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What stops do I use? Part 5, Solo Stops and Novelty Gadgets

What stops do I use? Part 5, Solo Stops and Novelty Gadgets

by Marilyn Biery | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog: Keyboard to Keyboard (Biery), Pulling out all the Stops

Now that we have been through the basics of organ registration, we can talk about the more unusual stops on the organ, including the solo stops, the stops that imitate orchestral instruments, the chimes, the harp, the celesta, and the stops that are there for sound...
What stops do I use? Part 4, Basics of pedal registration

What stops do I use? Part 4, Basics of pedal registration

by Marilyn Biery | Jan 11, 2020 | Blog: Keyboard to Keyboard (Biery), Pulling out all the Stops

How exciting! If you are reading this blog post, that means you are either an organist who already plays the pedals, a newcomer who is interested in playing the pedals, or perhaps you are just interested in the organ! Thank you for reading, and for following this...
What stops do I use? Part 3, Using Couplers

What stops do I use? Part 3, Using Couplers

by Marilyn Biery | Nov 24, 2019 | Blog: Keyboard to Keyboard (Biery), Pulling out all the Stops

Using Couplers (Sw to Gt and Sw to Ped etc.) and when to do itUsing Couplers and when not to do it What is a coupler, anyway? The simple definition is that a coupler allows the player to link keyboards to each other, and to the pedal, so that all the stops...
What stops do I use? Part 2, Principal Chorus, Strings, Flutes

What stops do I use? Part 2, Principal Chorus, Strings, Flutes

by Marilyn Biery | Sep 21, 2019 | Blog: Keyboard to Keyboard (Biery), Pulling out all the Stops

The Principal Chorus (If you can register one of these, you can get by!)Principals, Strings, Flutes, how/when to use each (and stay away from the reeds for now) The easy part about this post is that there’s so much good information out there, and I can just...
What stops do I use? Part 1, Getting Started

What stops do I use? Part 1, Getting Started

by Marilyn Biery | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog: Keyboard to Keyboard (Biery), Pulling out all the Stops

This is one of the questions most of us have, whether or not we studied the organ in college, privately, or are just interested in how it all works. I happen to be married to someone who sees all those knobs and buttons as a delightful opportunity to experiment. (Kind...
Organ Construction

Organ Construction

by Marilyn Biery | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog: Keyboard to Keyboard (Biery), Pulling out all the Stops

The Organ’s Tonal Design and its Building Blocks The following article was written by John-Paul Buzard, President of Buzard Pipe Organ Builders. John-Paul is a colleague I have known since our student days at Northwestern University, and he is always willing to...

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