{"id":4836,"date":"2021-05-12T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T00:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/?post_type=article&p=4836"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T06:00:43","slug":"shore-chapel-pipe-organ","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/article\/shore-chapel-pipe-organ\/","title":{"rendered":"Shore Chapel Pipe Organ"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday 4th<\/sup> May, Mr Fox, the school\u2019s organist, conducted a Shore Chapel Pipe Organ tour, giving Hodges Boys insight into the organ’s inner workings.\u00a0 It was an enjoyable and interesting experience.\u00a0 The boys were able to understand how the pipe organ works and relate this to the history of the Shore Chapel.\u00a0 The pipe organ was installed in 1929, the same year the chapel was opened.\u00a0 One of the amazing facts about the chapel organ is that most of the pipes visible while sitting in the chapel are for ornamental purposed only.\u00a0 They make no sound.\u00a0 Pipe organs function similarly to a person\u2019s voice.\u00a0 The pressurised air is released from electric bellows and stored in the organ\u2019s wind-chest, similar to a person\u2019s lungs.\u00a0 When a key is played, the air is directed through metal or wooden pipes, producing a sound mimicking a chosen instrument.\u00a0 What many people may not realise about the organ is that the notes in the lowest register are played by the organist\u2019s feet on specialised foot pedals.\u00a0 These deep notes are played using pipes 16 feet long, which had to be a unique shape to fit inside the chapel.\u00a0 The boys are very grateful to have received the opportunity to learn about the chapel, and more importantly, its pipe organ.<\/p>\n

Rory Blakeley (10HS)<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday 4th May, Mr Fox, the school\u2019s organist, conducted a Shore Chapel Pipe Organ tour, giving Hodges Boys insight into the organ’s inner workings.\u00a0 It was an enjoyable and interesting experience.\u00a0 The boys were able to understand how the pipe organ works and relate this to the history of the Shore Chapel.\u00a0 The pipe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[11],"class_list":["post-4836","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_tag-hodges-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=4836"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=4836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}