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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZdWgs5HpM0
My son playing organ in a village nearby

Fantastic. You should be proud of your son's musicality. My grandmother was an accomplished organist but I think the musical gene ended with her.

Pipe organs amaze me though I confess that I know very little about them. Towards the end the organist reaches over with his left hand to pull a knob. What's that do?

MikeL wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2017 11:02 pm Towards the end the organist reaches over with his left hand to pull a knob. What's that do?

Kind of a pickup switch for organs
I controls which organ pipes are used in a pipe organ. We have many old organs (several hundred years old) in our churches here.

Excellent playing and fine control of the keyboard.

It's difficult enough to try and play a keyboard, but add all those pedals and also all those tonal adjustment controls
- a long, long way from simple.

Lovely sounds.

Nice to have a son who has taken to playing music so well. My Dad was very keen on playing piano, and I can't keep away from guitars, but I don;t think either of my sons are ever going to develop a taste for playing music. However, at least they humour me and my obsession.

He now studies music (lectureship/teacher) and plays guitar, piano and drums as well. Two of my daughters also started with flute and piano so there's always music in our house.

Another church, another organ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VBctGuWLQA

...... and another piece of classy playing too!

I like these types of churches - quite simple and not too ornate and a feeling of calm about them.

Meanwhile my son is creating his own music videos.
This is his latest one, he is playing piano, guitar and drum and is singing, too...
You might find some familiar tunes in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NZTK0hzcI

awsome!
Music, vid, inspiration!

IF

I'm very impressed with that music and video creation!

Musical talent runs in your family Gerd!

VikingBlues wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:18 pm Musical talent runs in your family Gerd!

He's got far more of it than me...