A Positive

Organs can be divided into three major groups. There are the portative organs that the musician can put on his knee or the folk organs (in Flanders the so called 'belly organs') that can be carried with a strap over the shoulder. A larger type is the positive organ, for example chest organs that can be compared to a piano in terms of size and portability. Finally, there are the large organs, usually church organs, which are constructed in a particular place in a building as a permanent installation.

The word ‘positivus’, is an adjective derived from the Latin verb ‘ponere’ (to place, put):

- Ponere (verb): place
- Positus (participium perfectum passive): placed
- Positivus (adjective): something placed or something fixed

In the context of the positive organ, ‘Positivus’ refers to an instrument that was placed somewhere but is movable

Two positive organs

Having built two positives and composed music for them, I now take the step of presenting all this to a wider audience.

A first time the organs appeared during "De nacht van de verbeelding" 2019 in the Subtropical Greenhouse of the University Botanical Garden in Ghent.

Also during the BeFEM concert on 14 Feb 2024, during the Belgian Music Days, two compositions were presented from this subtropical project "How beautiful is the future ?" but reworked and with the addition of video.

There is also the concert "Luidsprekerfluitjes" on 25 May 2024 at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam, with a full programme of my organ music on these two positive organs.

The photos

For concert announcements, the photos on this page are now available. These were taken in December 2023.

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laatste update: 2025.03.20