DREAM ORGANS
'Monadic' is the term I use to describe an organ in the form of a single-manual tonal unit,
often with as much symbolic as practical intent. It is a kind of idea-sketch, and may appear
illogical or surreal; it is a summation of place or feeling. Here are three examples.
- CLASSICAL-MYTHOLOGICAL ORGAN -
16 Salix
8 Terpodian Schulze
8 Philomela limpid open flute
8 Salamis gentle string
8 Ondamar flat undulant
4 Terpomele Schulze 4'
4 Phoneuma stopped metal flute
2 2/3 XII
2 Selene neutral-toned open flute
1 1/3 XIX
X Æolian 16'.8'.8'sharp.4'.4'sharp.
12.15.17.19.21.22
IV Cytheria 22.24.28.33
16 Fagus gentle bassoon
8 Musidora oboe-regal
8 Kalliope clarinet
4 Musette gentle rankett
8 Kithara VI 1.8.10.14.16.19
8 Syrinx
4 Aulos wooden recorder; not an oboe
8 Hydraulos II open + stopped
4 Hydraulos II open + stopped
12+15 Hydraulos II stopped 12th & open 15th
8 Rhytum throaty horn
(1992)
- FENTON HOUSE, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON -
MANUAL
16 Fugara tc
16 Bourdon bass (1-12)
8 Red Open Diapason
8 Chamber Open Diapason
8 Viol di Gamba tc
8 Fugara bass (1-12)
8 Dulceana (sic)
8 Clarabella tc
8 Lieblich tc
8 Stopped Bass (1-12)
4 Principal
4 Fugara
4 Wald Flute
2 2/3 Twelfth
2 Fifteenth
II Mixture 12.15
II Sesquialtera 12.17
III Furniture 17.19.22
III Mixture 22.26.29
8 Basset Horn
8 Cor Anglais
8 Vox Humana
8 Trumpet
4 Clarion
PEDAL
16 Open Diapason
16 Violoncello
16 Sub Bass
8 'Cello
8 Flute
16 Bassoon bass (1-12)
16 Bassoon treble (13-30)
(1992)
- SALTERGATE WESLEYAN CHAPEL, CHESTERFIELD -
This large stone-built chapel, with its columnar facade and
darkly dignified interior, suggested the following stoplist:
MANUAL
unenclosed:
8 Diapason
8 Bourdon
8 Violcelle sic
enclosed:
16 Quintatön
8 Flûte Ouverte
8 Viol Muto
8 Celeste
8 Dolce
4 Octave
4 Flauto Traverso
2 2/3 Quinte
2 Superoctave
8 Cor à Paean
8 Oboe d'Amour
8 Montrephonon flue
PEDAL
32 Fauxbourdon ext. Mineure
16 Bourdon Majeure
16 Bourdon Mineure
8 Flûte Couverte ext. Mineure
(1991)
