Ode to "Point d’orgue"

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#106
ElainePG said:
Which book is that, cherryblossum? The CW on the left page is the one I just bought! CW 01, I think (Aubergine, Rose, Prune). It will be here next week... so excited! :happydance:

I do understand about the purple keys, but not being an organist I decided I could live with it. Now, if there was a scarf with a purple flute, I would have to say "No!" (As you can guess, I was a flutist...)

Do you know the scarf Les Bles, by Hugo Grygkar? 3 rabbits standing in a field of wheat. seton has it on her blog here: http://hermes.digitalurbana.com/2012/02/les-bles-1956/

When I was buying mine (the re-issued one) in 1987, I did not want one with blue wheat! It did not make sense to me. I got the CW that is in the Hermes ad on seton's page (the model is wearing it as a head scarf): the wheat is gold, the rabbits are dark brown. To me, when a scarf is showing "real" things, like rabbits, I prefer them to be the "real" colors. But when they are imaginary things, like Potager or Mythes et Metamorphoses, they can be any kind of color!

Point d'Orgue, to me, is a combination of real and imaginary. It is, of course, a real pipe organ! But it is presented in a very dramatic, almost imaginary way, as though it is flying towards you. At least, that is the way I think of it. And so... purple keys? No problem!:D
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"Imaginary " is one idea, and the "exploding organ console" which momasaurus expressed in the SOTD thread is another one. I need these exciting ideas to convince myself of wearing such designs as funy purple keys of organ , odd looking blue violins and wheat!! Of course, modeling pics, which Ms.chincac and ms piggy contributed in their early postings, are really convincing to me. Modeling pics often push me over the edge so easily. Yours also.....:laugh:


ElainePG said:
Perhaps it is a nod to Picasso's "Blue Period"? Although that would be going backwards in time, not 100 steps ahead! :giggles:
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LOL, I could accept those people painted in blue though... I don't know why i could not accept these blue violins!!:laugh:
 
#107
cherryblossum said:
"Hommage à Mozart" with green background? There are blue violins. Ummm....
Now I can accept purple keys of organs. It took a long time for me to be ready to accept them.
Blue violins I am not ready to accept them right now. Is that what they say avangarde taste? I don't understand it. Or H is running hundreds steps ahead? I need the interpretation of the blue violins.
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Here is an artistic blue violin (notice LAS VEGAS! lol) for you, cherryblossum! I still find this creepy.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-violin-in-blue-paul-tokarski.html
 
#108
momasaurus said:
Here is an artistic blue violin (notice LAS VEGAS! lol) for you, cherryblossum! I still find this creepy.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-violin-in-blue-paul-tokarski.html
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HAHA! Thank you, dear momasaurus! I need to win the games at Casino in order to get this violin? It is intersting to know there are people creating a blue violin as an art piece. And there is a contest for these artistic musical instruments!
I love such lovely,little conversations here between you and I. The blue violins become more impressive!:)
 
#110
Azalie said:
Elaine, one can't go wrong with the delightful Tango Tosca's Scarf Circus (about to revive, I gather, after a hiatus). And one can pan for gold in the completed-listings descriptions of eBay seller "heroe9" -- these are often very informative and scholarly mini-essays about scarves she has had for sale. For example, on Les Parures du Vents and the auto hood ornaments that are the inspiring "jewels of the winds": http://www.ebay.com/itm/FABULOUS-He...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 .
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Thank you so much, Azalie, for the link to heroe9's eBay listings. I have never read so much detailed information on a reseller's page! At the very most, a simple paragraph about the artist, or something about the inspiration for the scarf. But she has taken the time to photograph the actual hood ornaments that inspired the ones on the scarf... just as our own melora did with a pipe organ in her thread on Point d'Orgue. I now have her listed as a "favorite seller" and plan to go back and read her other descriptions. Who knows? I may even try bidding!:graucho:

As for Tosca, her blog is empty at the moment, but I have bookmarked it just in case she is inspired again!:smile1:
 
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Time for a new information :)
To send the air into the pipes of the organ, we need bellows. They used to be actionned by people, but nowadays, we have electric machineries for that. The bellows are still there though. They are empty, then get full of air as soon as the organ is turned on. Otherwise, you won't hear anything!

