Abide with me

[@mikaelabowen5781]

The sheer majestic scale and depth of the sound is simply breathtaking - and all played by one person, with no computers or recordings or any of the modern wizziness! This truly is the ultimate musical instrument.

[@timardner5277]

Keep in mind the combination action IS computerized since they installed the new system for this. NO computers are making sounds though since ALL the sounds are pipes or real percussion.

[@willthetrill4849]

Unbelievable how this was the time that the organ was pretty much dead that the organist used whatever was functioning and had to be careful of what was barely functioning

[@Herr_strauss91]

Same here. If I had millions I would give every cent to restore this king of instruments to its former glory. God save this instrument!

[@organfreak23]

What tremendous power this organ has. I can't wait to hear every stop on that organ work. Imagine the power it will have then!

[@Buntobox]

Hear Hear! That is one of the finest organ sounds I've ever heard. Letting this beast fall into disrepair is a crime. The USA should be ashamed.

[@WelahHomo87]

As an organist the drpth of tone in this instrument is astounding. Such a beautiful deep and powerful timbre

[@SithExecutor]

The end really sends a shiver up my spine. What a magnificent instrument. If I had the money I would surely donate every cent needed to bring this back to its former glory.

[@MrBanzoid]

"Abide with Me" usually brings tears to my eyes because it reminds me of funerals and the loss of loved ones. This magnificent performance is different. It fills me with hope. Just as you think it can't get get any complex or louder, there's another verse, until the final thunderous chords end in reverberating beauty.

[@bryan9587]

Wow. That sound, that energy, that power! The organ is the most beautiful instrument of all. Simply unmatched.

[@markhall7646]

Two years ago someone named "Dieselheart001" posted: "As this majestic hymn plays, and stops are added, a musical Titan rises from the dust and stands with its arms outstretched to the heavens in a pleading appeal to the Almighty and its builders to speak again. It is no less than a cry of desire to live and sing again. How many of us live with our own heart's music left unsung? How long shall we wait before Time silences us all?" Thank you sir or madam, whoever you are. You said it all. May the Midmer-Losh sing again!

[@dougbackman7788]

I have the handwritten sketch of the harmonization used for the final verse. Cliff unfortunately passed away from cancer back in 2017.

[@starkj92]

Could you by chance send me that sketch?

[@passacaglia28]

Awesome stings; flutes; diapasons; mixtures, reeds... everything!

[@Herr_strauss91]

What a delight to listen to. My arms, back, and legs were tingling from the magnificent sounds this Organ makes. Bravo to the performance!

[@dieselheart001]

As this majestic hymn plays, and stops are added, a musical Titan rises from the dust and stands with its arms outstretched to the heavens in a pleading appeal to the Almighty and its builders to speak again. It is no less than a cry of desire to live and sing again. How many of us live with our own heart's music left unsung? How long shall we wait before Time silences us all? This is one of America's greatest treasures, and its mightiest voice, attesting to greatness. May it sing once more!

[@henrykjaronowski8023]

Is it finished yet?

[@mortson978]

I love this rendition. I played this in church with everybody singing. I played three verses, and added stops progressively until the last verse. I played with full organ sans the reeds in the great and swell. You could barely hear the choir. It was amazing.

[@locke11216]

it truely is as close to the voice of god as one could experience on this mortal plane of existence. you don't just hear the organ you feel it throughout your body and soul. and in my opinion it is one of the most moving and glorious instruments i have ever heard in my life. to this day it still brings me to tears when i listen to it.

[@codelyokofan1092]

This might sound like any comment you wouldve seen, but its not. I myself am a perfectionist and find a lot of dislikes in especially organ music. But this last verse, its not a very complicated improvisation, its just that the chord inversions and the rightly timed choice of chords without even a little bit overkill has completely stumped me. Not just as a musician, but as a listener. Its the closest version to perfect ive ever heard in my entire life. Should I even clarify about the best organ stop mix for this song is at the last verse? It sounds extremely powerful and beautiful. I dont even think i would be more impressed if i heard it in person. The mix of microphones making all the voices sound at an optimal volume itself is just too good. Also, the small things like the ( Example: ) G7 with bass as B chord in the last verse but also with the reeds was just WAY TOO GOOD for me to process. I myself have given a 10000 views to this for years (not a wrong estimate, could be more infact). I have never commented because i just get so into listening it, especially the last verse(with a volume booster installed though).

[@Sunflowers159]

A colossus of an organ! Those bass notes at the end - WOW!!!

