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}}The '''Camian Military Academy Chapel Organ''' is a large {{wp|pipe organ}} located in the Camian Military Academy's chapel, in Harringdon, [[Camia]]. The instrument was built by Graham Tilby Co. between 1919 and 1921 for the academy's chapel that was completed during the same period. It possesses some 23,750 pipes, making it one of the largest in the world. | }}The '''Camian Military Academy Chapel Organ''' is a large {{wp|pipe organ}} located in the Camian Military Academy's chapel, in Harringdon, [[Camia]]. The instrument was built by Graham Tilby Co. between 1919 and 1921 for the academy's chapel that was completed during the same period. It possesses some 23,750 pipes, making it one of the largest in the world. | ||
==Background== | |||
==Layout== | |||
==Stops== | |||
===Tonal design=== | |||
The CMA organ was built with a tonal design in stride with the leading theories of its age, emphasizing the unison and sub-unison voices and suppressing treble ones. | |||
===32-foot stops=== | |||
The pedal compass of the CMA organ extends to the G below bottom C, but only the 32-foot Contra Dulzian and Contra Diaphone stops actually end at {{frac|42|2|3}}-foot on low G; others begin at 32-foot C. To provide the amplest power in the pedal, the CMA organ was completed with six 32-foot stops in 1921, believed to be unique at that time. A seventh, the Double Bombardon, was added in 1974. In the major augmentation of 2005 – 10, two more stops at this pitch were added. | |||
==Culture== | |||
===Size debate=== | |||
The CMA organ is often mentioned in the context of its size relative to the [[City Hall Organ]] of [[Kien-k'ang]], [[Themiclesia]]. At 23,750 pipes, it is the largest organ in Camia and slightly larger than the instrument in Kien-k'ang, which has 23,220 pipes. However, the CMA organ's pipes are organized into 327 ranks, while those at City Hall into 459 ranks. Part of this difference is attributable to CMA's longer compasses, with 61 and 32 notes in the manual and pedal compasses, which are 6 and 2 notes longer than City Hall's compasses. | |||
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| Classification | Pipe organ |
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| Playing range | |
| GGGGG – c8 | |
| Musicians | |
| Julio Kram (resident organist) | |
| Builders | |
| G. Tilby & Co. | |
The Camian Military Academy Chapel Organ is a large pipe organ located in the Camian Military Academy's chapel, in Harringdon, Camia. The instrument was built by Graham Tilby Co. between 1919 and 1921 for the academy's chapel that was completed during the same period. It possesses some 23,750 pipes, making it one of the largest in the world.
Background
Layout
Stops
Tonal design
The CMA organ was built with a tonal design in stride with the leading theories of its age, emphasizing the unison and sub-unison voices and suppressing treble ones.
32-foot stops
The pedal compass of the CMA organ extends to the G below bottom C, but only the 32-foot Contra Dulzian and Contra Diaphone stops actually end at 42 2⁄3-foot on low G; others begin at 32-foot C. To provide the amplest power in the pedal, the CMA organ was completed with six 32-foot stops in 1921, believed to be unique at that time. A seventh, the Double Bombardon, was added in 1974. In the major augmentation of 2005 – 10, two more stops at this pitch were added.
Culture
Size debate
The CMA organ is often mentioned in the context of its size relative to the City Hall Organ of Kien-k'ang, Themiclesia. At 23,750 pipes, it is the largest organ in Camia and slightly larger than the instrument in Kien-k'ang, which has 23,220 pipes. However, the CMA organ's pipes are organized into 327 ranks, while those at City Hall into 459 ranks. Part of this difference is attributable to CMA's longer compasses, with 61 and 32 notes in the manual and pedal compasses, which are 6 and 2 notes longer than City Hall's compasses.