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19.yy sonu-20.yy başı... Mehmed Burhaneddin Ef

19.yy sonu-20.yy başı...

Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi, İbrahim Tevfik Efendi, Donizetti Paşa, Dussap Paşa, Gustav Helbig, Constantinos Carikipoulos, Charles Edward Estes ve daha nice çok değerli şahıslar... İstanbul'u bir müzik başkentine dönüştüren şefler, orgçular, piyanistler, besteciler ve öğretmenler... Ancak bu kaliteli zamanların üzerinden 100 yıl belki de daha fazlası geçti.

Sene 2020...

Restorasyonlarımız, konserlerimiz, atölyelerimiz ve bu zamana kadar yaptığımız her çalışma...

Tüm bu etkinlikler, tek hedefi ve görevi zengin org mirasımıza karşı müzikseverlerin ilgisini yükseltmek ve bu konuda bir farkındalık geliştirmeye çalışan İstanbul Kilise Orgları Ekibi'nin yoğun çalışmaları sonucu yapılabildi.

Ancak bu zamana kadar en önemli parçamız eksik olarak ilerledik. O eksik parça, orgu bilen ve tanıyan müzisyenler... Orgun renklerine ve kapasitesine hakim olarak onu icra edebilen müzisyenlere ihtiyacımız var.

Günümüzde maalesef yukarıda sadece bir kısmının isimlerini sayabildiğimiz kişi kadar bile orgçu sayamamaktayız. Dünyada, sadece 2-3 orgu olup konservatuvarında org eğitimi veren ülkeler varken, bizim ülkemizin dünyanın en zengini olup bu konuda yabancılık çekmemiz kabul edilebilir bir durum değildir.

Alandaki naçizane tecrübemizin neticesinde, ülkemizde uzun bir süredir durmuş olan bir uygulamayı yeniden hayata geçirmek ve güçlü bir şekilde ayağa kalkmak istiyoruz. Konserlerimizde yeni icracıları dinlemek ve sorulduğunda bir kiliseye orgçu tavsiye edebilmek gelecek hedeflerimiz arasında. O sebeple, bu satırları okuyan ve kalbinde orgun zerafetini ve yüceliğini yaşamayı düşleyen sizlere ihtiyacımız var. Bir klavyeli çalgıyı halihazırda çalıyor olmanız ya da sıfırdan başlayacak olmanız önem arz etmemekte.

Kilise orgu derslerimiz çok çeşitli içeriklere sahip olsa da en önemli konu, dünyada bu konuda en zengin olan ülkemizin farklı farklı orglarında farklı tınıları ve stilleri doğrudan tecrübe edebilecek olma fırsatıdır.

Eğer bu yolda bizlere katılmak isterseniz, detaylar için bir mesaj bırakmanız yeterli, derslerimizde görüşmek üzere 🙂

#istanbul #kiliseorgu #orgdersleri

Restorations, concerts, workshops,... All could

Restorations, concerts, workshops,...

All could be done thanks to the stuff of Istanbul Pipe Organ Team whose only aim and mission is to create a public awareness to our rich pipe organ heritage, and raise an interest to the only instrument of divine music.

However, we are lacking the most important piece of chain. Organists... We need more musicians those understand the pipe organ and play it pleasently by knowing its capacity and colors.

Thanks to our humble experience on the field, after restorations, concerts and workshops, we are at a stage that we can teach the organ by means of performing and the technical details as well. We wish new faces will be playing in our concerts, in the future we wish to be able to recommend organists to the churches when asked. So we need You, who is reading these lines now and has a flame in heart to make this great instrument speaking throu your spirit. It doesn't matter if you are already familiar with the keyboard instruments or planning to give a start from zero level.

Our teaching programme includes many features but most importantly the opportunity of meeting and performing with different styles of organs and learning different colors.

If you want to join us on our way, please send a message for more details. Hope to see you in our classes 🙂

#istanbul #music #pipeorgan #churchorgan #organclasses

Church of SS. Peter and Paul, a hidden beauty in o

Church of SS. Peter and Paul, a hidden beauty in one of the most touristic parts of Istanbul...

