1897 Pfeffer Organ, Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas, Missouri

Brent Johnson talks with Father Jeremy Secrist about the 1897 J.G. Pfeffer organ in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in St. Thomas, Missouri. He's joined by Bill Stein and Mark Scholtz.
The organ was restored in 2016 by the Quimby Organ Company.
Photos of restoration: www.stthomasapostle.net/pfeffe...
Specification: quimbypipeorgans.com/in-progr...
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[@davidcraggs3770]

Lovely little organ. So nice to see it has a Twelfth and Fifteenth.

[@jerroldeilander2454]

I love this video! I've watched a few videos form this channel, but this is my favourite! What a success story! Thank you Fr Secrist to have the vision for giving this instrument breath, once again. Thank you, Brent, for posting this video. More please!

[@markgustus6172]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful little instrument with us. The voicing is superb!

[@hautboisdamour2199]

I've recently discovered your videos on this channel and I love them. I've learned so much about pipe organs and various stops. Also, there is something I love about small organs. Thanks for featuring these as well.

[@pierrelauwers8719]

Delicate, refined sound !

[@dragonpullman23]

The 1897 Casavant at St. Mary's in Westfield, MA is also deserving of a historic citation if it doesn't have one yet. It is notable for being the oldest playable Casavant in the United States.

[@OrganMediaFoundation]

There is an older Casavant in Massachusetts, now. Stay tuned!

[@mikewmount]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@joycehurst7211]

Was happy to meet Phyllis!

[@phyzygy]

Very interesting series. Sadly the audio suffers from having either compression or the AGC (automatic gain control) is on. We cannot appreciate the full richness of the pipe sounds. Voices are fine, but pipe volume gets immediately compressed only to bounce back up on note release. Makes an otherwise professional video seem amateurish. This is valuable work you are doing, thanks for your efforts.

[@1955mlynch]

I agree about the sound, the last several videos have this unfortunate feature. They sound like a wet blanket was thrown over the instruments.

[@HobbyOrganist]

@@1955mlynch Some of this is youtubes' "processing" to reduce file size as small as possible

[@joefranks4235]

Have you done a video on St. Francis DeSalles Oratory in St. Louis? I hear they are still working on getting their organ up to speed. The church is in the hands of the Institute of Christ the King.

[@OrganMediaFoundation]

We did make a short visit there last year to check in on the restoration. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqOzY2lnZ9dkm6s. There will be another video with an update coming up in just a couple of weeks. Make sure you subscribe and click on the notification bell so you'll see it when it comes out.

[@jerroldeilander2454]

I seemed to have missed the detail on who did the restoration. Can you remind me?

[@OrganMediaFoundation]

Quimby Pipe Organ Company did the restoration.

[@lnwbpa]

Messing with volume from music to voice really mutes the music.