User:Random Pipings

I'm a classical musician whose primary interest here is in editing articles related to the pipe organ and its music. Time restrictions prevent me from being on here as regularly as I would like. Current projects include assisting Sesquialtera II in making more sound recordings available as well as adding or editing articles on current or recently deceased performers of importance in the organ world. Eventually I plan on joining the Tropical Cyclone project (another area of interest to me) and doing some work on there but for now, given the limited amount of time I have, I'm focusing my energies on organ-related materials.

Although I've had this account for over two years I'm still relatively "new" to Wikipedia and its ways. Hopefully this will improve with time. In the meantime, if I'm not doing something right, please let me know. Also, I'd like to ask that if you come across an article of mine, please don't tag it for speedy deletion immediately after it has been created, as this has been linked to increased levels of stress and perspiration on my part. Seriously, though - give me a chance to demonstrate the subject's importance; and by "a chance", I mean more than 5 minutes.

After a brief spurt of activity last winter, I've gone back to being inactive, owing to the demands of real life and such. I might resume activity this summer, perhaps. We'll see.

For self-reference
This is a list of articles that I've either created or contributed extensively to under this username:


 * Charles-Marie Widor
 * Cesar Franck
 * Thomas Murray (organist)
 * Martin Jean
 * Chelsea Chen
 * Francisco Correa de Arauxo
 * Wilhelm Middelschulte
 * Masters Music Publications
 * Registration (organ)

This is a list of articles that I still consider to be ongoing projects. Some are actively under construction and some are just on the back burner for now. In some cases I have not been able to find as much information as I would like to bring the article to a high standard. Anybody who is able to make any contributions to these articles: please feel free to do so.


 * Masters Music Publications
 * Stefan Engels
 * Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia
 * Registration (organ)

As mentioned above, I am interested in recording sound samples of organ music for use here. These files are all recordings of my playing and have been uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Here is a list of these recordings, sorted by the organ being played. I'm currently hoping to acquire some better recording equipment; when this happens, many more recordings will be forthcoming.

Recorded on the Taylor and Boody organ of Marquand Chapel, Yale University:


 * G. Frescobaldi - Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica; recorded 1/21/08 and uploaded 1/22/08
 * G. Frescobaldi - Kyrie della Domenica; recorded 1/21/08 and uploaded 1/22/08
 * H. Scheidemann - Preambulum No. 3 in D Minor; recorded 1/21/08 and uploaded 1/22/08
 * H. Scheidemann - Preambulum No. 7 in D Minor; recorded 1/21/08 and uploaded 1/22/08
 * H. Scheidemann - Preambulum No. 14 in G Minor; recorded 1/21/08 and uploaded 1/22/08