Our 3rd workshop took place in this very historical place with a small but great instrument on 27th of September. The organ, built in 1875 by the Italian Master Camillo Bianchi. Its tonal design and well-thought accessories make the music both the sweetest and the strongest. Gentle Italian voicing, flue voce humana stop, bells and divided manual features allowing the organist to play and study classical Italian repertoire such as Gambini, Padre Davide, etc... It was a great pleasure to introduce this elegant organ to musicians and to our guests. The music and the sound we heard, cannot be produced by any other organ we have. The church also has a great acoustics to lead and sustain the sound clearly.

Just like our previous workshops, musicians had chance to try the organ. They were surprised by the capacity which you do not feel by just a look.

This organ is the one and only, in good condition among the other 4 classical Italian organs we have, thanks to great effords of a former Dominican priest served here, Padre Giuseppe Gandolfo. In the past, he took roles in restoring our Rieger organ in the Cathedral and Werner-Bosch organ in Ankara. Now he resides in Izmir and serves in Notre Dame de Rosario Church where our other Mascioni organ is housed. May God grant him the eternal blessing.

For more information about the organ and the church, please have a look at our previous posts or visit our website.

More is on the way, very soon...

#istanbul #music #workshop #church #pipeorgan #history

Constantinople British Church and its stunning pip

Constantinople British Church and its stunning pipe organ...

In the previous post, about our first workshop, we mentioned our rich organ heritage and the mission we have. We played the Austria-Hungarian Gebrüder-Rieger organ in our first workshop. Its sound and capacity was a total pleasure for the audience.

To show different organ styles and voicings,
( 16 _ 8 _ 2020 ) our 2nd workshop was organized to introduce British organ building and its style. So we chose the one and only, in perfect condition among the 5 British organs we have in Turkey.

The Church, being named as Crimean Memorial Church, has its significant historic importance. The organ, built in 1911 by one of the most esteemed organ builder firm, W. Hill and Sons, enriching this precious Church with its gentle sound.

In this post you will see the great exterior and interior of the Church and beautiful pictures of the organ which is powerfully shining after its restoration in 2019. The workshop, from the beginning to the end, was very interesting and exciting for us and audience. Musician guests had chance to try playing this organ, meanwhile audience was enjoying the music. Lovely kids also got very curious about the instrument and it was very important for their future musical life to know such an instrument.

For the details of the Church and the organ, please check our previous posts and website as well.

More is coming soon...

#istanbul #pipeorgan #churchorgan #music #workshop #crimeanmemorialchurch #kırımkilisesi #sacredmusic

Istanbul... The richest city of the world, by me

Istanbul...

The richest city of the world, by means of its culture, its history, its location... More importantly by means of its variety of pipe organs it houses. Different cultures those live and lived on this land brought their own customs, and their own instruments.

An organist here, if wishes to study British composers, can find a British organ to practice with. If wishes to study classical Italian composers, can find an Italian organ to practice. The same goes for the French and Germany-based music studies as well.

Hence, our duty is not only bringing those instruments back to life, but to maintain a regular use of them and bringing them together with the musicians and public interest. So a workshop was a must, divine music must be kept alive even though under today's difficult circumstances.

In the pictures of this post, you will see the magnificent Holy Spirit Cathedral where one of our Gebrüder-Rieger organ is housed.

( 11 _ 7 _ 2020 ) During our workshop event, beginning with the history of the Cathedral and ending with demonstrations of few pieces, musicians and audience had the opportunities to hear its capacity and also to try it with their selections of pieces. We believe that our first workshop was a big step on the way to enrich and enlarge our pipe organ culture here.

For more information about the organ and the workshop, please visit our web site.

More is coming soon...

#istanbul #stespritkilisesi #cathedral #churchorgan #sacredmusic #workshop

Here we are in such a place, in a very popular dis

Here we are in such a place, in a very popular district of Istanbul, just a few minutes walking from very well-known Galata Tower,

St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Galata

The history of Dominican friars in Constantinople goes back to late 15th century. First building of this order was a house, land given by Venetian nobleman Angelo Zaccaria, including a small chapel used by nuns and dedicated to the Saints Peter and Paul. In the 17th century, the complex was rebuilt as a larger church with an addition of monastery. Shortly after, it was put under the protection of the King of France and started having yearly subsidy from the Republic of Venice. In 1640, a large painting of Virgin Hodegetria was brought to this church from another church that was converted to a mosque. Unfortunately, the complex was burnt to the ground in 1660, except the Virgin Hodegetria painting. According to the law of the time, the ground was returned to the Ottoman authorities. Thanks to the intercessions of European powers, the church could be rebuilt in 1702. After that, Venice stopped sending the yearly subsidy because the church authority refused to deliver Virgin Hodegetria painting to Venice. Sadly, the church once more burnt fully during the great fire of Galata in 1731 and then rebuilt from wood. The present building is a work of Swiss-Italian brothers Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati during 1841-1843.

