With COVID things stopped or went online. Lucky for me Organ Lessons went online and instead of it being hard to find a tutor near me I could find a great tutor online living miles away but able to be in the same room as me. Hooking the organ up is a bit more difficult as we need at least 3 cameras and the the Wersi screen online. Turning around I can use the Genos or I can slide across to the Eminent for a different type of Music lesson.
I was lucky to meet Tom Horton, a renown theatre organist, music teacher, a master of accompanying a silent movie and a great composer.
Using an ATEM, and three cameras and a channel directly into the organ, the Wersi organ can act as a sound studio. Add a screen for the Zoom session and a camera on me, one of the keyboard and another on the feet and pedals it is the same as being there with Tom for the Music lessons. Toms setup is similar to mine so I can see his feet on the pedal and hands on the keys.
The Instuments
The Wersi 800
The Eminent Church Organ
The Yamaha Genos
The Novation Synth
Yamaha HS8
The Ringway 1000
Organ Concerts
We have fitted a new Monitor to the wall so that it be pulled out, over the Wersi Music Rest. With much of the music stored electronically it is much easier to read and turn the pages without taking my hands from the keyboard.
