Why was the high altar destroyed in the interest of liberties taken during Vatican 2? What a shame.
@Muksanim2012Ай бұрын
Nice to see Alex's introduction and emphasis that everything is custom built. There are never two pipe organs built the same. Each is designed and built to perform with the acoustics of the environment in which it is installed. I am looking forward to experiencing the majestic beauty of this instrument.
@allyalison1043Ай бұрын
were the historical pipes all saved? i genuinely hope none of them were thrown away, they are over 100 years old and made with superior craftsmanship and materials
@BenZuzelskiАй бұрын
How delightful. I am wondering the name of that piece that was played during the video?
@JohnCavicchio2 ай бұрын
Beautiful time lapse presentation. Very nicely played Robin.
@greggb19692 ай бұрын
Interesting video, but lose the bagpipes, please.
@jonathangandara1094 ай бұрын
Can’t wait!
@thewilliamtan4 ай бұрын
Yay!
@stthomasmore48114 ай бұрын
@HobbyOrganist - This is a PHENOMENAL and WORTHY project. And yet it is plagued by the unhinged bloviations of yet another internet windbag punching above his weight on matters which he grasps not. "HobbyOrganist", I'm sure you think your white-knuckle "expertise" is useful to Cathedral staff whose competence, judging your amateur-level musical offerings on your channel, FAR outpaces yours. But this isn't just a "hobby" for them. A proper cathedral organ cannot be some hobbled together collection of cheaply refurbished junk. It must perform a great expanse of repertoire at a high level while being fully competent for their current liturgical needs. *Some* ranks on *some* organs, and indeed *some* entire organs are indeed worthy of restoration. But others - like Sacred Heart's old organ - are NOT. The fact that you enjoy collecting other people's junk and turning it into your parlor hobby doesn't automatically endow you with the scope to advise others. My own parish recently finished a new organ project and I can say that hobbyist armchair quarterbacks like you are the absolute bane of our existence as real musicians and real organ builders. Please -- do yourself and everyone else a favor -- go dumpster diving for parts elsewhere, and then shut up, step aside, and let the rest of us do our job.
@HobbyOrganist5 ай бұрын
@0:43 DIdnt anyone mention those pipes such as the one being used as a candle holder- are LEAD??? people should not be given "souvenir" pipes or handle LEAD pipes like that one!
@stthomasmore48114 ай бұрын
Quick! Save the children from pencils!
@earthlightsmusic27435 ай бұрын
Contrast this story with that of Cavaille-Coll/Mutin op 899 of Lujan Basilica, Argentina, championed by Maestro Rafael Ferreyra (channel stylusfantasticus) which by now has fallen prey to souvenir-hunters.
@richardharrold97365 ай бұрын
You set out to push the boundaries of what the organ can do musically, yet you gave it 58/30 compasses which restrict it from performing a lot of repertoire from the last century...
@mumumaaaah5 ай бұрын
Where’s the metal pipes?
@cathedralofthesacredheartf69615 ай бұрын
There's 4332 pipes in Opus 55 - plenty metal ones - just not in this short video.
@vulcanstarlight5 ай бұрын
This is already looking beautiful! The console has a wonderful feel to it, and the design of the case actually quite sweetly compliments the console. The groups of chamades (below each exposed partition of facade flue ranks) are so nicely arranged and seem like they will fire down the nave pretty well! 😍 Juget Sinclair always builds such lovely installations.
@vulcanstarlight5 ай бұрын
This is exciting!! I can’t wait to hear more about this project as it advances! The seed-to-sanctuary process is one of the most exciting things I can think of personally (as a full-time organ NERD!) Will be interesting to learn what stoplists and instrument time-period/style you choose! The potential here is just limitless! Will really be a beautiful craftpiece in the end I bet! ✨🎹🔨🪛
@ivarlarsen60456 ай бұрын
Seems wasteful to throw away a 100 yr old organ. Even if fixing it wouldve cost the same as 3 new ones & a trip through europe for the commitee. Felt quite uncomfortable seeing a special thing like that chopped up & used as flowerpots & birdfeeders. Sheesh
@cathedralofthesacredheartf69616 ай бұрын
I agree it is heartbreaking to see the pipes in the dumpster. We had three experts tell us that the pipe organ was at end of life - not worth salvaging. We also listed it for free (just had to pay the cost for removal and delivery) on Organ Clearinghouse for one year - no takers. In the end, we had to have it demolished. Instead of having all pipes hauled away, we decided it was better to repurpose them and give them new life.
