Chris Nagorka

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@8546Ken Ай бұрын

Are 64 ft ranks worth the huge cost? How often are they used, and how many people would notice the difference? I heard of some cathedral where they couldn't use the lowest rank because it caused damage to the building. I've heard the 64 ft rank described as producing an "expensive draft".

@cnagorka Ай бұрын

IMHO the 64' stops aren't worth the cost, and there's a reason only two organs in the world have a full set- they just aren't very useful. It's unlikely any damage to a building would be caused by use of any organ stops, it's kind of an urban legend sort of thing. The "expensive draft" comment was relating to a 32' Bourdon buried in the back of a chamber which didn't get out into the room, I think that's in the Barnes book.

@wisconsingoldprospecting1716 2 ай бұрын

I would hate to see a modern approach to things but they should replace the beaters with a couple 30 inch powersoft m force servo subs i think that would be a cleaner sound unless the racket is pipe flex

@cnagorka 2 ай бұрын

That would actually be interesting to try- but remember that you would need on sub per resonator.

@wisconsingoldprospecting1716 Ай бұрын

Yes unfortunately it would probably be complicated and very expensive

@lukereilly4963 3 ай бұрын

These are great videos. Thank you for making them. Good work!

@cnagorka 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Not sure if I'll be able to do any more this year but next year should have lots of uploads.

@LambentSonata 3 ай бұрын

"CCCCC" can't be right. The note you played was about 8.18Hz, which is C-1 or "CCCC". "CCCCC" would be C-2 which is about 4.09Hz. You wouldn't be able to hear that at all; at most you'd feel pressure fluctuations in your eardrum, about 4 per second. So you must be using midi notation, in which -- for some reason that's always eluded me -- each note is named with notation that's 1 octave too low. Eg, C4(cc) becomes C3(c); C2(C) becomes C1(CC); and apparently C-1(CCCC) becomes C-2(CCCCC).

@enoffz8021 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like a percussion instrument.

@enoffz8021 3 ай бұрын

You can count the 8 beats per second at 7:40

@cnagorka 3 ай бұрын

...which is interesting as the pitch is right at 8Hz.

@enoffz8021 3 ай бұрын

@@cnagorka Yes, 8 per second. Interesting fact: When a open ended pipe is closed at one end it vibrates at half the frequency (an octave lower). Try it with a flute headjoint.

@kennethberry1532 3 ай бұрын

Took the tour on aug 21 fantastic tour guide outstanding concert

@friendlypiranha774 4 ай бұрын

On one of the other channels, they referred to it as 'a tuned earthquake'.

@EpicureMammon 5 ай бұрын

You can count the frequency. :D

@leemarks813 6 ай бұрын

Excellent explanation! Thank you.

@Nintendoman851 6 ай бұрын

Chris might hate flat notes. lol.

@AugustusTitus 7 ай бұрын

SCIENCE!

@WilliamMitchell-sc3fe 7 ай бұрын

When eill the Fanfare and Echo divisions be restored?

@archdukeofsynth 7 ай бұрын

Cardboard or Bakelite/phenolic? Hmm...

@pukavita 8 ай бұрын

That is a very impressive organ! I’m amazed at the craftsmanship involved. However, I don’t understand the need for such low frequency notes. What piece would involve playing these notes? I’d be curious to hear them in action.

@cnagorka 8 ай бұрын

There's no piece specifically written for these pipes, you just add them as you think appropriate.

@soulsweeper1630 8 ай бұрын

I know this may be a stupid question but are these percussion instruments able to be heard across the hall or are they only heard close to the grille

@cnagorka 8 ай бұрын

You can hear them in the hall surprisingly well.

@b43xoit 9 ай бұрын

That's one hell of an oscillator. It's based on gassy equivalents of inductance and capacitance.

@stephenrichie4646 9 ай бұрын

I never knew a 64’ existed! Amazing.

@GeorgeCarlin88 9 ай бұрын

right after this video, his asistant wrongly press C# instead of C, Now Chris's nickname is Beethoven.