[@dfroemmi]

Awesome deep Sound. I love this.

[@QuantikMusic]

I seriously hope they restore this beast. I can just imagine how amazing modern recordings of this thing would sound with a really great organist. Imagine being there though, the thought sends shivers down my spine.

[@dieselheart001]

Whether noble or ignoble the intentions of those who built, maintained, allowed to deteriorate or restore are or remain to be seen, this much is so. There is no equal to this great instrument, and it would be an unforgivable, irreconcilable loss to all of Music if this were lost to Time, as so many great instruments of its ilk have! I have only two pieces I want to hear from it, upon its full restoration, one has already been performed: "Abide With Me" Boellmann's "Gothic Suite" DZL

[@robertireson1564]

Even just thinking about it makes Me tremble ! I'm trying to imagine the ending of the toccata 😢

[@y11971alex]

the playing tecniques and the quality of the playible part of the organ are hugely phenominal, they are superb.

[@TeslaMaster2]

Good news for the fans among us: Everybody involved is working hard on the restoring the organ to its former glory. They now have collected enough money to make it all happen. The Right and Left Stage Chambers already back up and playing, and a concert has been livestreamed on Facebook last month to commermorate that milestone. Work is continuing, and if all goes according to plan, the organ wil be fully restored in 2023. Just imagine playing this song again, gradually piling on all 449 ranks up to the last thunderous chords being delivered by all available power this organ once had.

[@gigaadmin]

Wonderful! Just wondering if the building can stand the organ delivering its full power....

[@timardner5277]

The Midmer Losh organ at Boardwalk Hall is under a restoration and any problems that they discover are being addressed and corrected. When the organ is complete again, it will more than likely be better than when it was new. The new opus 2 solid state relays in the left side are eliminating many dead notes. They have a new combination action put in last summer which was a huge step in the restoration. Although it will most likely be longer than 2023, they do not want to rush it and have it be the best it ever has been.

[@rosiedispensa6697]

the first time i listened to this i felt i could be raptured then and there! what a beautiful rendition! I've probably listened to it a hundred times now

[@simonsteam]

Please Donate to this incredible and much neglected Organ, Its genius and quality of build have resulted in it lasting as long as it has but it must be restored so thousands more can enjoy hearing it in all its glory once again.

[@sniperv25]

That has to be the most powerful sounding pipe organ I've ever heard. It would really be something to hear this exact thing in person, regardless of how loud it would be.

[@pfretz13]

My father said that it's about the equilavlent hertz of a helicopter taking off.

[@pfretz13]

Look for "Franz Liszt - Ad nos, ad salutarem undam (conclusion) -- Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ"

[@multimapping8303]

Then you haven't heard the Notre Dame organ and the St. Ouen organ. Those *sound* way more powerful than this, though in fact they aren't more powerful.

[@t.p.ggaming3884]

Thats because most of the pieces that have been recorded on this organ are quieter pieces, In reality if you put the organ of Notre Dame or even St. Ouen (My favorite organ of all time) in the space this organ takes up, They would be completely inadequate

[@Karlfalcon]

TheJakeman789 Hearing it finally makes you understand what they mean by "the pipes speaking."

[@DrunkAmericanGuy]

I agree

[@dieselheart001]

I pray it to be that I shall hear this recording first, and remember how, like a mighty, wounded angel reaching, looking plaintively Heavenward, it spoke only praise to the Heavenly Father in melody and harmony. Then let it be my wordless awestruck joy as I hear this same hymn arise powerfully resplendent Heavenward in renewed praise to the Father once more, borne on the Light that radiates from His smiling countenance. Then this servant will rest in death serene, the Angel having flown. DZL

[@EllwoodSunnell]

One can and should pay tender loving attention to their municipal organ if they are blessed in having one. We have the Kotzchmar Organ here in Portland, Maine that we is experiencing its latest restoration. The only two municipal organs still operating are the Spreckles and our Kotzchmar as far as I know. The Atalanta organ should be rebuilt. God bless your efforts. It's not just about sports, conventions, pop concerts. It's about the cherished music of those who have gone before us.

[@dieselheart001]

One word. Heavenly.

[@SithExecutor]

A beautiful piece on a magnificent instrument.

[@advisorC101]

Your welcome. I only hope this won't be last last recordings of this organ.

[@pwmcmz]

That's sends shivers down my spine hearing the recording. Imagine what it would me like to hear it in person

[@DrunkAmericanGuy]

Loud!!!