@ivarlarsen60456 ай бұрын
Quick google search reveals that there are some fully functioning organs in Europe nearing 500 yrs old (built & rebuilt through the centuries ofcourse, like the ship of Theseus) Oh well, what is done is done. I hope the new ones serve their purpose well into the future & that the pieces of the old one bring some joy -wherever they end up :)@@cathedralofthesacredheartf6961
@HobbyOrganist5 ай бұрын
And yet these are supposed to last 500 years, and this one was trash in 1/5th the time, it suggests the "maintenance" or "repair" people did shoddy haphazard work making a mess of things and making things worse. Of course builders will all say to replace it, not worth fixing, etc- they want the million dollar contract to build a brand NEW one with their name on it! How is it Pipe organs in Europe are far older and in great working condition being used every day for service and much more? A kid in Gyomore Hungary plays a tracker organ built in the 1850s, it sounds great, it does the job. There's plenty of organ videos filed over there and the organist is wearing a winter coat and hat, and half gloves because they dont heat the entire building to 70 degrees like we do in the USA, yet the pipe organs function just fine AND in tune. Frantisek Beer's channel is from Slovakia, he plays at several different churches and records the music- all of them except a large 3 manual one by Rieger in a Cathedral is a tracker organ. My own residence pipe organ was made from pipes I have from 5 different organs that were discarded, one of them was a 3 manual Kilgen from 1927 that was ruined because the church allowed a roof leak over the choir loft where the organ was to go on for YEARS, it leaked long enough that the wood 16' pedal pipes had turned GREY like weathered barnboards and literally fell apart when moved, nobody noticed the water leaking?? The organist was tired of the organ and deliberately made it non functional any more and smiled when he recounted that the organ just "shorted out" Water damaged windchests that had been previously repaired. They allowed people to take "souvenir" pipes home, some of them lead, and that basically destroyed almost every rank in the organ. Another was in a decomissioned church bought by a theater group who wanted the organ gone to use the room it was in for storage, they couldnt get the console out the door so they cut it up... Another decided to get an electronic organ and toss the old pipe organ. Either we are doing things WRONG in this country or they have a big secret in Europe @@cathedralofthesacredheartf6961
@HobbyOrganist5 ай бұрын
There was nothing wrong with the PIPES, they could have cleaned and refurbished the pipes much cheaper than replacing them, and replaced the old windchests with new electric action chests and their wiring.
@HobbyOrganist5 ай бұрын
" Organ Clearinghouse for one year - no takers" The problem with them is they are overloaded with pipe organs in storage, so many churches have closed, many demolished because people are falling out and the facilities no longer have the money coming in. I know of one they had in storage almost 20 years. The problem is many of them are HUGE instruments that require a HUGE space many facilities don't have. Pipe organs are designed for the space they were built for, it's difficult to modify one to fit a completely different space. " Instead of having all pipes hauled away, we decided it was better to repurpose them and give them new life." If you are "repurposing" the LEAD pipes, they are a health hazzard for lead exposure if handled. Even the small wood pipes have lead tips on their feet. The metal is worth money and can be recycled, I had a few hundred pounds of unused extra pipes left over and scrapped them as they were incomplete sets and damaged, the lead and zinc of those was worth around $200 @@cathedralofthesacredheartf6961
@davesandler4486 ай бұрын
Why would you fail to identify WHERE this cathedral is? You ONLY said Richmond. Is there only one city of Richmond in the United States? Google says there are 45 Richmonds in the United States. If you want to raise funds for a new organ -- it highly behooves you to say WHERE specifically this cathedral (and organ) are located. Why would someone wish to donate funds and not know "where" those funds were going?
@mikekremer95676 ай бұрын
Richmond, Virginia USA - (My apologies - we are a 100% volunteer staff doing all administrative work for this incredible project.)
@Brap-pl2me5 ай бұрын
Chill out lol. And maybe use some common sense.
@davesandler4485 ай бұрын
Pardon me for being so inferior to your vastly superior intellect. @@Brap-pl2me
@RikerLovesWorf6 ай бұрын
A bonfire dedicated to the fake superstition
@buckpalmore49496 ай бұрын
I so enjoy these videos They help build anticipation for the installation this spring.
@cathedralofthesacredheartf69615 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
@thewilliamtan6 ай бұрын
Wish I could have heard the Couperin on the desk…
@dmitrylotow96886 ай бұрын
Absolutely stupid decision. Organ pipes can work for hundreds of years. The changing of action with preserving of the original voices could be done. If our Lord wants to punish a man, he took away his mind...
@scronx6 ай бұрын
Moldings around toeholes too? C'est formidable!
@Highinsight77 ай бұрын
well that's a DREAM come true!
@Durufle687 ай бұрын
This is worth waiting for!!!!
