DOCUMENTATION OF THE SOUND OF A HISTORICAL PIPE ORGAN

The problem of documenting and archiving the characteristic tone quali ty of the different pipe ranks of a historical organ is discussed Whil e the musical quality of a certain instrument may be represented by re cording organ concerts, the characteristic timbre of the pipe ranks ca n be investigated by measuring and storing the spectra a and attacks o f the individual pipes belonging to the rank. The effect of room reson ances on the pipe tones are also investigated. Finally, the experience s collected by the preparation of the first tone documentation in Naum burg are revised.