[@Herr_strauss91]

absolutely beautiful! 5 stars for this brilliant performance!

[@organfreak23]

This is one of my favorite organs yet. I love the sound of this organ and hope some day to see it in person, and please know that I'm only 16.

[@t.j.labencki960]

I saw the comment about the "out of tune" chording at 2:27. In terms of music theory, it's known as a suspension. What you're hearing is actually the resolution of two different chords ( if you listen carefully you can indeed hear two distinct chords). The top chord, played on the manuals (a.k.a keyboards) resolves down by step to match what is being played in the pedals. This is why you hear such pronounced dissonance. All that aside, I must say that is a VERY impressive sound. I have a stereo pair of subwoofers that can reproduce frequencies down to 12 hz. And the bottom bass on that very last chord has a kind of "roar" similar to the old radial engine bombers. Again, VERY impressive.

[@hootinouts]

Agree. It's a suspended chord.

[@SHAshtonLear]

Yes, that's a 'latened chord' - as we say. :)

[@advisorC101]

I only wish that everything was working.. if that was the case then we would have the ultimate recording of this beautiful hymn.

[@mjgextremegaming2942]

The best pipe organ created beyond a good organist's dream!!!

[@Azamatix]

Such a pity that this fantastic instrument has been left to diminish into it's current state. This organ is history, and it deserves to be fully restored so future generations can realize what a magnificent instrument it is and what we as human beings are capable of doing !

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Huh'? They just restored it for the 2014 Miss America Pageant, trying to put class back into beauty...like that'll ever happen. SAVE THE WURLITZER & EVERETT ELECTROSTATIC REED ORGANS

[@Azamatix]

Only been partially restored I'm afraid. Would take millions to fully restore it, although the organ in the ballroom has been fully restored :)

[@paulj0557tonehead]

***** Then that is a shame. Now as far as a pristine pipe restoration , that would be unnecessary. Clean, fix, and tune would be perfect to me. The San Francisco is a less expensive priority in a way due to it's age and the pipes were disassembled and project postponed. Any word on that one?

[@Azamatix]

Unfortunately not :( In my local city in the UK, Liverpool, we have the largest pipe organ in the country in the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. I've played in many times before and it is in need of some repair, and the total for repair is £900,000 !!!!!

[@buddhistandcatholic]

***** I heard the majority of the organ was lost when a power cable was cut during renovation. That may or not be why the left chamber went out. But it sounds like progress is picking up. Does his sound correct?

[@OfficialNonsense]

According to the ACCHOS, they "piled on everything that was working," including one of the 100-inch stops, the Tuba Imperial. So not everything was under 15" pressure - maybe for the first verse.

[@dieselheart001]

I'm looking forward to hearing this played when Opus 5550 is restored to full majesty!!

[@kross9130]

Organ probably 15-20% playable when the recording was made, but the volume difference from the soft, soothing first run through to the majestic ending when probably every stop that was in tune was playing at full bore (yes I know it's a "constant volume" instrument so technically the swell shutters - not to be confused with the Swell Division - were fully open) is simply mind-blowing (I love how the organist shows the incredible flexibility the organ has). I know it's claimed to be the loudest, most powerful instrument ever built, but when so much comes from so little, it's hard for me to wrap my mind around the amount of sound this organ will be capable of once 100% playable. It's so loud here that the pedal harmonics (which are inherently major) are almost as loud as the manuals playing a minor chord causing them to clash a little.

[@pwmcmz]

I just had the privilege of hearing this instrument in person and it's incredible. The loudest stop is playable and it's seriously as loud as a train whistle. The 64' pedal stop is really impressive also.

[@kross9130]

Here on KZbin, Listz's Ad nos, Ad salutarem undam (conclusion) has the 100" wind pressure Grand Ophicleide on the last chord. It didn't matter that several 32' stops, maybe the 64' were playing - it sliced through the mix like a hot knife through butter. And while the fundamental of the 64' stop, at only 8 Hz, can't be heard, the harmonics can and help reinforce the 32' stops (like they need any reinforcing!) and add a bit of floor shake (actually a lot of organs that have 32' stops have 64' stop tabs but they play the 32' and 21 1/3' together which simulates a 64' stop, called a resultant. Only one other organ, in Australia, has a 64' acoustic stop).

