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Hi Ralph. Thanks for your kind words. You know how much I love the set from Nijkerk, and you are the amazing reason I have it to begin with! Thank you again and again. I will try my best to get more things recorded but will never be able to keep up with you, let alone match your masterful touch. I am continually grateful for your friendship and in awe of your musicianship. Best wishes for a lovely holiday season and new year to come.

Ah, Graham, my friend... always providing "the rest of the story!" Thanks for the lovely comments and for the added bit of history regarding the marriage expectations of the day! I suppose there are places in the world where such foolishness still exists. But, most fortunately, it is not the world in which I live! As for D. Buxtehude, he was (and still is) a legend, as you point out given the extent to which the other "greats" sought him out. And, you probably had to be quite the talk of the town (and beyond) for word to spread so far about his talents in a time well prior to the rise of social media and network news. Fortunately, social media has had at least one positive outcome in my life in that it was UA-cam that served as the catalyst to meeting you. Who knew from those initial comments and exchanges on this platform that one day I would travel to the UK where I got the splendid opportunity to share a bench with you underneath one of the most intact examples of English organ building, squishy action and all. Next time, we play York Minster! Cheers for now.

Thank you, James! I love the three Bs... Buxtehude, Bruhns and Bach! ;)

Hi Vidas. Thanks for the nice note. And, yes, I tried Sweelinq when it was open for free download and trial. It's certainly a clean, easy user interface. HW is quite a bit more complicated/advanced (with so much customization available), but with having so much invested in HW, I won't be switching any time soon.

@@christopherglenn3240 I understand. I also don't intend to switch but it's a nice slim version, much improved from the starting edition. But even for me sometimes there are situations when slim Sweelinq is better than fully advanced version of HW. Like when I have to play on some location using only a laptop.

Vielen Dank. Es macht mir wirklich Spaß.

@ mir gefallen besonders die Klaviaturen

Thank you for your kind note, Markus. Die besten Wünsche für eine schöne Weihnachtszeit. Ich freue mich auch darauf, Ihrem Kanal zu folgen.

Obrigado! É bom ouvir de você.

Thanks for the nice note. Best wishes to you as you begin the journey toward a new console!

Thank you for your nice words. Have a great day.

@@christopherglenn3240 You're welcome my friend. Have a great day. 🙂

Thanks, Ralph! I left some wonderful sights there in Iceland for you and your family to visit! :)

Looks like they went in the warmer months given the puffins and heavier traffic. With a drone, you can get some great shots. Nice vid! As for the bounce routine, that was a first. It was fun.

Hi Philip! Thanks for the nice note. I hope you get to visit Iceland soon. Our mutual friend Ralph L is also wanting to go there with his family though I think he's visiting your lovely country first! We did get to hear the organ during a rehearsal and during an organ meditation service. It was fairly romantic in sound and the reed chorus was delightful. Rich tried to connect with the organist ahead of our trip (as a surprise to me) but the guy never responded. Oh well. It was still fun to hear the instrument. Take care, good sir. cw

Hi, dear friend. Epic? Well, pretty close to it. The only thing we had to cancel was our paragliding trip as the wind that day was very strong and coming from the north. As such, we would have blown out to sea easily. The spot from which I took a brief video from the edge of a cliff would've been our launching spot. I guess we saved something for the next time! Thanks for the nice note and next year we hope to vacation in your area again and hope to connect with you again. :)

@@christopherglenn3240 Looking forward to that!

Thank you, kind sir! Yes, it was a great trip. These types of trips can have their ups and downs, but this one had virtually everything go perfectly, including the weather. Enough drama in the sky on some days to make for interesting pics, but no rain. Thanks again for writing.

It was wonderful to have you here for a visit!

Thanks, Ralph. You know me... setting new trends on registration! Haha. The "big M" as you call it, is a new set for me and I'm still exploring all the options, and there are many! You'll have to take me to the real instrument when I come to visit! (hopefully, one day before long.)

Thank you, Paul. Still working on the cameras, though! I tried out a new camera this time and can now safely call me the headless organist! I guess I have too much fun playing and don't spend enough time on getting the camera settings right! Oh well. Maybe next time. ;) Anyhow, I hope your summer is going well. I look forward to more posts by you on your lovely console! cheers.

Thank you, Graham. I enjoyed registering this piece and opted not to go out to listen to other performances of it so that I could take on a very personal approach. I can't remember the last time I've ever heard the piece performed and I couldn't believe that after having this album of Buxtehude on my shelf for decades, I never learned the piece until this summer. What other treasures of his exist?!

Vidas -- Thank you for your kind words! I absolutely agree with your thought that these pieces are under performed. The writing is superb and his pieces are a joy to play.

Thank you for the nice note! Funny enough, I have had this score for about 20 years and never played this piece until doing some random sight reading just after getting the console set up. It is so much fun to play and I hope to keep it in my repertoire going forward. Perhaps you'll post a recording of it as well! Thanks again for your note and encouragement.

Thank you, Jerry1963ish!

Thanks for the fun comment! Keep up your great work on the bench.

