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Organ Design are pleased to offer a unique opportunity to experience in your own home, the gentle warm tone of a traditional pipe organ. The fine craftsmanship brings one back to the world of gracious living; such an instrument was frequently found in houses of quality not only in the first years of this century but also back even to the time of Mozart. The Chamber Organ was an instrument of considerable popularity in the past, serving in many cases as a domestic instrument within the home. On occasions it fulfilled a solo role; at other times it took its part as a continuo instrument, working with a small group of musicians much in the same way as a harpsichord. Some of these instruments still survive even after passing their 300th birthday. Our Chamber Organ is similar to an 18th century instrument, made with traditional skills, including tracker action, but with the added advantage of modern technology, which enables one to play music from all ages by simply inserting a small disk. The organ may also be played manually from its own keyboard, the fifty four wooden pipes blown gently by an electrical fan that is housed within the instrument. The instrument is all but the same as those of the past except in two important ways. Firstly it possesses a small fan to supply the pipes with wind - in the past this would have been done either by another person hand pumping a small pair of bellows, or by the player themselves pumping the bellows by foot. Secondly we have installed a computer system to read music from a small disk. Upon inserting this disk into the organ it will play faithfully all the music that is recorded upon it. Housed within a George 1 Secretaire Cabinet, the organ's design is very similar to some of the original instruments, consisting of a set of keys so the organ may be played by hand, a small control panel so you may make the instrument play automatically, a set of fifty four wooden pipes, a windchest to hold and supply the wind to the pipes when required, and a wind supply. |
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