The organ in this church:
It is a Camillo Bianchi from 1875. As far as we know, it is the 3rd oldest organ in Istanbul which is the only one in almost perfect condition. It has a single manual which is divided into soprano and basso sections. The angled pedal keys, by-itself-coupled action, Ripieno-Concerto classification on the register plate, design of the case and façade pipes, etc. are typical characteristics of Italian organ-building of that period. Surprisingly, we found a former contract between this church and the organ-builder Antonio Callido from 1815. We are currently researching this subject to find the traces of this previous organ. For more information about Bianchi organ you can visit our website.

#pipeorgan #church #istanbul #galata

Geleneksel atölye çalışmalarımızın 3.sünü

Geleneksel atölye çalışmalarımızın 3.sünü duyuruyor olmaktan büyük bir heyecan ve mutluluk duyuyoruz. 27 Eylül Pazar günü saat 15.00'da Galata'da bulunan St. Piyer Kilisesi'nde gerçekleşecek etkinliğimize tüm müziksever dostlar ve orgu denemek isteyen müzisyenler davetlidir. Çok da bilinmeyen ve gezilmeyen bu kiliseyi görme fırsatını ve klasik İtalyan stili orgu dinleme/çalma fırsatını kaçırmamanızı naçizane tavsiye ederiz. Etkinliğimize katılım ücretsiz olup kilise kapılarını 14.30 itibariyle açacağız. Atölyede görüşmek üzere! 🙂

We are happy and excited to announce the 3rd of our traditional workshop series which is going to take place in St. Peter and Paul Church (Sen Piyer Kilisesi) in Galata on September 27th Sunday at 03.00pm. All music lovers and musicians who would like to try playing the organ are invited. Kindly recommended not to miss such an opportunity to visit this relatively less known church and hear the classical Italian style organ. Entrance to the event is for free and church will be open by 02.30pm. See you in the event! 🙂

#istanbul #pipeorgan #kiliseorgu #stpiyerkilisesi #italianpipeorgan #history #workshop #music

Let's go to the oldest and most important church i

Let's go to the oldest and most important church in Smyrna, today's Izmir.

St. Polycarp Church.
A few words about St. Polycarp...
He was a student of the apostle St. Iohannes and served as Bishop of Smyrna. Sadly he was sentenced to death by Roman Empire because he did not compromise from his belief, he followed Jesus Christ's way.

St. Polycarp Church was built in 1625 by permission of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and upon request of French King Louis XIII. Just before the century ends, it was damaged in 1688 after the earthquake and following fire. Rebuilt in 1690-1691. Sadly it was damaged once more by the fire in 1763 and the monastery completely destroyed. In 1775, thanks to support of French King Louis XVI and permissions of Ottoman authorities it was rebuilt as a 3-nave basilica with monastery and cemetery also added. During the restorations between the end of 19th century and beginning of 20th century, French architect and a Levantine in Izmir Raymond Charles Pere decorated the interior walls of the church with frescoes those telling the story of St. Polycarp. The church was heavily damaged by the great fire of Izmir in 1922 and restored in 1929.

The humble elegant organ is a work of well-known German firm E.F. Walcker & Cie. from Ludwigsburg. One manual with pedal, 6 registers in total. It is Op.860, built in 1899. In Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau magazine, this organ was specified as "Privat". So we assume it was ordered for home-use and was relocated in the church after 1929. The organ is in unplayable condition "for now". For more details of the organ please visit our website.

#izmir #azizpolikarp #kilise #kiliseorgu #stpolycarp #church #pipeorgan #turkey #türkiye

Geleneksel bir etkinliğe dönüşmesini arzu etti

Geleneksel bir etkinliğe dönüşmesini arzu ettiğimiz atölye çalışmalarımızın 2.sini sizlerle paylaşıyor olmaktan dolayı çok heyecanlıyız. 16 Ağustos Pazar günü saat 13.00 itibariyle başlayacak etkinliğimize müziksever dostlarımız ve orgu denemek isteyen sanatçılarımız davetlidir. Küçük bir not; Kırım Kilisesi org katı daha mütevazi bir boyutta olduğu için etkinlik nefte başlayacak olup devamında müzisyenler sıra ile org katına davet edilecek, org katına çıkmak isteyen misafirlerimiz ise etkinlik sonunda sıra ile orgun yanına çıkabilecektir.
Katılım ve detaylar için lütfen iletişime geçiniz.

