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Watch the entire series at https://rd.nl/orgelrijk @GertvanHoeforganist is known for his organ videos on YouTube. His account now has 127,000 subscribers. At the age of thirteen, Gert van Hoef came into contact with the organ at his grandmother's house. The instrument never left him. He immersed himself completely in organ music and learned a lot from his grandfather, who was active as a church organist. Gert also took lessons and a few years later he completed a conservatory education. Van Hoef is now a performing musician and gives concerts every year. How does he ensure that he doesn't get too big for his boots? In this video, Gert talks about an organ he loves. He demonstrates how it sounds and why he likes to play it so much. Presenter Robert Jansema also talks to him about his career, his love of music and his vision of church music. How does Gert experience playing the organ in relation to his life of faith? Organ specification: Builder: Gebroeders Bätz Year of construction: 1827 Restorations: in 1954 by J. de Koff & Son and in 1981 by the company DA Flentrop Disposition: Hoofdwerk Bourdon 16' Principal 8' - a - f''' double choir Stirring flute 8' Bar pipe 8' Octave 4' Flute 4' Quint 3' Octave 2' Mixture III-VI strong (B/D) Sesquialter III strong (treble) - 1981 Cornet IV strong (treble) Bassoon 16' (B/D) Trumpet 8' (B/D) Backwork Quintadena 8' Holpipe 8' Viola di Gamba 8' (treble) - 1827/1981 Principal 4' - 1981; c'-c'' double choir Gemshoorn 4' Woudfluit 2' Holquint 1 1/2' Flageolet 1' - 1981 Mixture III-VI strong - 1981 Dulcian 8' Tremulant Pedal attached. Download the RDapp for free: https://app.adjust.com/wv9by2v_10alci6g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- View the entire series at https://rd.nl/orgelrijk View one of our other series here: RD Actueel: https://rd.nl/rda Depth of field: https://rd.nl/sa Back to the cradle: https://rd.nl/tndw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the channel of the Reformatorisch Dagblad! The Reformatorisch Dagblad is a national Christian newspaper, founded in 1971. The newspaper distinguishes itself from other newspapers by paying extensive attention to Christian and church news. There is also relatively much attention for local news. And so also on this YouTube channel. On our YouTube channel we bring personal stories and background stories to the news. But not only that, because you will also find series such as Scherptegrond, political items, human interest stories and music. We do all this from our Christian perspective. Subscribe to our channel for free for more news from the Christian perspective. Do you have any good ideas about topics that we can cover? We would love to see them in the comments! Read more from the RD here Website: https://bit.ly/RDwebsite Receive newsletter: https://bit.ly/RDnieuwsbrieven Are you also following us on Instagram and Facebook? Instagram: http://bit.ly/RD-instagram Facebook: http://bit.ly/RD-facebook #RD #orgelrijk #music #gertvanhoef #harderwijk #orgel #bätz #muziek