The Epiphany Opus 1 organ, Trinity Church, Wall St.

[Jon maddog Hall]

Hi,

Most of you know I love automated musical instruments (Player Pianos,
Nickelodians, Player Reed Organs, etc.)  And some of you know I love organs.

Well a couple of weeks ago the AMICA (Automated Musical Instrument Collectors
Association) went to Andover Organ to see how pipe organs were manufactured
and repaired.  While there one of the club members saw Tux on my vest and
mumbled something about Linux and pipe organs.  It turns out that he is one
of the software people who helped program the new electronic "pipe" organ
at Trinity Church on Wall St., the one that replaced the damaged organ after
9/11.

I started talking to him, hoping that he would come and give a talk to us
about how the Linux systems (10 systems plus one for fail-over) make the organ
sound as good as it does.  He warned me that there is not much Linux-connected,
and that most of the programming was done on windows, but deployed on Linux
for stability and reliability.  I think that what he was telling me about
sound sampling, distortion, etc. was fascinating.

I am trying to get one of the engineers to come and give a talk, but in the
meantime to go http://www.organpower.com/html/body_demo_samples.html
to hear some nice samples of the organ's music.

md
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