On Prestwood and Mozart

A few more pictures from Prestwood.

I had spent about six days last week, arranging, marking up and punching a piece by Mozart.

It was his 'Rondo alla Turca'.

Dennis, shown below, had wondered if it would fit into 26 notes?

Well, I like a bit of a challenge and so last Monday I had a crack at it. It did fit ....just. I had to re-arrange several bars when it went off the top of our scale but on the whole, a good fit.

The finished roll was about eight metres long and it took me a good eight hours over the Thursday and Friday to punch it up. I gave it a quick play on my organ on Friday afternoon and managed to deliver the finished roll to Dennis for it's 'first public' airing on the Saturday.

I'm pleased to say it was well received........

.......I even detected a small burst of applause!

It was way back in 2000 that I sent off to John Smith for a set of plans for building the 26-Universal.

Little did I know that, just a quarter of a mile away, someone else in Bourne End was doing the same. We must have both been beavering away and not knowing of each other's existence!

It was a shame because we could have helped each other overcome some of the problems encountered during the construction.

Never mind......we both got there in the end. The above picture shows John's (a different John) finished organ on display in the model tent.

Oh yes, one of the other 'small' organs adding to the atmosphere, a Limonaire.

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