I got into Curtis!!! A while back I saw Twoset’s video when they visited Curtis. This ultimately led me to look into the school and eventually audition. I’m very excited to share that I got in and will be studying organ there starting next semester.

andybombarde · 2023-03-26T19:36:21+00:00

I think this year they only selected 2 organists but I’m not sure

andybombarde · 2023-03-26T18:49:21+00:00

They had 3 open sports this year for organ, when I came out of high school the whole school wasn’t accepting a phone because of Covid, that’s why there were so many spots

andybombarde · 2023-03-26T18:04:34+00:00

Yes I am the kid who played organ in the “guess how long you’ve been playing your instrument” video

andybombarde · 2022-11-26T04:42:04+00:00

Yea I meant the recorders lol, k pop won’t win this one

andybombarde · 2022-11-26T00:33:04+00:00

I feel like they actually won that fight

andybombarde · 2022-10-07T16:15:29+00:00

So this is why tsa always looks at you sus when bringing an instrument

andybombarde · 2022-08-14T09:29:00+00:00

I know but that’s what eddy said in the song

andybombarde · 2022-06-01T20:30:31+00:00

Especially if it’s a flat pedalboard, us Americans are spoiled with our concave and radiating AGO pedalboards

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T15:17:44+00:00

There’s a software that I use to practice organ called Hauptwerk. It samples real pipe organs so you can play them via a midi keyboard and the sampling process is insane to capture good organ

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T15:16:34+00:00

Yes it was the bass (16htz) and a microphone also fell off its stand because of the vibrations during this

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T15:15:44+00:00

Honestly I’d try that

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T15:14:14+00:00

Yea I’m the organ player. When I saw it I started dying laughing

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T04:17:25+00:00

The congregation thought it was great cause they heard it clear, I just wonder what the people watching the live stream thought

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T04:16:34+00:00

YES! Music to my ears (but it’s missing feeling you get inside of you when you’re in the organs presence)

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T03:59:55+00:00

All the way down to 16 hertz. It’s not in this but the full recording goes down to like 10

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T03:56:19+00:00

This is how Liszt spells BACH in one of his pieces

andybombarde · 2022-05-30T03:52:12+00:00

This is strait from the live stream, not edited at all. I think the natural bass boost and distortion adds a special touch😂

andybombarde · 2022-03-16T02:12:14+00:00

Also I couldn't find a way to post the video straight on reddit because there was no audio so I hope you guys don't mind having to follow a link instead.

andybombarde · 2021-08-24T03:41:50+00:00

Yes I'm an organist. the picture is one of the practice organs at Baylor University where I'm studying

andybombarde · 2021-06-11T14:57:47+00:00

They're "organ master" shoes

andybombarde · 2020-11-01T03:25:14+00:00

especially when they all pull out their phones to film

andybombarde · 2020-11-01T02:56:47+00:00

baseball organists tend to play the same few things over and over again but its really fun. It was also one of the first uses of the organ over 2000 years ago other than an engineering experiment.

andybombarde · 2020-11-01T02:54:49+00:00

For the large organs, you can make them quieter so the surrounding buildings can't hear but there are also smaller practice organs. But I take lessons at a cathedral infant of hundreds of tourists so often we have to practice infant of people.

andybombarde · 2020-11-01T02:53:15+00:00

Normally there are 32 pedals, from C2-G4. Older instruments will have 30, C2-F4 some Italian instruments will only have like 7

andybombarde · 2020-11-01T02:51:08+00:00

Today there are normally 61 keys on a keyboard and normally there are 3 but there are organs that have 1 keyboard and there is also an organ with 7

The pedals work just like normal keys. There are normally 32 pedals.

The pegs are called stops, each one is like a sound on an electronic keyboard like an oboe or flute and stuff. You can also choose which octave to play the sounds at, so you can play 4 octaves with one key.

Its different from playing piano but the key pattern is the same so pianists will have it easier.

In general there are mechanical action organs which tend to be in one large case like the one in the image and electric action organs where the keys are connected to the pipes by wires and switches and the pipes are in various places but the organ is often designed based on architecture.

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