06-02-2023, 09:37 PM
I loved the singing but they tried to make me religious so I left.
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Its a real pity that most people that dont listen, think that all organ music if from some mass or other.
R&R changed that to some degree with people like Procal Harum, and Emerson Lake and Palmer ( to name a couple )
using organs, mostly of the electronic variety, but it did open up peoples view to organs.
That said, I dont think there are many pipe organs here, ( we are heathens and transportees remember ) so apart from Sydney Town Hall
I dont know of any others. There are quite a few pipe organs waiting to be "rehomed " and can be found at
https://ohta.org.au/redundant-organs/
Sydney Town Hall organ.
https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/thin...-town-hall
I now live 3000 kliks north of sydney ( by road ) so I dont go and listen anymore,
but was a great place to sit and listen when it was pouring rain, waiting for a bus.
Back then ( about 45 years ago ) you could just wander in and out of the Hall and listen to whatever was happening.
I think it was mostly practise sessions for the organists, but wonderful in any case.
Sorry for being off topic, but that little story is what got me into repairing Hammond organs.
Joe
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Its a real pity that most people that dont listen, think that all organ music if from some mass or other.
R&R changed that to some degree with people like Procal Harum, and Emerson Lake and Palmer ( to name a couple )
using organs, mostly of the electronic variety, but it did open up peoples view to organs.
That said, I dont think there are many pipe organs here, ( we are heathens and transportees remember ) so apart from Sydney Town Hall
I dont know of any others. There are quite a few pipe organs waiting to be "rehomed " and can be found at
https://ohta.org.au/redundant-organs/
Sydney Town Hall organ.
https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/thin...-town-hall
I now live 3000 kliks north of sydney ( by road ) so I dont go and listen anymore,
but was a great place to sit and listen when it was pouring rain, waiting for a bus.
Back then ( about 45 years ago ) you could just wander in and out of the Hall and listen to whatever was happening.
I think it was mostly practise sessions for the organists, but wonderful in any case.
Sorry for being off topic, but that little story is what got me into repairing Hammond organs.
Joe







