Very interesting. These videos really help me to appreciate these older organs of a certain era with qualities that sometimes escape me. Love Horst as a presenter - lovely playing and he's insightful and enthusiastic.
@youtubesketches1102 жыл бұрын
Lovely Wicks organ. Beautiful presentation.
@johnspeller36663 жыл бұрын
Horst, welcome to Michigan, where I also live. I am not a Catholic, but an Episcopalian. I was partially responsible for obtainingn the Juget-Sinclair organ at St. Mark's, St. Louis. So, whatever you wish to do when you get here, you are most welcome to Michigan.
@BruceLudwick3 жыл бұрын
Having seen both consoles in the shop, this is a magnificent copy of the original (regardless of what thinks about things theatre!)
@cromorno87493 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful instrument!
@Diapason16ft2 жыл бұрын
And i know the back story of Herr Buchholz heading North. Tread a straight path, Horst. Michael Voris holds a hot spotlight on the AoD!
@markaustin43703 жыл бұрын
Wow. What a pretty organ. It must be amazing for accompanying choral music. Bravo on the restoration!
@WAX64283 жыл бұрын
Actually, there is a photo in the 1934 Diapason (can’t remember the month) announcing Willis’ hiring and listed with the photo is a set of pipes and a caption saying they were from the rock. So he was working on them in the shop.
@jrorganbuilding3 жыл бұрын
This is a very ideal traditional RC organ much better than a baroque style instrument.
@markwest56743 жыл бұрын
I was intrigued by the fact that the console arrangement is somewhat reminiscent of a Wurlitzer theater organ.
@splsystems3 жыл бұрын
If you ever make your way to the east coast, the organ to see is the 1972 4 manual, 125 rank Casavant Freres at the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, R.C. in Providence R.I. Largest mechanical action organ on the continent.
@Willorga1708bux3 жыл бұрын
I hope Brent can go to the National Cathedral someday
@StoreeDenson3 жыл бұрын
Or Saint John Divine after the Great Organ and Chapel Organs are restored.
@matthieubazile33503 жыл бұрын
Very nice and interesting organ!
@brucetominello3253 жыл бұрын
Why don’t you visit Austin 2711 in Edina Minnesota. It’s very important in the history of Austin and the reds and flutes are killer!
@johnspeller36663 жыл бұрын
I didn't know before that Willis only got involved at the finishing stage. It is, nevertheless, a very fine instrument. It was decades ago when I was in STL but of the Willis-Wicks instruments I was familiar with the one I know best is Our Lady of Sorrows. I know that the Sorrows instrument is not entirely original, but I hope you will do a video on that as well.
@BruceLudwick3 жыл бұрын
Alas, the acoustic is revised (not in a good way!) at OLS. Cheers to you all: the J-S organ was a revelation! Hope all is well!
@WAX64283 жыл бұрын
Not true, he did some voicing in the shop, Diapason - 1934, no idea of which month. Martin was keen on keeping Willis’ involvement to a minimum for some reason.
@OrganMediaFoundation3 жыл бұрын
Martin would have been 14. I think Jake Schaeffer had more control over the work on this organ.
@richardharrold97363 жыл бұрын
@@BruceLudwick the acoustic would be so much better if they ripped out all those pews and carpets, but the building is a very poor bit of mid C19 neo-gothic, and the plaster vaults will always kill the acoustic somewhat.
@johnsteven62733 жыл бұрын
I assume the 32 Resultant would be wired to become a real 32 at the second c of the pedal board where as the 10-2/3 remains a 10-2/3 throughout the compass. I like the horseshoe console. I always thought Horseshoe consoles were the most ergonomic if they could have more classical looking tabs. Just having them all in white helps, but a Holtkamp style tab in wood be really nice.
@joespeciale58752 жыл бұрын
Yet, regarding the “horseshoe console,” tho much more practical, they are often viewed pejoratively because they associate the pipe organ manufacturer with a theater organ. As you well know probably. I worked at a church that had a horseshoe console for many years, and it was great to furtively add or subtract stops one at a time, but when people would come to view the consul would say, “Oh, it’s just a theater organ.”
@principals168423 жыл бұрын
I used to play on a 1922 organ with some very, very quiet stops such as the Swell 8' Aeoline and 4' Fern Flute which were almost impossible to hear with the box closed. I'm not sure quite why tastes tended toward the inaudible in the beginning of last century. Mine had a horseshoe console as well, which I have to admit was extremely comfortable, with everything in easy reach. What a wonderful presentation of a fascinating instrument! Brent, who did you say would be proud at 38:23, just before Horst mentioned Jean Guillou? I can't quite make it out.
@thebog113 жыл бұрын
Paul Manz. Known for his creative registrations (and improvisational skills).
@principals168423 жыл бұрын
@@thebog11 Ah, thanks! I couldn't quite make it out. Brent did a video on the 1965 Schlicker organ which Paul Manz designed in Minneapolis, and it's well worth a listen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omLUmGR-nr2MmsU
@richardharrold97363 жыл бұрын
@@principals16842 I cannot understand the point of such inaudibility. The soft stuff in this organ is so muted as to be useless for accompanimental purposes.
@johnmangels55722 жыл бұрын
@@richardharrold9736 organs do.more than accompany.
@richardharrold97362 жыл бұрын
@@johnmangels5572 indeed, and in the solo repertoire, such inaudibility is even more useless. Better to have strings and flutes voiced mp than ppp and take them down to ppp with effective enclosures.
@DavidKrautscheid3 жыл бұрын
the console looks like a theatre organ horsehoe console but without the colorfull tabs
@johnmangels55722 жыл бұрын
Really...
@praestant83 жыл бұрын
A number of lovely 20th century sounds. Its not surprising reeds have their own trems given the period and that they have their own higher pressure wind supply in the english fashion. A horseshoe console with a roll top is not common.
@fbrabson2 жыл бұрын
What is the piece being played at the opening of the video? I may have mis-scanned the music listed, but I didn’t see this melody.
@OrganMediaFoundation2 жыл бұрын
That's Festal March by Florence Price.
@jrorganbuilding3 жыл бұрын
How would you be able to mute those mixture pipes?
@markwunder77483 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that you don't have vertigo like I do. I'd never be able to get up in those chambers. Also - Does the parish use that organ since it is primarily an African-American congregation? Doesn't seem to fit gospel music much.
@PapaLynn13 жыл бұрын
Is the Doppelflute a real double mouthed Doppel?
@OrganMediaFoundation3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is. There are some shots of it on the chest starting at 55:14.
@OrganNLou3 жыл бұрын
WOnderful instrument! I bet it would sound even better if they removed all that terrible carpet down below!
@richardharrold97363 жыл бұрын
And the pews, they absolutely kill reverberation.
@brettowen71742 жыл бұрын
I can't see the point of so many similar very soft stops. Lovely sounds but they don't seem appropriate for such a large church.
@hewitttexasrobloxsirens2253 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does that look like a theatre organ console?
@dairylandsportswi3 жыл бұрын
As a theatre organ enthusiast, yes
@jonofarc443 Жыл бұрын
I thought that too!
@AJ12-763 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sounding instrument. Hideous theater organ console. Is that original to this organ?
@davidminton51763 жыл бұрын
Watch the video (and pay attention). That "hideous" horseshoe console IS original, or a reconstruction of the original (according to the video) after the organ's full restoration after a fire.
@AJ12-763 жыл бұрын
@@davidminton5176 hadn’t watched that part yet. No need to be an asshole
@davidminton51763 жыл бұрын
@@AJ12-76 - never called you an asshole (nor did I think you to be one). Perhaps I was mistaken.