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World Grand Organs (huge enhancing on 3 last pics!) Album Featured by WS on 2008/11/09

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Most are from Europe; Grand organs fascinate me since my childhood and my greatest deception is to never have become an accomplished organist; I just can play by hear some classical toccatas or chorals but with undescribable hands contorsions!

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  • Mon cher Jacques, a ma grande honte, je n'avais jamais remarque cet album qui, il est vrai, date de 2006. Mais quel chef-d'oeuvre ! Combien merite est ce logo featured qui l'estampille. Du grand art, un theme original, des prises de vue remarquables. Un vrai tresor du patrimone, un document digne des meilleurs livres ! N'en jetez plus, la cour est pleine... Tous ces eloges sont absolument sinceres et, comme je vous le disais dans le precedent message, je suis ebahi par vos talents multidisciplinaires et ce, a tres haut niveau. A nouveau toutes mes felicitations, mon cher Jacques... Avec toute mon admiration. Mes plus chaleureuses amities, a vous et a Pierre. Au fait, comment va votre jambe ? A tres bientot. Martial

    said  of laitram laitram 5 months 21 days ago

  • beautiful albums so monumental,Mira

    said  of miras46 miras46 7 months 14 days ago

  • Magnificent!

    said  of vromokopai vromokopai 9 months 6 days ago

  • Some very unique photos thanks for sharing from México

    said  of nuberos nuberos 11 months 26 days ago

  • Well well. Forgot the important thing - to attend a mass and to hear them. Thanks for reminding.

    said  of thaikhang84 thaikhang84 11 months 26 days ago

  • Congratulations dear friend for this outstanding album feautured today. I've just wrote that your shots are the best I'ever seen about grand organs. Professional work. Hugs from Italy. Franco

    said  of fuij fuij 11 months 26 days ago

  • Hey there! Just saw that your album was featured yesterday. Great! Congratulations on that - it's well deserved. ~Sven

    said  of bubbamcjump bubbamcjump 11 months 26 days ago

  • Huge work. Very good shots and nice collection.

    said  of jacekzsbo jacekzsbo 11 months 27 days ago

  • Huge work. Very good shots and nice collection.

    said  of jacekzsbo jacekzsbo 11 months 27 days ago

  • Congratulations on being featured today. I put on my Organ CD and listened to Bach's Toccata in D minor and Buxtehude - Prelude in C and Liszt's Prelude and Fuge on B-A-C-H and turned on your slide show and imagined myself in those grand buildings with this incredible music - a real uplifting treat!! Thanks for sharing your photos.

    said  of digitalomacontinued digitalomacontinue... 11 months 27 days ago

  • Congratulations on a magnificent album and for being featured on the Home Page! Such beauty -one could writem something about each photo! Thank you so much for this extremely wonderful album.

    said  of phammarth phammarth 11 months 27 days ago

  • Dear Jacques - I am not surprised :-) This wonderful album has been featured recently, well deserved and long-awaited! Best wishes from Vienna, Vera

    said  of veralebail veralebail 11 months 27 days ago

  • Dear Jacques, I wrote all those comments and forgot to congratulate you on the so well merited feature. No one deserves this better than you. I am so happy to see this lovely album in the home page. Best wishes, Suresh

    said  of suresh_krishna suresh_krishna 11 months 27 days ago

  • Jacques, there is no better divine music than from a good organ, played well. I am sure you'd have heard many of the featured ones in your album here. Since you also play the organ, it must have a special meaning and experience for you to be able to see the some of the rare and impressive ones. I have enjoyed this album even whe you came out with it the first time, as I know, it lies close to your heart. I had been to China for the past few days, and right now I am sitting in Hong Kong airport lounge. Wish you all the very best, Suresh

    said  of suresh_krishna suresh_krishna 11 months 27 days ago

  • A very impressive collection! The walk through this album was all pleasure!! In my childhood my father restored the prospect, the outside of the huge Barock organ in my hometown's church in Germany. This gave me the love to organs. It was a lot of work and took weeks. At those times my 4 brothers, sisters and I were helping my father at work after school often till late in the evening. But I am just talking . . . . CONGRATULATIONS on being featured with this jewel! - Galit

