Top 10 Most Commented Articles
We Want Your Input!
2015-09-02We are looking for suggestions for topics for The Barde from you!... Yes. You! At "The Barde", we have been creating articles, tutorials, sample set reviews and product reviews. We hope you ...
Read MoreFurtwängler & Hammer Imperial Cathedral Königslutter - A Kingly Instrument for a Royal Worship Space
2019-03-01
Furtwängler & Hammer, No. 286 - A Masterpiece Saved!!!
The grand organ in the Kaiserdom, Königslutter, Germany, was built by the firm of Furtwängler & Hammer as No. 2...
The Anglican Way of setting up and using pistons!
2015-10-05I have to admit that "pushing pistons" is one of my favorite things to do!Since I'm pretty much "self-taught", I do LOTS of things that many fine teachers would say are "wrong". Each musician mu...
Read MoreProudly Presenting: The Patron Feature
2015-04-17
We are proud to present the Patron feature!
What Is This Feature? The patron feature was designed in order to provide a destination for entrepreneurial Hauptwerk users to send suppor...
The Armley Schulze - speaking English with a German accent!
2017-05-23St. Bartholomew's Church, Armley, Leeds, built in 1872.Standing in the Choir and looking up and North at the great Schulze organ case.Anyone who has ever been part of a pipe organ installation knows t...
Read MoreHeads Up LCD Displays for Hauptwerk
2015-09-21This week, MIDIWorks (A.K.A. OrganWorks), is releasing their colour Hauptwerk LCD Heads Up Displays. Many are used to the 2-line 16 character screens, from MIDIBoutique, that have been the standard in...
Read MoreSpecific advice on playing an English cathedral work without the use of General Pistons - a COMPLETE How-to-Do!
2015-10-08Editor's note: This article is a follow up to David's wonderful article "The Anglican Way of Setting Up and Using Pistons".The art of making swift changes in registration while playing seems to b...
Read MoreThe Great Christian Müller Organ of the St. Bavo Church in Haarlem, Holland
2016-06-27The great Church of St. Bavo, Haarlem, Holland.I think all organists will agree that the 1738 Christian Müller organ at the St. Bavo Church in Haarlem, Holland is one of the world's gr...
Read MoreThe Stahlhuth / Jann organ of St. Martin’s Church at Dudelange, Luxembourg
2018-05-02The famous Stahlhuth / Jann organ of St. Martin's Church in Dudelange is a successful blending of several different national styles. In fact it is not only a combination of national diversity, b...
Read MoreDiagnosing Audio Distortion Symptoms
2015-05-20AAAAAAaaaagh!!!! What happened?!! Your Hauptwerk system sounds like a car radio between stations when you play it. It's crunchy. Scratchy, It stutters like an electronic dance music starlet...
Read More