@richardharrold97367 ай бұрын
Not a bad acoustic in that workshop, I'd have expected it to be totally dead and make the organ sound like a calliope. Nice sounds already...
@PipeDreamerJacques7 ай бұрын
What a fabulous instrument!
@cabbagepatch89477 ай бұрын
This is going to be wonderful.
@alannaguadalupe8270 Жыл бұрын
'promo sm'
@PalmSpringsPatriot Жыл бұрын
Will any pipe work from the old organ be retained?
@cathedralofthesacredheartf6961 Жыл бұрын
Great question. A few sections of pipes were shared with other churches and some were saved as keepsakes. None of the old pipes will be used in the new organ.
@scronx Жыл бұрын
"demolition"??? Hope those stacked pipes mean that many of them are being reused.
@HobbyOrganist5 ай бұрын
If metal pipes are being "stacked up" on top of each other they are scrap...The wood pipes likely discarded, a shame too because those 100 year old wood pipes were made with old growth timber, and you cant buy the lumber any more- they typically use clear knot-free often quarter sawn sugar pine or spruce- irreplaceable, and modern wood pipes are now just flat sawn poplar.
@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Жыл бұрын
WOW! 😊 I'm shocked the Bishop accepted the initiative. Kudos to the fundraising committee.
@markkuhnlein3081 Жыл бұрын
What music was the builder playing?
@rshafter4607 Жыл бұрын
think about it a "new" organ is somehow going to last longer than the one already there. You all need to know when you are being "had"
@Chris9017 Жыл бұрын
Thank God the old pipe organ is being replaced with a new pipe organ and NOT a digital organ. That would have been sad.
@bikdav5 ай бұрын
@Chris9017: 👍That’s very true. I’ve heard some awesome digital organs. BUT, they just don’t compare very well to an actual pipe organ.
@Chris90175 ай бұрын
@@bikdav Walkers are VERY good when it comes to Digital Organs, but Allens and Rogers don’t compare. But NONE can hold a candle to a real pipe organ. I only wish St. Peter’s Basilica would have thought this because they NEED a grand and mighty pipe organ in the back!!!
@brucebeamon5460 Жыл бұрын
Whew ~ I thought ANOTHER architecturally relevant structure was going to be demolished .. Thank Goodness IT’S NOT
@electronicsandmusic2077 Жыл бұрын
The Waffle House has found its new host.
@andreweden9405 Жыл бұрын
I would love to play this instrument!
@stefanodocvilla Жыл бұрын
Straordinario !!!!!’
@stthomasmore4811 Жыл бұрын
It is amazing that whatever device was used to record this video actually made this incredibly beautiful top-tier organ sound like a cat-harmonica. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ktosnapewno21262 жыл бұрын
how much this pipe organ costs?
@michaelhoerig59202 жыл бұрын
Which cathedral is this?
@kimkremer3462 жыл бұрын
Richmond, Virginia USA
@petermacander20612 жыл бұрын
SOUNDS AWEFUL!
@thomaswalters43652 жыл бұрын
Which cathedral?....
@Jm4steam2 жыл бұрын
What a nice sound. The mic was to close to one guy, couldn't hear the choir well. Overall nice.
@generalcancel2 жыл бұрын
Great but where is this? No mention of a town or city or state.
@davidheetderks49172 жыл бұрын
It's in Richmond, Virginia
@OrganNLou2 жыл бұрын
THE AUDIO QUALITY IS TERRIBLE SOUNDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@PipeDreamerJacques2 жыл бұрын
You really should add that your in Richmond VA in your description. I didn’t know your church and had to go digging to figure out which one you were.
@profeluisegarcia2 жыл бұрын
Hello, I am Luis Garcia, and organ enthusiastic from Colombia, and a little disappointed for not included your actual work in this video¡
@miorieser32102 жыл бұрын
Man o Mann und Frau! Das ist ein wunderschönes Instrument vom Orgelbau-Speziellsten. Meine Hochachtung!
@ullinator13882 жыл бұрын
... aber kein Vergleich zu den Niederländischen Orgelspielen. Schlicht und ergreifend amerikanischer Nachbau im Stil chinesischer Kopierarbeit.
@miorieser32102 жыл бұрын
@@ullinator1388 Unverständlich. Sehe keine Chinesen PS Schweizer und Italiener bauen auch topp Instrumente.
@ullinator13882 жыл бұрын
@@miorieser3210 Sicher, aber was nutzt ein Top-Instrument, wenn es nicht beseelt gespielt wird.
@andrebasmajian17372 жыл бұрын
You mean it doesn't come "ready made?" You have to assemble it like a model kit! Ha! Congratulations to the many participants and contributors!