We are excited to share our next pipe organ workshop event which will soon turn to a tradition we hope. All music lovers and musicians who would like to try playing the organ are invited to our 2nd workshop on August 16th Sunday at 01.00 pm. A little note; Organ loft of Crimean Memorial Church has a humble size. Event will begin at the nave and then musicians will be invited to join organ loft respectively, our guests will have a chance to see the organ at the end of the event.
Please contact us for attendance and further details.

#istanbul #kırımkilisesi #christchurch #crimeamemorialchurch #pipeorgan #kiliseorgu #atölye

Let's go a little far from Istanbul. A little far?

Let's go a little far from Istanbul.
A little far?
Yes, around 500 kms 🙂

Do we have organs only in Istanbul? Few posts briefly mentioning other organs you already have seen. However today's subject is particularly this humble church and modest organ.

Historical texts saying "Boudja English Church", today we know it as "Buca Protestant Baptist Church"... It was first established in 1834 and blessed in 1843 as Protestant Anglican Chapel in a small village called Boudja in Smyrna, today's beautiful city Izmir. Later, by permission of Sultan Abdulaziz, the Chapel was rebuilt in 1865 and it was blessed in 1868 as a Church. In that neighborhood, Levantine families were majorly living. By financial supports of the Levantine Rees family, many construction materials were supplied from the Wales of UK. We will remember Rees family later again. Due to lack of a congregation and criticize report of an engineer, mamagement of the church was transferred to Buca Municipality in 1961 and until 1991 it was used as a marriage office. In 1991, it was re-planned and used as a culture center until 2001. Finally thanks to Izmir Association, the building was renovated to serve as a church and also a culture center by being a historical heritage in this land.

What about the organ in this elegant church? It was built by a very well-known British firm J.W. Walker & Sons in 1922 thanks to financial supports of Rees family. You will see on the picture, it was presented to the church as a thanks for their effords for safety of the family during the Great War time. 1922 is just a year before Turkish Republic was founded. The organ was designed as a hymn accompanying organ, with 4 stops in Great, 4 stops in Swell and 2 in Pedal division supported by enriching couplers and composition pedals. However, the sad thing is that the organ is in unplayable condition. It has seen all the things happened in that building; masses, celebrations, concerts, marriages, maybe even drawing galleries, then now masses again today, but it is silent. Please contact us to find out how you can support. This organ needs all of ours help.

#izmir #englishchurch #buca #bucaprotestankilisesi #kiliseorgu #pipeorgan

Here is a Franciscan Church and an Italian pipe or

Here is a Franciscan Church and an Italian pipe organ by a very-well known family, Fratelli Bossi-Urbani...

Franciscans already had a church, Santa Maria, in 1453, in a small neighborhood called "Sirkeci" in Istanbul. Then the church was moved to another close location called as "Galata". Unfortunately this church was burnt to the ashes in the great fire in 1584. After the incident, a committed member of the Order, Madame Clara Maria Draperis donated a new land for the re-construction of the church. New church was completed around 1590 with the name "Santa Maria Draperis". Then unfortunate series of incidents happened, new church was also burnt in the great fire in 1660 and then re-built and burnt again in 1678.

Members of the Order decided not to build their church again in Galata. They moved to another close location called "Pera". Unexpectedly once more it was burnt in a great fire happened in the new location, presumably in 1767. In 1769, it was re-built in today's location. A great fire badly damaged the church once more and lastly in 1870 and today's church was built after that last incident.

According to the records of the Church, the first pipe organ they had dates back before 1737. After the damages of great fires, a new organ was ordered from Venice in 1771. That organ unfortunately no more exists. Current organ was built in 1859 by well-known organ-builder family Bossi-Urbani. After the fire in 1870, a technician from Bossi family visited the church, in 1873, to make maintenances for the organ and to prepare it for the re-opening of the church next year in 1874. Later, in 1931 and 1951 maintenances were made by Fr. Clemente Marchini, and in 2004 by Fr. Giuseppe Gandolfo.