[@TeslaMaster2]

And, as the Midmer-Losh organ also has 42 2/3' extension of the 64' Diaphone-Dulzian, they could together create a 128' resultant tone of only 4 Hz. :)

[@kross9130]

In theory, yes. But remember a resultant is only a simulation - what it actually does is mimic the harmonic progression of the bigger pipe, tricking the ear into thinking the deeper fundamental is there. Also, you're already into the subsonic range with most of the 64' stop so all you'd hear is the harmonics anyway.

[@TeslaMaster2]

Really? I always believed actual destructive interference was involved in the waveforms, resulting (pun intended) in a lower tone. Thanks for clearing that up. It is very cool to hear this amount of power from the pedal. Can't wait to hear the entire organ (live or recorded) when it is completely restored.

[@hottrodscars]

According to a report I read, many years ago this was tried when there existed an ice skating rink in the auditorium. It stated the tremendous power of this organ cracked the ice in the skating rink and set off seismometers all around the area. The Atlantic City auditorium contains 9 million cubic feet of space.

[@cornwall59]

Very very nice, i like the strings on this organ !

[@tinymorty]

you just listen to that last chord! i cant find any word to describe that!! :D its so fucking beautiful

[@nexgenhippy]

yeah i had heard the combination action had been replaced years ago with something a lot less complex than the original,but enough to get it running.

[@advisorC101]

I agree, I was playing this today on my organ. Even in its current state the ML organ can still make one skip a few heart beats.

[@advisorC101]

Yes, That's right. Although I downloaded it from the ACCHOS site. I hope they'll make another one once the organ is more playable.

[@waldenhouse]

Whoa! It should've been a recording of "Everything's big in America" !! Lovely piece of kit.

[@advisorC101]

And on this note, when using your heart, the matter is entirely subjective. You may love this organ to bits, so for you it can be the greatest. While I love many organs including this one, and at the same time there are others that are fully entitled to hating that which we love. But to not have disagreeing opinions is like depraving one of the right to drink water.

[@Bozeman42]

That is fantastic. I've always joked that I want a pipe organ. This is a pretty good demonstration why. I guess it's not really a joke. I want one.

[@FM60260]

Bozeman42 Why not get Hauptwerk?

[@arianaashworth3091]

+FM60260 Do you have Hauptwerk?

[@FM60260]

I currently have the evaluation edition set up with my Yamaha PSR-E413, but I eventually aim to get a larger computer and build a console to use with the full version so I can use the 89 stop Dutch composite from Augustine's Virtual organs as well as their 83 stop Swedish composite.

[@arianaashworth3091]

+FM60260 Get the Samlesbury one?

[@FM60260]

+Ariana Ashworth Possibly when I've finished building the console.

[@WingsofNorway]

...speechless! Downright overwhelming!

[@nexgenhippy]

i've seen pics of what has been described as tuning keyboards, which were a single keyboard inside the pipe chamber, used to tune the ranks in that chamber.

[@advisorC101]

Thank you so much. Finally, a most sensible comment. I was merely addressing the mainstream obtusities.

[@dbecks44]

@OfficialNonsense I think what djbjr1130 said was that everything was 15" or higher, even the "quiet" 1st verse. The point is that the space in which this instrument is situated is so vast that it just swallows the sound - normally 15" would give you a lot of volume, but here it's like a whisper. Put this organ in your church and you wouldn't be able to hear for a month. :D I love it.

[@dagdale]

Superb, never overstated, despite use of massive organ.

[@jpwsml]

Nice one! I played this for a very dear friends funeral.

[@Organsk8er]

The largest Theatre Organ ever built in Chicago Stadium, while "only" 51 ranks, had 828 stopkeys on the console. the ML has a little over 1,200. The combination action in the Stadium console hadn't worked for years, so what they did for concerts there was to have two organists on either side flipping tabs for the organist playing. I'm sure there would be plenty of organists out there willing to play this grand organ for recitals even in the condition it's in. It would be an honor anytime.

[@AnOrganCornucopia]

That was done in the 1940s, I believe. At the time, there was an ice rink in the middle of the hall. The ice shattered and seismometers all along the NJ Atlantic coast were set off...

[@locke11216]

@codeman2008 never back down sir! never let them opress the true inner artisans you are!

[@passacaglia28]

Thanks for sharing this, James.

[@Patriot1776]

As in right now, all of the Ballroom Kimball's blowers have been hooked back up, and 90% of its pipes are now playable. The Kimball's console hasn't been raised back up into its balcony yet, I'm guessing they want to get all of the Kimball's pipes sounding first before they lift the console back in place and start hooking everything back up. Meanwhile, it sounds like the Midmer-Losh's 100-inch stops no longer have dead notes.

