A MILE-LONG TRACKER ACTION WITH BARKER LEVERS | French-German Organ in Debrecen HU | Bálint Karosi

[@porterfr]

Bravo Balint! Such a gorgeous instrument, and excellent demonstration.

[@piter_sk]

5:30 oh my god, that Mixture is just perfect

[@InventorZahran]

I'm not a fan of excessively high and shrill mixtures, but this one is just how I like it. The whole principal chorus on this organ is very balanced; clear and strong but not too bright.

[@gammafoxlore2981]

This organ has a very lovely sound.

[@thunderhands3274]

Beautiful church should have beautiful music. And there are you who play beautiful sounds like usual.

[@bkarosi]

Thank you Hideto!

[@dickden8952]

Nice demo! This is a very beautiful organ. It seems family of the extensive South German organs from the 2nd half of the 18th century but with all the early romantic (German) sound characteristics plus a hint of Cavaillé- Coll. The sound merges beautifully in the non-large church space. Magnificent.

[@Rl469]

Balint, I really enjoy the way you demonstrate organs, stop by stop. This is a tremendous sounding organ. The repertoire you used was great. Thank you for sharing these videos so we can experience a variety of organs that we will probably not be able to visit in person! I am a big fan.

[@JeffWindoloski]

Definitely top-notch stop-by-stop organ demonstrations...certainly 1st class!

[@peteacher52]

Half an hour that went by exceedingly quickly! Thank you for another in-depth look at a noteworthy organ that most will not have heard of before. Thanks and compliments also to the resident organist.

[@a.davidmoore8966]

I like the sounds very much.

[@raoulmongilardi6152]

Very bright articulated sound in a solid box acoustic. Fine organist and very good demonstration.

[@philipgower2073]

Whst a nice surprise a friend sent me the full reference with its mellow sounds and an Accomplished organist. Thank you Philip gower

[@johanbrand8601]

Very beautiful sounding organ. Thank you!

[@powerofalto]

What a stunning instrument and striking space! Thank you so much for your wonderful demonstrations, Balint!

[@martinlane1309]

Thank you for the excllent journey of this magnificent instrument Balint. We googled the history also, fascinating! - organist from South Africa.

[@stephenarnold6359]

Would be excellent for 18th century English - Stanley, Boyce, Walond et al.

[@Quintade8]

What a beautyful organ!

[@chrisrose6200]

What an incredible organ, a beautiful clean sounding instrument, although I preference the old masters, this organ would make Cesar Frank or Reger very inviting to listen.too.

[@cornwalldragon4617]

I really enjoy these videos that you do. It's nice to learn about these instruments that you visit. This instrument has some oddities which would be nice to see that weren't installed such as the harmonium and the pedal octave coupler. I'm curious as to what they mean by Nagy Nasard. I would love to see you do a video of either the Casavant of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal or the Gabriel Kney of Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. The Casavant of Notre Dame because it was and still remains their most significant organ to this day. The Gabriel Kney of Roy Thompson Hall because this has dual action. It has a mechanical action console on the balcony and a remote console on the stage. The organ is also computerized with light up buttons instead of stop knobs. Of course there's also the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia and the Midmer Losh in Atlantic City.

[@astian_sebus]

I don't know, if this answers your question, but "nagy" means "large", so its translates to "large nasard" (thanks, google translate). With a 10 2/3' plus a 16' stop you are able to mimic a 32' stop. This is helpful when you don't have the space for a real 32'. It is often called "acoustic 32' ". It works because your ears connect the sound of the 16" with the 10 2/3", which sounds a 5th above it (that's why it is called Nasard, a Nasard is always something with a 5th, usually on 2 2/3' pitch). Your ears now think there should be a sound on 32' pitch, because of the harmonic series, so it adds it in your mind. Now this organ has already a real 32', which is relatively luxurious. I believe the 10 2/3 is there in order to support the real 32' and to mimic a smaller 32', if the real one is too loud. I hope this answers your question!