Thanks for your kind words! It's great to hear you're familiar with Stetson and Paul Jenkins. While he was only a teacher of mine during a brief interim period before Boyd Jones returned to Stetson, Paul was hugely influential. He had a teaching method unlike most. I became quite close to him and Janice and fondly remember our days sailing and talking about life. I'd love to know how you became familiar with Paul. Take care and thanks again for writing. cw

You can do more with three manuals than most can do with 5, 6 or 7! Hi Jerry. Thanks for the note. I hope all is well with you.

Hi Barbara. Thanks for your comment. It's been a fun project but not without its frustrations at times. Anyhow, I'm enjoying the opportunity to explore the new options it affords. Yes, you need to see it in person! Cheers.

Hi Ralph. Thanks for the nice note. Yes, these projects can become quite cumbersome. I struggled between buying an off-the-shelf model or doing a custom build. I found that most of the pre-built models were focused on simplified versions of Hauptwerk rather than allowing me to fully operate and customize the set up, easily add sample sets and such. Or, I was forced to pay for internal sounds that I would likely never use. So, I took the greater challenge of doing a custom build and focused the $$ on the features that I really wanted. In the end, while there's still a few more components coming, it will be a very functional console. Now, I just need you to come here and play it like the expert you are! Take care, my friend.

@RalphLooij I forgot to reply to your question about the Focal Shape Twins and their effectiveness in the larger space. I'm using them fairly close to the console as a mix of the dry and near field perspectives from the sample sets. The rear DM80s are take their feed from the far & rear perspectives. Given the lively acoustic of the room, the combination is very effective overall. Maybe you should come play it for the full experience and really do this console justice with your remarkable skills! ;)

Thank you, Sir Twist! It's always a joy to hear from you, naughty or nice! Perhaps you should make a trip to the US now that your travels in Lithuania are complete. ;) I'm sure you could put this new console to good use. I've now got to up my game on the video recording front. I tried out a new camera for the two pieces I was going to have in the video and I struck disaster! So, I was left with two very bad angles to choose from and less than ideal audio conditions. So, today's chore is to learn more about the new camera so that I use it correctly next time. Anyhow, best wishes for a lovely week ahead, my friend. And keep up the great cheer.

Thank you, Thomas! I appreciate your thoughtful comments. I hope all is well with you this summer season, especially on the bike trails! Enjoy.

Thank you, Paul. Your project served as an inspiration, indeed. I know you're fully aware of the joys and challenges of these types of things. I'm still awaiting some minor additional components to mine, though the set up process shall continue! Switching from Mac to PC caused quite a lot of extra work in getting things set up. Anyhow, best wishes to you and I look forward to your next brilliant posts!

@@getlostbrandon thanks. This is the Outfitter I, but I have a Lynx as well.

Hi Alejandro! Salamat sa iyong mabubuting salita. Nakalimutan ko mismo ang video na ito! Sana maging maayos ang lahat sa iyo at sa iyong pamilya. 🎶 Hi Alejandro! Thank you for your kind words. I forgot about this video myself! I hope all is well with you and your family.

@@christopherglenn3240 Salamat, Christopher. You speak tagalog? Wow!

@@AlejandroConsolacionII I wish! No, but Google does, apparently. :)

@@christopherglenn3240 Pretty cool for google. The translation is in a way accurate.

Thanks for your nice words, Ralph. I do love the sample set and think about you each time I use it. The set was such a perfect and gracious gift!

Thank you for your nice comments. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Hi Philip. Thank you for your kind words. It was a great piece to learn this summer though a real challenge for my fat fingers! I hope all is well with you and I always look forward to your absolutely splendid performances.

You're so kind to write and share such gracious words. It was a fun piece to learn and certainly not short on the running scales. I hope all is well with you in The Big Smoke! :)

Thanks for the nice note, Tony. Happy autumn.

Hi Jerry. You're too generous! I was just glad the train didn't completely fall off the rails on this one; it certainly bobbled a few times! I do hope all is well with you. I was so delighted to see that you were part of the BiS Romsey Abbey project. You are so generously involved in helping others the world over, including myself. I wish you a lovely end of summer and look forward to seeing/hearing more from your own splendid YT channel. :)

@@christopherglenn3240 Hear! Hear!

So good to hear from you, Alejandro. I hope you're doing well. I always look forward to your videos and hope to hear a full concert again some day. Thanks for your nice note and I wish you all the best.

Thank you, Graham, for your lovely, supportive comments. This was one of the most challenging fugues I've tried to learn. At slow paces, it's manageable (at times) but put any speed to it and my fat fingers go bonkers! I will never forget trying to play through the prelude on the famous Denman organ in York with you pulling stops. Maybe on our next trip we can play the Grand Organ of York Minster!!! Cheers.

@@christopherglenn3240 You played the Prelude on the Denman Organ with great panache . . . and I need no second invitation to pull out organ stops for you Christopher - you're the best! (Not sure the York Minster instrument is enough of a challenge . . . maybe the Midmer-Losh Organ at the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium in Atlantic City would be more fun! 🤣)

Thanks, Vidas. This is a new piece for me this summer. The fugue is a test of skill with playing scales! I'm sure you could teach some great tips on this. Take care. C.

@@christopherglenn3240 yes, it’s a test to the organist’s endurance. It’s been a while since I last played it. I’m sure it would be great to come back to it in the future.

Thank you for your kind words! I will have to check out your channel. :)