    said  of 854847 854847 11 months 27 days ago

  • My dear friend! CONGRATULATIONS for this well deserved Featured. Manuel

    said  of mdediego mdediego 11 months 27 days ago

  • Magnificent my friend! I have been away from my computer, nursing myself away from a sporatic lowerback, which seem to be reoccuring with dramatic climate cycles, I do agree the outstanding collection of Organs do indeed complement the senses, once again you have displayed an interesting album, most enjoyable as with your visits, Thank you for sharing, as well congratulations! for your feature.Well deserving. paul

    said  of paulalbert101 paulalbert101 11 months 28 days ago

  • Très cher Jacques, vous nous éblouissez avec ces merveilleuses images des grandes orgues d'Europe. La musique qu'elles doivent déverser dans nos oreilles doit sûrement équivaloir à leur majesté. Un très beau travail de recherche, et surtout d'amour. Sincères félicitations pour cet album unique. Amitiés, Annick

    said  of frissons100 frissons100 11 months 28 days ago

  • What a fantastic album and congratulations on being featured today. I get goose bumps just imagining hearing them being played!

    said  of jeffraeearley jeffraeearley 11 months 28 days ago

  • Dear Jacques ... what a wonderful album to be featured today; I am thrilled for you ... and for all who will see it here. Your love of music shows in photos here, and we share that love. ... Warm regards, Judy & Mike

    said  of ladybug591 ladybug591 11 months 28 days ago

  • C'est magnifique! As one who is moved by the architecture of the great cathedrals, and by the majesty of pipe organ music, I had found your albums previously. But it warmed my heart to see this album featured today. The beauty of these churches and these musical instruments is a tribute to the depth of man's faith through the centuries. Their power and glory are captured by your camera, and even more by your heart, which must certainly be tuned to notes divine and harmonies sublime! Thank you so much for allowing us beautiful glimpses into these sacred spaces!

    said  of sirraymond sirraymond 11 months 28 days ago

  • Felicitations Jacques pour ce fabuleux album que vous nous offrez et pour cette mention speciale de WS tres bien meritee!

    said  of ecolin241 ecolin241 11 months 28 days ago

  • Jacques, congratulations on being featured today! That's a beautiful collection of organs, thanks for sharing it with everyone! Best wishes, Yair.

    said  of ykarelic4 ykarelic4 11 months 28 days ago

  • Well done my friend - congratulations. Warm greetings from Nazare, Portugal.

    said  of anttisarki anttisarki 11 months 28 days ago

  • Good! Organ players are hard to find nowadays. At lest people will know about these world heritages.

    said  of sumitf sumitf 11 months 28 days ago

  • Congratulations on your album being the feature of the day on the Home Page! Thanks for sharing... June

    said  of lovejoy lovejoy 11 months 28 days ago

  • congratulations! beautiful shots!

    said  of paolagna paolagna 11 months 28 days ago

  • Congratulations on your featured album! It is fantastic. What a wonderful theme for an album and the photos are magnificent. I love pipe organs and to see them and the churches with their ornate architecture is really a joy. This is a well deserved feature album and I am so happy to have seen it. warm regards from Canada, Barbara

    said  of midnightlace2 midnightlace2 11 months 28 days ago

  • Thank You dear Friends, known or not yet known at present time, for your kind and appreciated comments and thanks to Webshots team who has crowned, perhaps without knowing it, the musical passion of a complete life, for the pure and brilliant sounds of these magnificent instruments; If You took pleasure only to see them without hearing their grandiose sounds, I can begin to feel happy, Jacques

    said  of pfjc pfjc 11 months 28 days ago

  • Congratulations my friends. I haven't seen any grand organ in a cathedral till now. In Vietnam, even the oldest and biggest Cathedral ( though was built by French ) doesn't have any of these kinda organs. I'm longing to see them in Europe. Thanks.

    said  of thaikhang84 thaikhang84 11 months 28 days ago

  • Excellent collection of photos. Much thanks for sharing your collection, and kudos to WS for showcasing it for all of us to find!

