1969 Schlicker / 1982 Sipe Pipe Organ - Zion Lutheran Church - Dallas, Texas

[@jeffwhite4227]

I love that you're featuring Schlickers. I cut my organist teeth on a 31-rank Schlicker - it is still dear to my heart, even though I rarely get over there anymore. This a wonderful instrument!

[@bachluthology2]

I hardly play too I miss doing so

[@matthieubazile3350]

Lovely Schlicker-Sipe organ! They definitely kept the best from both builders and it sounds amazing in the acoustic.

[@DexterFox-r4o]

What a treat! I worked with Herman Schlicker briefly (until I was drafted into the Army) in 1968. I did the original layout for the Schlicker '69 instrument. What a pleasure to see and hear the reworked instrument! I do remember the challenge we had to build the instrument knowing that it would ultimately be moved into a second building. Glad to know that became a success and a good bit of the original was carried forward into that stunning case.

[@smhyslop]

Did you ever know a fellow by the name of Don Ingram??

[@DexterFox-r4o]

I remember the name. Not sure what his capacity with Schlicker was, a salesman demonstrator perhaps? I remember that the head voicer was Wally Guzowski. It might be possible Ingram worked on the specification for the '69 instrument. @@smhyslop

[@darwinshaver5692]

During my first year in the Lenoir Rhyne College Choir, we sang at their previous location on our last stop of our spring tour. I remember the look on faces as choir members walked into the church and looked up to see this Schlicker across the back of the church. It was such fun to play this instrument and hear it during our concert. It is a most pleasant memory! ❤

[@karlrovey]

I played this instrument at its current location as part of a university band tour.

[@jcolbyt82]

I would have loved to have heard this instrument prior to the Sipe rebuild. I’m sure the voicing was quite different. This is a beautiful organ. The reeds are excellent! Thank you for another good episode! I laughed when the man at the beginning talked about the sforz button/piston randomly turning on. At a church service when I lived in Baton Rouge several years ago we had a substitute organist one Sunday. We were having communion which, for those that aren’t aware, is a very quiet and reflective part of the service. During communion the organist will play quiet pieces throughout thar part of the service. She was playing a beautiful piece that was very soft throughout but went down in volume further for the last few measures. Well, the piston she was supposed to press for the last few measures would have turned all but one stop off. Well, she pressed the wrong piston and turned full organ on during the softest part of the piece. I felt so sorry for her because with that situation it wasn’t a faulty console. I just happened to remember that and thought I would share it.

[@Mr05241948]

This is a very beautiful instrument, very Grand and powerful.

[@tracygriffith-gd4fn]

Very nice sound of all the manuals and pedals

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

I played this organ in its earlier incarnation, half a century ago. The Great Principal chorus was amazingly much the same. The organ was, on the whole, a delightful 20th century take on the German Baroque style. It lacked 32’ stops, but had a full complement of sub and super couplers. The original room wasn’t bad. The Salicional is more like a little principal than a thin string. The reeds are quite bold. The whole concept is how full can the organ be, not necessarily how large. As I remember the scheme, a case was part of the plan for when the organ found its permanent home. Still a real stunner of an instrument. The Swell reeds are a wonderful improvement. The potential was clearly there back in the old days.

[@jklingeroo77]

He sure loves the key of F

[@SethRicC]

Great to see Scott! Miss him back up here in Michigan. Organ sounds amazing!

[@greatnate1684]

Schnarl.... I love it!

[@WilliamMitchell-sc3fe]

I like that 16 ft Posaune in the pedal 😊🎇🎆

[@karlrovey]

This is a nice instrument. Rotermund's compositions are interesting (including one of the few times I've actually needed the high G on the pedalboard).

[@drdylanman]

Another wonderful video! Both of these gentlemen are really informative with their demonstrations, and knowledge of the organ's history. 🙂 The stop list shows a 16' quintadena on the great, but the you both mention a !6' gemshorn. Are they the same stop?

[@smhyslop]

It is in fact a 16’ gemshorn, an extension of the Swell 8’ gemshorn.

[@organist1982]

This is all really stunning except for that outdated synthetic 32' reed sound (analog?). Perhaps that could eventually be updated to be a Walker Digital stop or something similar.? Right now, that stop sounds more like a 1970s Rodgers 32' Bombarde when he demonstrates it at 35:53.

[@thebog11]

According to OHS, the 32' reed is real.

[@organist1982]

@@thebog11 Do you have a link? In this video, the 32' reed sounds to me more like a 1970s analog electronic.

[@yaelpalombo4093]

🥰🥰🥰

[@joshroberts4281]

Sipe certainly improved this Schlicker.

[@piedra5000]

I like this. Perhaps the alien structures are the result of a similar self-replicating process in the past

[@bertspeggly4428]

To junk a pipe organ because of a faulty sforz switch seems a bit short-sighted to me. Just disconnect it!

[@louiedamico3710]

It sounds like it had quite a few more problems than just that

[@DrpanProductions]

Seems that was just the thing that put the nail in the coffin

[@WilliamMitchell-sc3fe]

@bertspeggly4428, or just fix the sforzando pedal system.

[@christopherstinnett1234]

Interesting instrument, but this organist is too chatty.

[@Okun240]

Another broken record.

[@organist1982]

In what sense?