[@mortson978]

The quote at the end, I believe Mary Kay Ash said that. Of course decades before that: "Most people die with their music still locked up inside them." -Benjamin Disraeli

[@OrganMusicYT]

@poopingeneral The grand ophicliede speaks at 130dB. The full, entire organ would be less than that, but not much less. What would be the biggest factor is the shear power and range of tone at full organ. One of the hall organists from the 1950s put the entire organ to the test while an ice rink was set up in the hall for the Ice Capades show. He said he would never play this organ with all the stops on again after he done it that once. The ice cracked, and it could be felt and heard on the

[@passacaglia28]

I have read an article on the Stalacpipe organ and, as awesome as it is, it only uses 37 stalactites. Only two of those 37 produced the true sounds Leland Sprinkle was looking for so he had to sand and shape the other 35 to complete the organ's voice. I find this creation to be unique, impressive and something I would love to visit one day, but in no way does it come close to the tonal spread of the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ or the Wanamaker Department store organ for that matter.

[@MultiBlue75]

The smaller organ is almost completely functional again. I have a friend that knows the Curator and he let me hear with both organs. The smaller organ has all of its internal parts replaced with electronic parts and is much more reliable. The Curator said that it takes so much time to order, receive and/or restore parts; so progress is slow. The smaller organ console has been refinished and looks great.. They sell books and CD's of the all the recordings if anyone takes the tour.

[@TruAgape123]

That extremely low note at 1:38. I can only imagine what that sounded like in person.

[@ccoraxfan]

@bighebrewbear I have news for you. These modern "digital" organs everybody says are so realistic sounding, such as M&O's, are all based on sampled sounds from real pipe organs. They are just playing back recorded sounds. And in 20 years they will all be obsolete, and "digital organ" manufacturers will be trying to sell them new ones. Meanwhile some of them will be replaced with pipe organs that will still be in use in the next century.

[@advisorC101]

Dieseheart, Many thanks for your EPIC commentary.

[@organblower]

It is further on than I thought. I look forward to a continuing restoration and hopefully a computer capture system. The sound is amazing. I watched it in html5 which doesn't support everything in the video so I'll try it with the old pig, Flash.

[@KE5RHD]

I like hearing 1:14 on a system with extremely low bass response. I don't know the exact pipe they fire but its gotta be very large. When I play it here at work in our sound lab at a television station it actually causes the pencils on the mixing console to bounce up about an inch and fall on the floor. Other people in offices report pictures moving on their walls when we engage a 1200 watt subwoofer. Would love to be there in person to hear it.

[@dougbackman7788]

Most likely the 32' Contra Tibia and/or 32' Principal.

[@Karlfalcon]

2:38 Right there, that's when the magic happens.

[@starkj92]

@AlexanderLenton "Self moving" key couplers only exist in mechanical, tracker-action organs. This organ is way too big to have mechanical action: 33,000+ pipes in six pipe chambers located throughout the auditorium. It would be impossible to activate the amount of stops required to play many songs with a mechanical organ this size. Also, mechanical organs need their consols to be close to the pipes so the connections aren't too long. Although that would be cool, it's an impossibility.

[@EuropaWill]

@helloitsmelol097 Unless you are using studio reference monitors that have been calibrated and designed for flat frequency response, your speakers are probably artificially boosting your lows and high frequency which is typical in home speakers which are designed to make most music sound better. However....to your point, it does help to physically feel some of the bass reverberate in your body and chest to fully appreciate the power of an instrument like this.

[@SithExecutor]

It's great that everyone can express their own opinion, it's not something to take for granted. I just find it difficult to understand how something as trivial as the way th organ size is measured can disgust someone. The sound is more important, to me. And it does sound magnificent.

[@advisorC101]

That's because the organ is severely damaged thanks to the carelessness of those people who "renovated" the place. This was all that was working at the time.

[@gospelclassix]

@helloitsmelol097 Unfortunately, anytime I listen to something online, my wife insists that I wear headphones. She's weird like that. LOL But, of course, whenever she's not around, I get to use my speakers and subwoofer that I bought 2 1/2 years before we met and 5 years before we got married. Oh, and at the end of this month is our 6-year anniversary. :-)

[@aidavdbrake]

i've come all the way from holland, europe, to hear the wanamaker organ like 5 times now, would be nice to hear this giant when and if it'll be restored into its full glory! but what the heck does one do in atlantic city, other than this?? ;)

[@advisorC101]

That is one excellent idea. But they would need at least 50% plus of it working again. The big problem aside from all the tuning work that needs to be done is the stop combination system. If I were them I'd get that sorted first.

