St Lawrence's Church Organ Improvisation

Eden, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

A 79-second field recording by Dan Fox / Sound Intervention made in Penrith, United Kingdom on 16 May 2022, in the morning.

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1:19Public Domain Markby Dan Fox / Sound InterventionInternet Archive

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Spectrogram of St Lawrence's Church Organ Improvisation — Spectrogram of the full recording (time left to right, frequency bottom to top), generated by the Internet Archive.

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Recordist's notes

St Lawrence's newly renovated Church Organ. Microphone very close to the bass pipes. Improvisation by David Jones. The organ was built by Wilkinson’s of Kendal in the 19th century and is one of a very few remaining of its type. pearl MS-8, Sound Devices MixPre10T

About the place

Penrith is a town of about 16,700 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 39 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

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