Cuba has a lot of natural beauty (as well as female beauty) to offer to tourists; but Cuba is currently not set-up for massive tourism particularly from the U.S. since its economy and infrastructure are close to 3-world – last I heard they are planning to go on a bit of a building-boom to anticipate the expected influx of future American tourists (most likely they’ll use foreign investment (Spain, Mexico; etc) to finance the tourist infrastructure building).
b/f Fidel in 1959 Havana was a playground for Americans and pretty much anything could be had – nowadays w/ a totalitarian gov every aspect of Cuban life is controlled and that includes P4P - AFAIK these days it’s not easy to come by – a tourist for example cannot just bring-in a native-Cuban into his tourist hotel .
Back in the early 90s after the Soviet Union disbanded and Cuba ceased to receive huge subsidies from the Soviet Block; the economy went from bad to horrific and that is when the island was opened to tourism (mainly Canadians and Europeans) – and since this was a drastic change at the time and things were in disarray along w/ the economy; prostitution started becoming rampant (pretty much just catering to the new tourists); but after a while the government clamped down to where now it’s not very pervasive although if one is in the know per se they can still get some action; but it’s not easy nor out in the open (i.e. no establishments where one can go and get “serviced”; AFAIK).
Yes I do remember that scene. In countries other than the US, they do like to have live sex shows.
In Swingers Clubs most people don't have sex in front of others. But of those that do, it really loosens up both the men and the women. So the management always tries to make the environment conducive to it.
It is one of only two organs in the world to have an open 64-foot rank, and the only organ to have stops voiced on 100 inches of wind pressure (about 3.6 psi). Its console features seven manuals.
The pedal manual can be divided into left and right divisions
10x 32 foot stops
The Diaphone-Dulzian's low-C pipe stands 59 feet (18 m) tall, weighs 3,350 pounds (1,520 kg), and produces a frequency of 8 Hz,[10] a tone that is more felt than heard; the sound of the vibrating pallet is described as "a helicopter hovering over the building". The pipe stands upright for about 40 feet (12 m), the remainder is mitred (turned) towards the Right Stage chamber's grill. All pipes taller than 32 feet (9.8 m) are designed in this manner.
The organ's wind supply is the most powerful ever used in a pipe organ. The DC motors for the original eight blowers had a total power of 394 horsepower (294 kW). These were replaced with AC motors in the early 1990s, which have a total of 600 horsepower (450 kW) and their seven blowers produce 36,400 cubic feet (1,030 m3) of wind per minute.
Some of the lower manuals are not only 61 keys, they are 73 or 85 keys!
( some piano music is written to take up all 88. But nothing in the standard piano repertoire goes beyond that , as with Boesendorfer's 97 keys.
http://www.cmuse.org/wp-content/uploads/… I saw one just like this in a local store, priced to sell at only $180k.
http://www.boesendorfer.com/download/BSD… )
Yes, the 64' pipes are hidden somewhere behind the proscenium. They are square in cross section and made of wood. Pictures here show them. This one in Sydney and the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall are the only two open 64' organ pipe stops in the entire world. Zero for the 128' octave.
I would think it easier to design these huge pipes for horizontal, but no one seem to have done this. I would go for cast out of concrete and an integral and load bearing part of the building, as well as having common sides. No one seems to have done this though.
With these extreme pipe organs, the building and the organ have to be designed together.
3 Nights in Tunisia - Diz, Jimmy Smith, Barbara Dennerlein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bG4a7Ir… acoustic piano action could never go as fast as these people do. I think even a semi-weighted keyboard would be too slow.
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http://www.stegen.k12.mo.us/tchrpges/sgh…
Nice one - LOL
b/f Fidel in 1959 Havana was a playground for Americans and pretty much anything could be had – nowadays w/ a totalitarian gov every aspect of Cuban life is controlled and that includes P4P - AFAIK these days it’s not easy to come by – a tourist for example cannot just bring-in a native-Cuban into his tourist hotel .
Back in the early 90s after the Soviet Union disbanded and Cuba ceased to receive huge subsidies from the Soviet Block; the economy went from bad to horrific and that is when the island was opened to tourism (mainly Canadians and Europeans) – and since this was a drastic change at the time and things were in disarray along w/ the economy; prostitution started becoming rampant (pretty much just catering to the new tourists); but after a while the government clamped down to where now it’s not very pervasive although if one is in the know per se they can still get some action; but it’s not easy nor out in the open (i.e. no establishments where one can go and get “serviced”; AFAIK).
In Swingers Clubs most people don't have sex in front of others. But of those that do, it really loosens up both the men and the women. So the management always tries to make the environment conducive to it.
I believe that Cuba could be really good!
SJG
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disne…
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Atlantic City, one of the largest pipe organs ever built. Look how high the ceiling is. More information to come.
http://www.atlanticcitynj.com/events/det…
Yes, it is the largest in the world!
http://www.boardwalkhall.com/arena-infor…
It is one of only two organs in the world to have an open 64-foot rank, and the only organ to have stops voiced on 100 inches of wind pressure (about 3.6 psi). Its console features seven manuals.
The pedal manual can be divided into left and right divisions
10x 32 foot stops
The Diaphone-Dulzian's low-C pipe stands 59 feet (18 m) tall, weighs 3,350 pounds (1,520 kg), and produces a frequency of 8 Hz,[10] a tone that is more felt than heard; the sound of the vibrating pallet is described as "a helicopter hovering over the building". The pipe stands upright for about 40 feet (12 m), the remainder is mitred (turned) towards the Right Stage chamber's grill. All pipes taller than 32 feet (9.8 m) are designed in this manner.
The organ's wind supply is the most powerful ever used in a pipe organ. The DC motors for the original eight blowers had a total power of 394 horsepower (294 kW). These were replaced with AC motors in the early 1990s, which have a total of 600 horsepower (450 kW) and their seven blowers produce 36,400 cubic feet (1,030 m3) of wind per minute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boardwalk_…
Some of the lower manuals are not only 61 keys, they are 73 or 85 keys!
( some piano music is written to take up all 88. But nothing in the standard piano repertoire goes beyond that , as with Boesendorfer's 97 keys.
http://www.cmuse.org/wp-content/uploads/…
I saw one just like this in a local store, priced to sell at only $180k.
http://www.boesendorfer.com/download/BSD…
)
http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Citys-Mus…
Largest Pipe Organs In The World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pi…
the only other organ with 64' open pipe stop. not sure if this picture shows that though
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Tow…
extreme high ceiling!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Tow…
http://www.ohta.org.au/confs/Sydney/SYDN…
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn…
Yes, the 64' pipes are hidden somewhere behind the proscenium. They are square in cross section and made of wood. Pictures here show them. This one in Sydney and the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall are the only two open 64' organ pipe stops in the entire world. Zero for the 128' octave.
I would think it easier to design these huge pipes for horizontal, but no one seem to have done this. I would go for cast out of concrete and an integral and load bearing part of the building, as well as having common sides. No one seems to have done this though.
With these extreme pipe organs, the building and the organ have to be designed together.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~googong/s…
Code Red Warning! This is like ColdnShallow turned into a 501.c3
http://www.pornkillslove.com/
3 Nights in Tunisia - Diz, Jimmy Smith, Barbara Dennerlein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bG4a7Ir…
acoustic piano action could never go as fast as these people do. I think even a semi-weighted keyboard would be too slow.
Dennerlein play list, REALY GOOD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYP7Mxss…