[@cornwalldragon4617]

@@astian_sebus I think it does. Thank you! That Contrabass 32' is really quite effective! It has some good volume to it and it adds a lot of weight with the 16' ranks.

[@christiantedesco1477]

Yeah i was curious about the variable-pressure free reeds too. I wonder what stops they are, sounds like maybe the echo reeds to me.

[@bobh5087]

So many lovely stops on this fine instrument. Thanks for your demonstration.

[@fluteceleste]

Thank you so much for another beautiful Video !😍

[@phph1731]

What a lively excursion! Delightful, bright instrument admirably matched to its setting. Well introduced and explained. Thank you.

[@marekkudriaszow3943]

Thank you for your videos soooo much!!! It is very useful and inspirational, when I do some voicing❤️ Love Franck performance!!! Could you play romantic pieces more often? (when I studyed organ, teachers forced me to play mostly baroque music, and becouse of that I really hate to listen baroque now😢) It was nice surprise to hear Franck 🌞

[@ThomasRadnai]

Kedves Bálint! Újfent kulturális precedens értékű anyag, sok-sok ilyet még!

[@bkarosi]

Köszönet!

[@jozsefmakai9194]

Nagyon Köszönöm!

[@g.k.failla9389]

Now know what "Barker Machines" and "Barker Levers" look like in operation. (Reminds me of what the inside of a mechanical typewriter looked like).

[@cantori2]

Great video!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Pedal Octave Coupler could be a good upgrade since this is a pretty Large Pipe Organ.

[@user-be8wr4jj1q]

Супер репортаж музыка органа фантастик ! ! !😎😀

[@rowanlidbury]

Hope to see you in the UK some day.

[@jemybaldovinovelasco6382]

I hope this gets a Hauptwerk

[@JeffWindoloski]

I wish more of these wonderful organs that Balint demonstrates would find their way into Hauptwerk...that would be amazing!

[@tony1961chl]

El cerebro de éste hombre es maravilloso porque él ya sabe en su mente como van a sonar las combinaciones de éste órgano , podrían grabar y hacer una colección de piezas de grandes autores con éstos maravillosos y gigantescos instrumentos las tonalidades son tan hermosas que creo no sabrían cual elegir excepto un genio como el sr. Balint K. , gracias.

[@bkarosi]

Gracias Antonio!

[@HammondDirk]

A nice demonstration of a very nice organ with a special sound! And cool to see the barker levers in action! I was wondering about the stop drawers: do they also have some kind of pneumatic action behind, because of the noise, or is it just because they are so difficult going?

[@jofido]

Wonderfully done, Balint. What is your hometown organ?

[@johnopalko5223]

What are the stop knobs labeled _Szelep?_ I know "szelep" is Hungarian for "valve" but I can't figure out what that means in this context.

[@agogobell28]

If I had to guess, probably a ventil-type mechanism, to allow wind into certain divisions or chests.

[@jankla4419]

Hey Balint, why so unfocused today? Just teasing, great video as allways and very interesting great sounding organ!

[@jrzzrj]

👍...

[@sifridbassoon]

what do the harp-like pedals in the bass do?

[@andrewhall2554]

Watch the video starting at about 13:30.

[@thebog11]

I like this organ, but the hitchdown expression pedal would drive me insane. Seems archaic for 1872.

[@maxtoth7047]

What was played at the very beginning?

[@francescobenedicti354]

It's the Piece Heroique by the famous french composer Cesàr Franck :)

[@DavidSnyderLumierist]

I'd love to hear you play again but next time on an American Classic Organ rather than a museum reconstructed piece of organ building history that sounds like a collection of Halloween Horns. The Reeds shown in the video look like they have absolutely no Tin component but rather look like they could be made of shiny stainless steel. However the video production was very well done, thanks.

[@HobbyOrganist]

Excellent video!