Fun fact: it takes a while to empty this bellows. This means that if the power is shut down, the sound will slowly (2 to 3 seconds) stop by being lower and lower… It's interesting to hear too!
 

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#113
Melora24 said:
Time for a new information :)
To send the air into the pipes of the organ, we need bellows. They used to be actionned by people, but nowadays, we have electric machineries for that. The bellows are still there though. They are empty, then get full of air as soon as the organ is turned on. Otherwise, you won't hear anything!

Fun fact: it takes a while to empty this bellows. This means that if the power is shut down, the sound will slowly (2 to 3 seconds) stop by being lower and lower… It's interesting to hear too!
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Aha! So those things on the side are the bellows! (I had been wondering, from the photos on the screen, and my carré hasn't arrived yet.) There is also a tiny bellows-pumper shown on the carré, just opposite the organist. He is so charming, working away at the bellows!

I have been in a church when the bellows stopped, and have heard the sound of the bellows emptying, as you describe. To my ear, it sounds as though there is a ghost in the instrument!
 
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Melora24 said:
Time for a new information :)
To send the air into the pipes of the organ, we need bellows. They used to be actionned by people, but nowadays, we have electric machineries for that. The bellows are still there though. They are empty, then get full of air as soon as the organ is turned on. Otherwise, you won't hear anything!

Fun fact: it takes a while to empty this bellows. This means that if the power is shut down, the sound will slowly (2 to 3 seconds) stop by being lower and lower… It's interesting to hear too!
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Thank you for your new information about the bellows, dear Melora!
What does the bellows actually sound like when emptying?
 
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#115
Melora24 said:
Each pipe makes one and only sound. So if you want to play a melody, where you need multiple notes, you will need multiple pipes. Each pipe will be "connected" to a key of the keyboard, just like, on a piano you have 1 to 3 cords per key.
When those pipes are in the front of the organ, they're called "montre" (which means "show", the pipes that are shown to people). for aesthetic reason, they are often aligned like a pyramid.

credits for the picture below: http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki...alien_Mascioni_Tessin.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
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Thank you so much for starting this thread. I love the history behind a design. I find it fascinating and this scarf gorgeous!:D
 
#118
klynneann said:
This is so wonderful, thank you! Silks are not my focus and until recently I didn't realize that most (all?) have a story behind them. Have others done this? Lots of threads telling the stories behind the scarves would be amazing! Your scarf is beautiful Melora, thank you again. :tup:
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Melora24 said:
I agree, that would be great!
As a geek, for instance, I'd love to see all keys identified in "les clés" ;)
If that happens a lot, that might require a special subforum with one thread per scarf ;)
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I am a newbe to the silks. And, I would love more threads like this one:D. It would be amazing if there was a thread for every design!
 
#120
ElainePG said:
Oh, so you are going to get the mousseline in the spring? How exciting, cherryblossum! Then you and I will be... let me see, where are my notes???:reading:... oh, yes, here they are! We will be sisters!

You are right: I like to do research! (I suppose because I was a writer before I retired;)) Melora has given me the idea, with this thread, that it might be interesting to have an Hermès Scarf thread called something like "Fun Facts About Hermès Scarves." Not to authenticate, and not to compete with the Reference Thread, but to do exactly what Melora has done here, only for many scarves: tell the stories of the different scarves, when we learn about them.

But maybe I am the only one who thinks this is a good idea!:giggles:
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klynneann said:
I think this is a fantastic idea!
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Elaine, I LOVE this idea:D. Please start it with all your wonderful fun H facts:graucho:
 
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