2019 Reuter - Wicks - Tellers/Sommerhoff Organ - Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville, Iowa

Brent Johnson and Andrew Schaeffer explore the 2019 Reuter organ in the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa.
Specification of the organ: pipeorgandatabase.org/instrum...
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier: xavierbasilica.com/
Become a sponsor of the Organ Media Foundation: organ.media/support
Our videos are always best experienced with quality headphones.
Connect with the Organ Media Foundation:
Facebook: / organmedia
Twitter: / organmedia
Instagram: / organmediafoundation
Chat with us and other OMF fans on Telegram: t.me/organmedia

[@markbeggs2256]

Brent and Andrew make an excellent team . . really enjoy their videos and demonstrations/explanations.....

[@matthewray7065]

Lovely instrument. Reuter’s work is proof that resuse and adaptation of existing pipework can work well.

[@MrKmoconne]

This organ, the church, the acoustics were truly beautiful.

[@ThatcherNelson]

Love hearing the Richard Purvis toccata played

[@mr.booker9263]

Which Purvis Toccata is this? Sounds great, but I'm not familiar with it. Thanks.

[@ThatcherNelson]

@@mr.booker9263 His Toccata Festiva, great piece, very difficult

[@PaulWesleyBowen]

Good sounding organ.

[@davef.2329]

A wonderful result they achieved amalgamating the components here. Thanks Andrew and Brent.

[@Yaledmot]

Wonderful to hear the Purvis Toc. Festiva in the background.

[@alexwilson8676]

This organ just has such a nice sound and character to it. Not all may agree, but I do like this one in particular. At least fr the video, nothing sounds overpowering and it all blends very well.

[@louGriggs1944]

I am loving this series of Iowa organs. Thank you.

[@mikemount4411]

Very nice blend of the various builders. Thanks for sharing.

[@Tracygriffith-dz2ys]

Nice organ Brent I enjoy the video’s of the organ and pipes

[@karlrovey]

Given the different sources for the pipework in this organ, it's quite the (successful) Frankenstein's Monster of organ building.

[@user-mz6qu3hz6m]

The crumhorn and musette together make a great regal. That sort of nasty buzz really makes it pop.

[@paulh5293]

Fascinating as always. Not sure what I'm seeing at 29"09 - inverted conical reeds (trumpets) but with slides on top held together with spiral springs? Never come across that before! One of them looks like a tuner's nightmare - slide not on level. But what an amazing sounding organ - for example that beautifully scaled Gt Fourniture that supports rather than screams over the chorus. And to echo what others have said - Brent and Andrew make an incredible presenting team. A very fine demonstration of an exceptional organ. Thankyou for posting.

[@WilliamMitchell-sc3fe]

The console is in a French style design which is really nice!

[@Velostigmat]

I grew up listening to a 1978 2/22 Wicks, and the Great Gedeckt here reminds me a lot of that organ's Great Bourdon. I think the Swell strings are better than the 1978 organ's Viola and Celeste, though.

[@dougbackman7788]

That great diapason chorus screams early 80’s Moller to me.

[@kontrahylian]

This is another organ I ironically have not heard when I lived in Iowa, but I know where this is, in fact it is only just 25-30 miles to the north of where I used to go to for summer camp as a kid. It is really interesting that Wicks used a relatively unconventional material for their tuning slides on their metal pipework during the mid 20th century.

[@OrganMediaFoundation]

The material is standard stainless steel, it was just tinted bronze, or gold as some say. It was a Wicks trademark.

[@georgejenista9487]

Enjoyed the video! What's the toccata-like piece playing during the interior tour of the instrument?

[@whs1325]

Toccata Festiva by Richard Purvis

[@michaelhodge9902]

Nice three manual mechanical action pipe organ so when keywords are couple together the key weight increases.

[@thewilliamtan]

It’s electro-pneumatic, I believe… sorry to spoil it.

[@Lex_Reid]

When are you coming to Pittsburgh to see the Von Beckerath at St. Paul’s Cathedral?

[@brucetominello7440]

That Von Beckerath is amazing, I heard it the day it was dedicated. 14/97

[@PeterWarner-yz7tb]

Perhaps a Clarion, as in the Schlicker or a Schalnei

[@MarcMercier1971]

Been loving these videos for years... but never understood why people that feel they must be in the building while during the recording, find it necessary not to just sit but must mess with the missals and hymnals in the pews and such. They even hit the audio recorder stand (14:50) in this video. smh. I know OMF and 'we' as visitors are guests, but come on peeps.