greeting to my neighbours...)

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Picked this up a while ago. Any tips or warnings before I try to plug it in? I don’t want to blow it up!!

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I just found this yamaha db80 for free on marketplace and was wondering if anyone could tell me about it? Any info helps!

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Discovered at a second-hand store / warehouse thing near me. Working great, was only $63, oddly. What model?

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Now to find out where I'm going to put this... yikes

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Don't be a Hauptwerk simp

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Made this chart with some organs I know

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Any love for my Thomas ?

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There is no such thing as too many nicks

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Home setup: notice the glorious $70 diy organ bench. Actually works pretty well!

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Joke’s on you, mine has 20 stops!

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How do I play a note with two stems in the bass clef? Do i play both the tenor with my left hand and the bass with the pedal or only one of them?

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Help on 3D printed organ

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Been playing organ for a few months now and I just dropped my first pencil down the pedal boards. Mildly infuriating, hope this doesn’t happen too often😂

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Enough lurking, time to share my organ; dad's Thomas Convertible c.1970s

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Student asserts choral dominance

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I’ve just given a recital at the Bachkirche in Arnstadt where Bach was organist from 1703 until 1707. The organ uses 320 from Bach’s day - the rest is a replica. Scariest concert I’ve ever given...

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The facade of the great organ of the Basilica in Waldsassen.

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Just a few of the 28,750 pipes of The Wanamaker Organ - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Does anyone have an arrangement of “They Will Know we are Christians by our Love” for organ?

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Just do it.

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This is the organ that had the rat skeletons in it! I completely rebuilt it, fixed all the stops, and polished the wood. I even removed the electric pump that was in it and put an actual bellows assembly in it!

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Any other organists find themselves opening cupboards with a stop grip?? Apparently I’m weird.

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Does it spark joy?

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Help! We inherited an organ!

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from string celeste to full organ

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watching an organist who has rows of divisionals they never use

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worth getting and repairing?

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I need help! I wanna know more about my Electronic Organ and what it might be worth too.

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Restoring 127 year old organ. How do I fix up the cabinet?

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[Pricing Help] What price should we set for this organ our church is selling? It’s a 1996 Allen Digital Computer Organ in very good condition. I have no idea so even a rough estimate would help a lot

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Just bought this Baldwin C630T for $12. Not a typo. Twelve Dollars. I am beyond excited!

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Just wanted to share my beauty from the 70‘s

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What organ is this?

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Can somebody identify this Wersi Organ?

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My new toy!

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This person has done a pretty decent job of ranking French organists- what do you think about this? (I strongly disagree with them putting Dupre on the bottom tier)

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My GrandOrgue setup is finally done - midified Ahlborn pedalboard and homemade bench along with old yamaha e323

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First page of my first pipe organ composition... If this post gets 10 upvotes, I'll publish the second one here too!

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My favourite French Baroque organ pieces

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My old organ prof posted this in a few organ FB groups- not sure if I had to obscure his name or not. But this seems like a fantastic opportunity and progressive idea for the organ world! Give it a read and, if it applies to you, share your story! If not, pass it along! :)

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So funny but yet so true......

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Organ pipe

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Hey guys I have finished fixing an old Elka organ I found but can’t seem to figure out what these buttons do, any help would be appreciated thanks!

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The Gabriel Kney Tracker Pipe Organ at Christ Church, Elbow Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Cavaille-Coll IV/84, St. Ouen, Rouen.

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The pipe organ at the university I go to. Fratelli Ruffatti, 67 ranks!

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My AGO Choirmaster certificate finally arrived!

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I give this shirt a 5 1/3' out of 10

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Found this at a church where I was applying for an organist position.

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Those french organists are wild

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Dumb questuin that google didn't answer: why do home organs, like the one in the picture, have shifted keyboards and pedals?

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When you know Rodgers organs are better but you're still getting mad money to advertise Allen

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Made some improvements to my homemade GrandOrgue setup - see comment for details

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Aeolian Orchestrel Reed Organ

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My homemade virtual organ(100% homemade pedalboard, bench, shitty console and even more shitty sheets holder, runs on grandorgue on linux)

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Our baroque style tracker organ at my university!

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Organ in the St. Andre Cathedral in Bordeaux, France

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I love when it all goes back together

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Just picked up my first organ!

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The American Guild of Organists National Convention in Kansas City, MO

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Please help, conn organ no model number!

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The world's largest out-door organ, Balboa Park San Diego.

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Noli me tangere

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The planets must be aligned.

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Yikes

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Does anyone know what kind of Lowrey Organ this is?

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Possibly the best photo I've taken with my phone [OC]

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An hour away from giving my first recital in a long time. Feeling very nervous!

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The Glatter-Gotz Orgelbau/Rosales organ opus 24, IV/109 rank, 6134 pipes, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles CA

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Gulbransen, I cant find a model on the organ, whic i need for repair of the solo drawbars, and 2 keys that only work when piano is on.

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My vintage Baldwin Organ. Any idea on a year?

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Looking for information on this beautiful piece. My grandma owns it but doesn’t remember much about it. Since she cannot play it, she is ready to part with it. Any information is helpful. It’s a Lowrey.

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First World organist problems

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Roxy Sonata

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Organ from Coventry Cathedral

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I had tried to find a free online preview of Durufle's Toccata, and I finally found it. Just out of curiosity, have any of you ever played this crazy piece before, and if so, what's it like?

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Help identifying this Allen Electronic Organ?

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They told me to ask you guys about this organ

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NEED HELP! Just got this organ for free and wondering how much it is worth and what the make and model is. Works and looks great. Its a Baldwin Encore. Theres a number on the bsck that saus 2782 if that is of help

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I remember my grandmother playing this organ when I was a little girl. Now it is mine, but I know almost nothing about it. Can you guys give me any information on it?

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Does anybody have any information about the GEM H 2000? I might be able get this for free but I cant find any info on it anywhere.

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Great News! VB3 II

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Proposed addition to official AGO console specifications

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Hey, just saw this in Lexington KY at the Re-Store. Looks to be in good shape.

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Got to play this beast at my friend's wedding. Got the hang of the drawbars, but it was totally different to what I'm used to, which are the usual stop tabs.

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Not sure Beethoven knows how organs work

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What tyoe of organ is this?

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