@OrganMusicYT 9 ай бұрын

I have noticed numerous comments here stating that the stop is unmusical. Its purpose is not to be musical, but rather to support the ensemble. It is not really audible through headphones or speakers, only harmonics are heard. The true sound of the pipe is beyond the capabilities of most electronic sound systems and even human hearing. This stop is more about being felt in the room rather than heard.

@db5517 2 ай бұрын

Exactly. It's a foundation. Even the 32' bombarde sounds like jackhammer by itself, but when in the ensemble it provides that rich foundation. The best example for me is when Boellmann's Suite Gothique Toccata is played on the organ of St. Ouen Abbey.

@masonmeyer4699 2 ай бұрын

SO I finally got to visit the Boardwalk Hall and hear the organ when Anna Lapwood played last Spring. I always wondered how pratical the 64' would be or how impressive it would be in a huge room. We were seated beyond the floor on a section of seats on concrete if I remember. Anna said she'd use the 64" in whichever piece she was playing so I was expecting something. I was pretty blown away by the earth shaking goodness it brought while even sitting on concrete. It added a granduer that I couldn't imagine beyond what a 32" can do. Impressive for sure.

@george1la 10 ай бұрын

That is real music power. How interesting. Even you all did not know.

@charlesjohnston1506 10 ай бұрын

Very cool! Thanks.

@basshorseman998 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tour, only wish the times I've been there I could have seen it up close, as I have toured other lesser organ backrooms and basements in the past. As a keyboardist, I have always been fascinated by the workings of acoustic resonances.

@williamlewis9320 10 ай бұрын

What is musical about that noise?

@OrganMusicYT 9 ай бұрын

It's not supposed to be musical. It's not supposed to be used as a solo stop but, as part of a larger ensemble. It's an effect more than anything else.

@WouterTukker 11 ай бұрын

Quite honestly, the full-length 64´ Trombone of the Town Hall organ in Sydney has an even more impressive sound (I guess any such garbage bag would be torn to pieces there for after all, this is "just" a Dulcian). Yet I cannot wait to hear this organ restored to its former glory and filling the Boardwalk Hall with waves of sound, because when we´re talking organs, size DOES matter 🙂

@laurataylor4469 11 ай бұрын

What does it sound like when it’s played in a song?

@cnagorka 11 ай бұрын

You'd be disappointed to hear it with the rest of the organ, it gets lost as it isn't very loud compared to everything else.

@boidsen Жыл бұрын

LOL - like a Lanz-Bulldog...

@Salmagundiii Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm trying to figure out a very fast passage of orchestral string fioritura for an organ transcription I want to make. That software might come in handy.

@micahh9351 Жыл бұрын

Yall need to put an interlock system and a waiver for hitting the tutti fff stop once this organ is fully functioning again. That stop could probably level the building

@citizen9790 Жыл бұрын

Most unmusical, but quite a lot of fun!

@drwilburhughes680 Жыл бұрын

Impressive until you look at and hear the full lenght 64' Contra trombone in the Sydney Town Hall organ. No cheating here!

@princeedmirovillar8044 Жыл бұрын

It sounds like a drum

@Daveinet Жыл бұрын

So why don't we just call that the John Deere notes?

@johnhenryholiday4964 Жыл бұрын

Up close and without support of other ranks its sounds totally non musical.... but in combination with other ranks the true richness of a deep "set point" base shows through....

@keithnichols7926 Жыл бұрын

Maybe my ears don't work right, but that sound had no musical quality at all. It sounded like a farm tractor engine

@OrganMusicYT Жыл бұрын

It has zero musical quality on it's own. When you hear it with the rest of the organ, it underpins it. That's the whole purpose of it.

@xsm5525 Жыл бұрын

it's quite low, but compared to the sub bass in genres like amapiano, it's nothing much.

@craigbrowning9448 Жыл бұрын

Some of the letters look like the ones you see in vertical sections of mines.

@JP-rf7px Жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine how they fit all this stuff into the chambers without 3D cad to guide them. And left room for access. Did they pre-assemble each chamber in a shop before installing? But the woodwork is beautiful with everything varnished and the treads of the ladders mortised into the stringers for strength.