Reinhold Kainhofer <reinh...@kainhofer.com> writes: > Am Monday, 22. August 2011, 12:13:55 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net> writes: >> > On 08/19/2011 09:47 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: >> >> (Why does anyone care about a concerts for six organs at all? I'm >> >> just a humble folk musician, but I know there are great organs around >> >> where you don't need six organists playing at once. I can't imagine >> >> there's any musical advantage of six small organs over a good, big >> >> one...) >> > >> > There are things you can do with twelve hands, that you can't with two >> > ... >> >> There are diminishing returns. There are rather few concerts for >> several pianos, and those are easier to come by than several organs. > > In this case, there are 6 organs, spaced about 30 meters apart throughout the > whole church. This adds the whole space dimension to the experience. > > This allows you to create something like Dolby-surround and 3D audio > effects on 18th century instruments!
You can achieve a similar effect on a single large tubular pneumatic or electric organ distributed across a hall. Cf <URL:http://www.wanamakerorgan.com/about.php>. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
