Ode to "Point d’orgue"

[Greengoddess8]

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!

Thank you for the new information on the bellows, Melora! Fascinating

 

[momasaurus]

Well, moma, it's definitely a violin. As for whether it's an "artistic" violin...?????

Apparently, someone paid $1,200 for it. That would be nearly three brand-new 90cm scarves!

I'd rather have the scarves.

I'm with you, Elaine.

 

[musicmom]

Thanks, Melora, for an amazing thread. And yes, we need to have these for ALL designs, especially the unusual ones.

And, as luck would have it, I will have my own Point d'Orgue very soon! I saw this thread AFTER I bought it... I'm so excited!

 

[Melora24]

I know this is not the best picture ever, but I seem to have lost the one I wanted to use.
Organs can be really big, with hundreds or thousands of pipes, plus the pipes that bring the air to the actual pipes (it's funny to put it that way )
Plus the pipes can be really high. So the only way to access them is sometimes to use a ladder. There are actually 2 ladders on the picture below!

 

[Melora24]

And of course, there is a ladder on the scarf!

 

[ElainePG]

Here's mine in the burgundy cw with baby pink contrast hem. The colours are much richer in person, blame it on the lousy phone camera.

I just tracked down that exact CW, ms piggy; it's on its way to me now, and should be here on Thursday.
You and I are going to be identical twins!

 

[ElainePG]

Thanks, Melora, for an amazing thread. And yes, we need to have these for ALL designs, especially the unusual ones.

And, as luck would have it, I will have my own Point d'Orgue very soon! I saw this thread AFTER I bought it... I'm so excited!

You've got the same CW that's coming to me, musicmom, and that ms piggy already owns.

Does that make us identical triplets???

 

[ElainePG]

I know this is not the best picture ever, but I seem to have lost the one I wanted to use.
Organs can be really big, with hundreds or thousands of pipes, plus the pipes that bring the air to the actual pipes (it's funny to put it that way )
Plus the pipes can be really high. So the only way to access them is sometimes to use a ladder. There are actually 2 ladders on the picture below!

And of course, there is a ladder on the scarf!

Oh, for heaven's sake! The more I study this scarf, the more there is to see! And yet, without the background information you are providing, I would have just assumed that the ladder was a bit of graphic imagery, created to fill in the empty space.

This thread just keeps getting better and better, melora!

 

[klynneann]

Oh, for heaven's sake! The more I study this scarf, the more there is to see! And yet, without the background information you are providing, I would have just assumed that the ladder was a bit of graphic imagery, created to fill in the empty space.

This thread just keeps getting better and better, melora!

Yes!! Thank you so much for continuing with it!!

 

[Melora24]

Thank you for your new information about the bellows, dear Melora!
What does the bellows actually sound like when emptying?

I wish I could record the sound, but I don't have a real pipe organ!

The bellows by themselves don't make any sound, only the pipes do. If the organist is playing when the power source is cut, the remaining air will be sent through the pipes, but with less and less force. So the sound goes weaker, and lower, until it stops completely.

 

[rainnebeauxday]

Oh, for heaven's sake! The more I study this scarf, the more there is to see! And yet, without the background information you are providing, I would have just assumed that the ladder was a bit of graphic imagery, created to fill in the empty space.

This thread just keeps getting better and better, melora!

I agree! So informative and fascinating.

 

[Melora24]

So, you may think that Pierre Marie was out of his mind when he draw a clock at the center of the scarf... but it was as smart as the ladder!

Here is a picture of the organ of Saint-Sulpice church in Paris. It's considered the finest organ in Paris. And yes, it has a clock!
http://www.stsulpice.com

(hoping it's the right way to insert a picture)

 

[Melora24]

This picture comes from the official website (link above)

 

[Melora24]

Now, a grammar fun fact, for people who love studying languages.

Unlike in English, words in French are either a he or a she. For instance, the moon is a she, the sun is a he. (I know it's the opposite in German!)

3 words, and only 3 words, are special: they are masculine when singular, feminine when plural.
Those are amour (love, as the people you're in love with), délice (delight, delicacy), and orgue (organ).
There is even a movie called "Amours, Délices et Orgues".

BUT... what people usually don't know is that orgues can be both masculine and feminine!
If you're speaking of how beautiful all organs in Paris are, then it's masculine. If you're speaking of only one instrument, then the plural is used to show how big it is, and it's feminine!

 

[Birdonce]

Melora, best fact yet! I am (pathetically) attempting to relearn French and I will certainly remember that now