At the moment, this old and tired Italian organ needs a complete restoration. Our team has recently fully checked the condition of this beauty and presented a restoration report to the church authority. We cannot wait for the days that it is going to speak with its full majesty. For the disposition of the organ, please visit the organ database through our website or contact us.

#bossiurbani #italianpipeorgans #stmarydraperis #istanbul #franciscanchurch

Ülkemizde bir ilk olma niteliği taşıyan kilise

Ülkemizde bir ilk olma niteliği taşıyan kilise orgu atölye/masterclass çalışmamıza müzik sever dostlarımız ve orgu denemek isteyen icracı sanatçılarımız davetlidir. Etkinliğimize katılım ücretsiz olup orgda icra tecrübe etmek isteyen sanatçılarımızın bizlere mesaj göndermeleri rica olunur.

We are proud to announce first pipe organ workshop/masterclass event in our country. All music lovers and performer artists are welcome. The enterance to the event is free. Please message us if you are a musician who would like to experience playing the organ.

#istanbul #pipeorgan #churchmusic #workshop #masterclass

Eglise Saint Louis des Français. The story of St

Eglise Saint Louis des Français.

The story of St. Louis Church in Istanbul is inseperable from that of the French Capuchin brothers. The first Capuchins arrived to this land in 1626 and settled in the surroundings of the French Embassy in 1628. They built their first real church in that area which was blessed on August 25, 1673.

Due to several incidents such as fire happened, the current building was completed in 1846 and the operation was carried out in parallel with the reconstruction of the Palais de France.

About the instruments those were located in St. Louis Church... From Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau Bd.15 1894-1895, we found out that the organ built by well-known French organbuilder J. Merklin & Cie. was inaugurated on December 8, 1894, played by Gustav Helbig. This Merklin instrument keeps its mystery since it is not located in the church any more and we are in process to find out its current location.
The instrument you see in the pictures was built by another very well-known French organ builder Mutin Cavaille-Coll, who was Charles Mutin running the company, successor and pupil of Aristide Cavaille-Coll. From Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau Bd.23 1902-1903, we see that it was built for "Syllogue litteraire Grec" in 1902 and inaugurated on April 23, 1903, played by Gustav Helbig. Later it was sold to Sir Ibrahim Tevfik who was the son of Sir Mehmed Burhaneddin who was a composer and flutist and one of the sons of the Ottoman Sultan. Since Turkish Republic was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923 and Ottoman royal family was exiled in 1924, the organ was relocated in St. Louis Church in 1925. We are in the process of getting the exact dates of the journey of this organ as well. You will realize that the organ needs a good maintenance and restoration. During our visit and expertising the condition of it, we saw a written note that saying the last maintenance was done in 1935. We hope, soon we will be able to restore it and make it sound the most elegant French repertoire. Please contact us to become a supporter of the project.

#istanbul #stlouisdefrançais #mutincavaillecoll #cavaillecoll #churchorgan #sacredmusic #frenchorganbuilding

30 may last year, A dream came true for the first

30 may last year,
A dream came true for the first time, a silent instrument returned to life and spoke her first concert accompanied by best artists in the town.

We deeply thank our Chaplain Fr. Ian Sherwood for supporting us in this project and for his efforts to keep this beautiful instrument alive.

Then we thank with compliments to our guest artists so they made this event much more colorful.

Last but not least, most sincerely we thank our audience for they made our concert possible and valuable.

We hope this difficult time will be over soon and we will continue our projects full-speed-ahead.

Stay safe and follow us!

#istanbul #christchurch #kırımkilisesi #sacredmusic #organconcert #churchofengland

Several shots from our last visit to our beautiful

Church of St. Antony of Padua... The original chur

Church of St. Antony of Padua... The original church was built in 1725 by the Italian community in Istanbul. Later it was demolished and replaced with the current building. Today's construction was built between 1906 and 1912 in the Venetian neo-Gothic style and designed by the Levantine architect Giulio Mongeri.

The building houses one Vincenzo Mascioni and one Gebruder-Rieger organ. Mascioni organ has 3 manuals of 61 keys and pedal of 32 notes with concave-radial board. It was built in 1947 and located in church in 1948. It is the largest pipe organ in Istanbul with 34 speaking registers. It has all the beauty and elegancy of Italian organ building. We had a great pleasure and joy while speaking to God through its voices.

If you get interested in Rieger organ, check our previous posts.