    said  of roguegenius roguegenius 11 months 28 days ago

  • This album sound perfectly. Congratulation my dearest friends for this well deserved success.Maurizio.Italy www.mauriziomalangone.it

    said  of mauriziomalangone mauriziomalangone 11 months 28 days ago

  • CONGRATULATIONS on having your 'World Grand Organs' album featured on WS. Very interesting album, thank you for sharing. Enjoy your time in the spot light. Joyce, California, USA

    said  of joyce914 joyce914 11 months 28 days ago

  • Hello Jacques, so good to see you featured today with this exceptional album. the details are magnificent in what must be difficult lighting conditions. Congratulations on the feature. While I am here may I say many thanks for your very kind words on my UK fungi album, I know they are another one of your specialities, myself I would not eat them unless guided by an expert. to answer your q, no I did not have to lie down, i now have a camera with a flip screen much kinder to the old muscles! Eric

    said  of ericy202 ericy202 11 months 28 days ago

  • Manificent, awesome images and commentary. Congratulations on this home page FEATURED album. John

    said  of woodeye518 woodeye518 11 months 28 days ago

  • Felicitations pour votre album, merci de partager ces photos avec nous

    said  of nttl2k2 nttl2k2 11 months 28 days ago

  • A hearty congratulations Jacques for having this fabulous album chosen to be featured today. As always, well done! My best to Pierre - love to you both Loree

    said  of greenhorngrl greenhorngrl 11 months 28 days ago

  • Awesome! Congratulations on your having this album featured today.

    said  of bearfolk bearfolk 11 months 28 days ago

  • Great collection. Beautiful framings. Congratulations on your great feature. Greetings, Renato/Italy.

    said  of renato26 renato26 11 months 28 days ago

  • Wow Jacques ... This is a great album . Congratulations on your featured album today on front page!! Regards from Portugal

    said  of QEsteves QEsteves 11 months 28 days ago

  • Nice album! Congratulations on being featured! Good luck in future! From Russia with love, Alexander.

    said  of russpsych russpsych 11 months 28 days ago

  • Congratulations on your beautiful featured album - these are amazing instruments! Regards- Lynne from Virginia

    said  of donolew donolew 11 months 28 days ago

  • Congratulations on your featured ablum. Wonderful shots and thanks for sharing! Joe

    said  of bounajoe bounajoe 11 months 28 days ago

  • You are to be commended for this outstanding and ambitious album! Congratulations on your feature today (11/9/08)! Bravo!

    said  of opera166 opera166 11 months 28 days ago

  • Dear Jacques, Heartfelt congratuatlions for this beautiful album being featured today on Sunday. I know how you dearly love organs and organ music and I am thrilled for you that this fabulous album is featured. God Bless you. Carol

    said  of albertsville albertsville 11 months 28 days ago

  • Hi friend.CONGRATULATIONS on your featured album.Well deserved feature, and such beautiful shots, well done, enjoy your day. Take care, Paolo (Italy)

    said  of Paolo_1955 Paolo_1955 11 months 28 days ago

  • What a collection! Just curious, Have you ever visited the famous organ in SLC, the one the Mormon Tabernacle CHoir use as a music base? Just wondering..it is amazing!

    said  of loriarnold101 loriarnold101 11 months 28 days ago

  • Great work, congratulations !

    said  of saftusil saftusil 11 months 28 days ago

  • Congratulations on being featured today! Fantastic and very interesting album, thanks for sharing. Enjoy your special days in the spotlights!!!! Best regards, Henri and Josee/Belgium

    said  of haneveercoremansshots haneveercoremanssh... 11 months 28 days ago

  • Congratulations my friend on being featured POTD -Jay

    said  of Jayramji Jayramji 11 months 28 days ago

  • It's Lovely

    said  of Ehab_69 Ehab_69 11 months 28 days ago

  • CONGRATULATIONS on being the featured POTD Album "World Grand Organs (huge enhancing on 3 last pics!)" on the home page today,its well deserved and a collection of fantastic pictures have a great weekend thanks for sharing, enjoy your day in the spot light Terry

    said  of Brightlingsea Brightlingsea 11 months 28 days ago

  • Dear Jacques many CONGRATULATIONS on being today's featured album, well deserved recognition, wonderful pictures & very interesting, enjoy your day, take care hugs Ann (UK)