[@MultiBlue75]

@brb21592 Work is being done on both organs. I went and saw both of them very recently and heard both of them. I actually got a private tour of both of them. I do not play the organ well but I have a friend who knows the Curator and he played on both organs. The larger organ still has alot of work to be done but most of the right stage side or chamber is playable. The left side has a huge section removed for restoration right now. Progress is slow but it is happening.

[@OrganMusicYT]

@lv999iam Easy. Everything on this console is easy to reach, it was designed with that in mind, to be as comfortable to the organist as possible.

[@locke11216]

@bachkirche i do believe they described the grand ophiclede as sounding like john phillip sousa playing fortissimo! that sir IS impressive considering.

[@dieselheart001]

And did I mention it would be another avenue of support to the restoration of this great instrument? I would invest in the restoration and sampling of the ranks, and the assembling of both the digital disposition as well as the genuine article?

[@advisorC101]

That 64 is one of the most ambitious stops that have ever been conceived.

[@falaqdad15]

@bachkirche Okay I really felt the same way before getting to know anything about it. But the organ really is a work of art. I am begging of you to order "the Senator's Masterpiece" DVD. The auditorium's having no obstructions and so much space demands SO MUCH of any musical instrument. The instrument was literally the first instrument to utilize surround sound by placement of chambers. Senator Richards and Losh for a very long time studied from the greatest of organ builders.

[@WINCHANDLE]

Impressive. Its a crime how some of the building renovations trashed relay boxes etc. I thought the sound would be thick and tubby, but it isn't at all. Rich and sumptuous even over computer, but none the less clear and crisp.

[@locke11216]

@dieselheart001 it would have been glorious if they had added the grand ophiclede. dont you think?

[@gerardbedecarter]

Beautiful!

[@Karlfalcon]

@Raffallos1411 Like the title says, "Abide With Me," it's an old hymn.

[@OrganMusicYT]

@starkj92 Its not an impossibility to have the keys move through the couplers on an electric/electropneumatic action. Linking it up through magnets under each key etc would make it possible, however, not easy or practicle.

[@ncguy207]

I've heard it first hand in person...Unless you've heard it don't say a word. It's a fabulous instrument,

[@AnOrganCornucopia]

Hi! The Kimball is, I hear, fully restored, 100% working and simply gorgeous. All attention is now being focussed on the ML - however, ACCHOS itself has gone and a new body is looking after the organs. Now, they just need a Warren Buffett to help with fundraising...

[@organboi]

@codeman2008 you are so right. you and advisor101 are brilliant with your observation. keep it up!

[@advisorC101]

Thank you for sharing that.

[@advisorC101]

Both. But it's not just a hymn and a somewhat working organ. It's a reminder of the consequences of carelessness. Particularly that of those workers that 'renovated' this auditorium, who hold a great deal of responsibility for its current state.

[@Herr_strauss91]

How can this thing be so big, and yet have such gentile sound?

[@ccoraxfan]

@advisorC101 And I do agree with you on the popular idea that "Bigger is better". This organ should not be judged merely because of its size, it should be judged on its many qualities.

[@advisorC101]

I think I may have made a small mistake, but to be honest I really don't know now. I hear the tuba imperial but afterwards I also hear something else that's even louder coming in. That's what I think is the GO. I know what the site says but still.

[@OrganMusicYT]

@poopingeneral it was printed in one of the convention hall organ societies journals. If you go to acchos.org and contact them, they will give a clearer answer.

[@sniperv25]

Yeah...my little subwoofer cannot handle that at all!

[@Jenairaslebol27merde]

haven't got a subwooofer... but my ca 35 yo telefunken hifi set with 8..10 '' speakers makes quite a good rumble in my room ;) .. this recording makes me shiver and almost cry every time .. :)

[@kross9130]

There's very few subs that can. Most computer speakers tail off in the 50-70 Hz range, while the bottom octave of a 16' pipe rank is 32~60 Hz. The 32' rank bottom octave is 16~30 Hz and the 64' rank is 8~15 Hz, which is mostly subsonic. I have one of the finest computer systems on the market and even mine runs out of steam in the 35-40 Hz range.