Follow and support us for more upcoming posts 🙂 #stantuanchurch #stantuankilisesi #sacredmusic #organmusic #pipeorgan #mascioniorgans #istanbul

Kripta of the Church, St. Antony of Padua... The

Kripta of the Church,
St. Antony of Padua... The original church was built in 1725 by the Italian community in Istanbul. Later it was demolished and replaced with the current building. Today's construction was built between 1906 and 1912 in the Venetian neo-Gothic style and designed by the Levantine architect Giulio Mongeri.
It is home to one of three Gebrüder-Rieger organs in Istanbul, the organ was built in 1893. It has elegant romantic sound, with the top craftsmanship of the manufacturer of the time.

Today our team was recording one of Loewe's arias which called "Komm herbei, Komm herbei, Tod". An undiscovered beauty revealed by our team, accompanied by our best soprano.

#istanbul #stantuankilisesi #stanthonyofpadua #sacredmusic #pipeorgan #rieger

Gebrüder-Rieger Op.518 built in 1896... This orga

Gebrüder-Rieger Op.518 built in 1896... This organ was built for French High School's first chapel in Istanbul. So it is modest enough to accompany the hymns and help students in their music classes. Since young people were going to sing with it, Rieger built it with transposing manual sliding upon a frame so that the teacher could adjust keyboard to match the key of the music with students' vocal range.

On one of the top boards of its bellows, we read a date of disassembly in 1914 and assembly in 1919, also a disassembly-assembly in 1921. Within those years, we know the chapel was closed and the school were building their second and larger chapel which was going to have a A. Cavaille-Coll organ which unfortunately has a tragic end that we are going to discuss later.

We assume that after the year 1914, the organ was relocated to St. Mary Church. However, we unfortunately do not have enough documents to tell exactly which year it was relocated and when it was the last time it had a proper maintenance.

After our team's almost 2-month lasted careful work, it is again speaking with its warm and round sounds. Strong principal, delicate rohrflöte and sweet salicional are the main characters of this humble organ.

It can be small but yet strong enough to speak in a concert. Our team is preparing for our 3rd concert with this beauty accompanied with soprano and oboe as well.

May God help us to save all historical organs and keep them speaking his Glory.

#istanbul #buyukdere #sariyer #pipeorgan #church #concert #rieger

Welcome to the Church of St. Mary which is located

Welcome to the Church of St. Mary which is located in one of the most beautiful part of Istanbul. Alhough we could reach just a few documents about its history, here it is briefly:
This church was built out of wood only in 1815 and it was a humble small church. Due to increasing Christian community in the area, the need of a bigger church was inevitable. Finally in 8th September 1866 Bishop Brunoni blessed the new concrete church and it began to Glory the God with the large community. The drawings inside was made by famous artists of the time such as Giuseppe Carta of Palermo.
Especially between 1880-1910 the Church had golden age. Beside the church there were boys school and girls school under the control of priests and nuns.
By time, the community got smaller and even one priest was enough to keep the services, in urgencies they could call priests from other churches.
At the present time, Church is standing in the same place with the full glory and servicing as the house of God.
The organ in this church was our most recent job and it is a beautiful humble Rieger. More about the organ is coming soon...
#istanbul #buyukdere #church #holyplace #pipeorgan #rieger

Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkish Republi

Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkish Republic...
One of the bests, worldwide-known...
A little history;
There was a Levantine family, Girauds from Izmir (Smyrna), running the company Oriental Carpet Manufacturing, one of their member Edmund Giraud, was a musical man, a good pianist and very interested in pipe organs. In 1926, he imported an organ from M. Welte & Söhne. It was a modest house organ. From his letter with the builder dated as 1926, we understand that he could assemble the organ by himself thanks to the illustrations supplied by the builder. He must have played it with joy. Then years later, he imported another organ from Werner-Bosch. As he had a larger organ, he kindly donated the organ to the Ankara State Conservatory. Probably because there was no organ music department in the conservatory, they relocated the organ to concert hall of PSO. Before Mr. Giraud passed away, he also donated his 2nd organ to PSO, as the concert hall had the chance to have a larger organ, they replaced the Welte organ with Bosch.
In the pictures you will see the hall without organ, with the first organ during 60s and with the new organ after 1970.
It is amazingly pleasing us to have such beauties and yet discovering more organs with interesting stories...
#pipeorgan #giraud #izmir #ankara #csoankara #cumhurbaşkanlığısenfoniorkestrası

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