    said  of annedm1 annedm1 11 months 28 days ago

  • Bonjour, Congratulations on being featured today and thanks for sharing. Very well deserved feature. Luc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

    said  of maxeclip maxeclip 11 months 28 days ago

  • Salut Jacques, des félicitations par la collection magnifique de photos d'organes et les intérieurs d'églises. Un grand travail!... Asun

    said  of asuntah asuntah 2008.09.28 at 01:11:31 PDT

  • Great pictures here! I can put on a CD of French organ music and look at these pictures and imagine I'm THERE! I'm not the world's greatest organist, either. At least I get to play a real pipe organ in my church, but it's much smaller! (joan from terrynjoan)

    said  of terrynjoan terrynjoan 2008.02.25 at 17:25:30 PST

  • Dear Jacques, thank you so very much for spending so much time on my Bavarian album and for your generous comments. They always mean so much to me as I greatly respect your views. I chose this album to write this because I thought of you when I saw the beautiful rococo organ in Wieskirche, Bavaria. I was not fortunate to hear it being played, but from what I hear it has a very melodious sound. I would be happy if you would add the photograph of that organ in this album (only if you so desire). Thank you once again. My best wishes to Pierre and you. Suresh

    said  of suresh_krishna suresh_krishna 2007.10.15 at 20:27:06 PDT

  • Je suis tellement enchantee par ces photos! Merci mille fois!

    said  of rainbowlover100 rainbowlover100 2007.05.30 at 18:31:32 PDT

  • Each image in this album is quite wonderful! The instruments are magnificent and so is the photography!

    said  of bowlingranny2 bowlingranny2 2007.04.25 at 13:07:23 PDT

  • The beauty of the facades of these marvelous instruments hides the thousands of pipes necessary to create the angel sounds that come from these magnificent instruments. I have a cassette tape of the master E. Power Biggs, who plays some of the very instruments shown here. Thanks to you and your wonderful collection of fotos, I can view this album and listen to the magnicient sounds emminateing from them. I was minister of music for my parish church that has a 5,000 pipe organ, the comparison, of course is small, but I enjowed playing it immensely. I would give my heart to be able to sit at the ranks of these. Thank you so much for the opportunity to see them. Ron, Massachusetts

    said  of foofoo1729 foofoo1729 2007.04.23 at 06:49:47 PDT

  • Maravillosas obras de arte que de mirarlas nos transportan directo al cielo...Saludos de y desde Temuco- Chile.liliana

    said  of floresta106100100 floresta106100100 2007.03.20 at 06:16:24 PDT

  • lToday as it is snowing outside - I sat here in awe at the beautiful pictures which yoou have collected. Your photography is exquisite. I felt as though I were with you when you were taking these great shots. Thankyou for sharing with all your images as well as your imagery while taking the pictures. You made my day. thankyou Sally from upstate New York

    said  of sallymary100 sallymary100 2007.02.22 at 08:27:38 PST

  • Bravo Jacques et merci pour ces magnifiques photos. Je suis fan de photos d'orgues et consacre un blog où je mets en lignes les meilleurs clichés trouvés sur le WEB au moyen de notes personnalisées avec bien sûr les références du photographes. Dans cet esprit j'aimerais faire une note à votre nom avec une sélection de vos meilleures photos (à dire vrai le majorité). Voici l'url de mon blog : http://didber.club-blog.fr/ En espérant avoir votre feu vert. Bien cordialement. Didier. Rennes.

    said  of didber didber 2007.01.25 at 08:52:38 PST

  • Hello Jacques, I came to visit as I saw your comment on todays feature as to where you are at this moment after 4 days in BA. I am following you in 10 days time but only 2 days in BA, off to the GWC fr Ush! Great photos in this album of a very unusual subject, you are very talented to be able to play at all. I am tone deaf! LOL. You will have to venture across the channel one day to see some of our great organs. Not only church organs but also in Norfolk there is a museum with many fairground organs & a wurlitzer. Eric

    said  of ericy202 ericy202 2006.11.25 at 09:47:17 PST

  • Hi Jacques! I really enjoyed your captions that went along with the Grand Organ photos. I played the piano and an organ for a few years at church, but the organ always caused me problems with my foot not wanting to follow the music!!! :-)) I'd have to play with my shoe off! Thanks for this beautiful album and also thanks for the kind comment on the photo from Telluride, Colorado. Glad you've been there. Sharon from Missouri

    said  of photoop23 photoop23 2006.11.17 at 16:15:45 PST

  • I visited this album yesterday night! Of course the beauty of these works of art is beyond the capacity of words to express. But we are all indebted to YOU for the work of love you did by putting this album together and letting us enjoy!Thank you for all the information, too; it is so precious! Amicalement, Gabriela

    said  of shukun20 shukun20 2006.11.07 at 00:18:35 PST

  • Hi Jacques, your album is so detailed and truly wonderful.

    said  of rayman1974 rayman1974 2006.11.02 at 06:28:52 PST

  • OMG, what Magnificent Musical Instruments!!! I can only imagine the bellowing volumes of power and nuiance classical notes as Jean Guillou performs his masterfully talents! Superb indoor exposures and captures throughout this Elegant Portfolio, Jacques!! I studied keyboard for 10 years, earned a degree in music education and taught 5 years, so I do have an extreme appreciation for this awesome collection of these beautiful instruments of musical art...Thanks so much for sharing them with us all my friend!!! Ted

    said  of torretab torretab 2006.11.02 at 05:52:47 PST

  • Hi, I really enjoyed your album a lot. Greetings Tim GREENLAND : -)

    said  of inuit1963 inuit1963 2006.11.02 at 05:26:05 PST

  • Je viens de passer un après-midi fantastique en votre compagnie dans votre univers de beauté et d'harmonie. Merci de m'apprendre tant de merveilles et de me faire voyager hors du temps et de l'espace grâce à vos fabuleux albums. Je vous embrasse cher ami de mon coeur!

    said  of huguette296100 huguette296100 2006.11.01 at 13:54:58 PST

  • Dear Jacques and Pierre! I have already seen this album in Fotki and commented on this extensively. I think this is one of the best albums I have seen of the collection of organs from various parts of the world. I know much effort would have gone into compiling this. And, as usual, the captions are very illuminating. Thank you for posting it on the webshots too. Best wishes, Suresh

    said  of suresh_krishna suresh_krishna 2006.10.31 at 05:27:20 PST

  • Ciao Jacques, this magnifacant reportage about grand organs is another great job of yours. Very rarely J have ever seen such beauty shots about parts of churchs. All the shots are excellent with a perfect use of lights. Dear friend thank you for sharing with the Ws world. Have a nice day. Franco from Italy

    said  of fuij fuij 2006.10.30 at 10:12:10 PST

  • Jacques, c'est un grand plaisir de vous revoir parmi nous a Webshots. Bel album et sujet tres original et beau. C'est vrai il manque la musique mais avec de l'imagination... Apres avoir contacte Webshots j'ai appris que d'ici 4 semaines ils vont reprendre la parution des albums ranges par ordre du nombre de vues quotidiennes. Je suppose que cela vous fera plaisir car j'avais bien compris que la nouvelle presentation ne vous convenait pas . A moi non plus d'ailleurs. Bien amicalement, en esperant que vous maintiendrez les liens avec Webshots dans le futur. Ange

    said  of anortega anortega 2006.10.29 at 13:17:18 PST

  • This was a grand tour in the music world,an a very beautiful one. Thanks Jacques for sharing this special world for all of us here in webshots world too. Warm greetings from Nazaré, Portugal - Antti

    said  of anttiolavi anttiolavi 2006.10.29 at 09:15:15 PST

  • Dear Jacques, I am so glad to see you have posted this album here. I think you will see a big differemce in the traffic and this album certainly deserves to be seen by everyone, it is so beautiful. I think these instruments are magnificant and the most able to give you a complete orchestration. Hugs, Trudy

    said  of hamiltrudy hamiltrudy 2006.10.29 at 06:05:39 PST

  • It's a wonderful and oroginal collection. I would like to hear also the sound of this organs, beacuse I'm sure that i'll love it. I'm a musician. Maurizio.Italy

    said  of mauriziomalangone mauriziomalangone 2006.10.29 at 05:46:58 PST

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