Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Midmer Losh Organ 8/3/22

[@Tmanaz480]

I'm listening on earbuds and the binaural stereo image is perfect.

[@willthetrill4849]

I know that not everyone is able to make it to Boardwalk hall to hear this organ so i make sure this video is as close to as if youre actually there hearing the organ

[@theirongiant2182]

@@willthetrill4849 - I found this video after watching your 2019 video. This new one sounds *glorious*. Lovely registration and excellent tuning. It really is too bad about the AGC being enabled on the microphones before, because it would have been a stunning recording with the full dynamic range. I gotta make plans to fly out from CA to hear this thing in person. Also, was this filmed with no audience during a rehearsal or something? Those guys moving pipes and other equipment around from 10:00 - 12:00 was annoying!

[@Chris9017]

Horn Pipe by Water Music from George F. Handel sounded AMAZING on this magnificent Giant!!!!

[@vicferrer1]

Absolutely wonderful! So nice to hear this majestic pipe organ playing again. We all need to do our part to get the word out about this national treasure and share the awesomeness of this heroic instrument! May the pilgrimages begin! Thanks for recording and posting this Will!

[@willthetrill4849]

I’m happy to announce that Tuesday August 2nd, I’ll be returning to boardwalk hall to make my third recording of this organ

[@alexanderleach3365]

IT's sounds like a dream to hear this marvelous organ playing.

[@Golddoubloonsirens]

19:50 If I fell. One of the best ones on this!!!

[@MrGbutter]

Back in the early 50's I marched and played the accordion for a Tall Cedars parade which required a long walk on the boardwalk, God I wish I still lived in Point Pleasant so I could go back to Atlantic City and sit and listen to this majestic organ.

[@manoscott2012]

This incredible restoration has come a very long, long way. Congratulations and thanks to one and all.

[@kennethbarta3477]

Wow, some string division. And tuning is really good, almost exact 440. Nice concert and playing.

[@dg2152]

This performance by Scott Breiner, is exactly what the Midmer Losh was designed to do, full orchestral sound. Just brilliant, have waited years for this national treasure to come to life once again. Bravo Scott, very well done.

[@kentbloxham3826]

Magnificent organ played brilliantly in this amazing building with it’s excellent acoustics. I would love to hear more!!

[@mattmakesmachines]

Does anyone have a full recording of Scott Breiner playing "Hornpipe" (the first song) because that has got the be the most beautiful piece Ive ever heard played on this organ. this instrument an absolutely amazing mix of incredible engineering and art as an engineer, I marvel at how they managed to build such a massive device with the technology they had at the time I live in Utah and have heard the salt lake conference center organ and it absolutely blows me away I can only imagine what the boardwalk hall organ would feel like in person i have the deepest respect for the people working on the restoration of this very special piece of history i can not tell you how excited i am to visit this in person sometime and hopefully hear some wonderful music!

[@wadericejr2788]

This is probably the best I've ever heard this organ. I figure that considerable work has been done on it to improve its sound quality ever since the old Mercury recording made in the 1950's, "Bach on the Biggest". That recording definitely didn't do much to enhance the sound quality of the organ.

[@bjh66882]

So amazing!!!! Im speechless. Thank you for recording this ❤

[@phillipwalker8018]

An absolutely wonderful concert. Every time I hear that organ played, I think of the Krell furnace from the movie "Forbidden Planet". Like the furnace, I think of the organ as an instrument of immeasurable musical power and potential. Restoring it is to provide it the opportunity to fulfill it's purpose. To call out to all who hear it and beckon them to enter the worlds and feel the emotions it creates through music.

[@davidwhitefancollector3985]

Nice organ music. It sounds good with the Mic.

[@Jm4steam]

Good video. Good sound and so nice that the instrument has a lot of restoration completed.

[@cnagorka]

Scott's concerts are always fun. I'll never forget his version of "Something" by the Beatles

[@JIMD6370]

@cnagorka, do you happen to remember which recital that's from?

[@cnagorka]

@@JIMD6370 No idea, it was a couple years ago.

[@topper2142]

I really love his recitals,him and Rudy are my two favs.

[@mattmakesmachines]

@@cnagorkawould you happen to know if it’s possible to ask Scott to do a full recording of HornPipe and other G F handel pieces? I love the sound of handels songs and I think it would be so much better to hear them on this organ Also hallelujah chorus would sound absolutely soul lifting on this organ

[@cnagorka]

@@mattmakesmachines I can mention it to him next time I'm up there, if he's around.

[@theirongiant2182]

Hey Will, I went looking for any newer recordings of this organ and saw your recent posts. I hope you're OK. Thanks for sharing these.

[@michaelherring1944]

Fabulous!

[@JIMD6370]

Any idea the song at 14:00?

[@cymbalom]

My gosh, y’all, this sounds beautiful! Thanks so much for recording it!

[@brokerscollect]

Those who called the Boardwalk Organ something like hearing a rubber automobile tire being blown out on the highway were WRONG. You can actually hear (and also feel) the 64 foot pedal stops. Better than the Wanamaker because the Midmer-Losh had much more echo in that massive room. You just can't just turn on that reverb from a console button like on an electric or electronic organ ... the echo & reverberation are always there even if the Red Carpet is placed on the entire floor for Ms. America! Virgil Fox would have approved! Does anyone know if Virgil ever played at the Atlantic City organs in a scheduled concert?

[@johnafrides7128]

This was recorded on August 2nd. I was there and saw the video being recorded.

[@LeendertCordemans]

Amazing better. Well done. Thx

[@johannczyronsilvallana8600]

Sounds Wonderful and the have great progress to maintain time by time

[@josefantal]

Bravooooooo !

[@fredmckinney8933]

Will, as well as you've done with this, I'm sure that this recording doesn't do the organ justice. I'm pretty sure it has to be heard live to get the full surround sound effect. I'm listening on headphones at home here in the Ozarks, but if I ever get the chance to come to Atlantic City, I definitely plan to drop in and, if possible, hear this big behemoth of an instrument live and in person. PS -- this organ has what I would consider probably the best string section from an organ I've ever heard. If I didn't know any better, I'd think it was synthesized strings.

[@willthetrill4849]

You're right. You definitely have to be there in person to believe it. The microphone i use is very close but not close enough

[@JIMD6370]

Very nice!

[@johnafrides7128]

This concert was played on August 2nd and 3rd with the same pieces.

[@roberthoffhines5419]

I'm pleased that it holds its tuning pretty well. Imagine it's a 24/7 endeavor chasing down how many chambers chock-full of pipes?.

[@willthetrill4849]

That's 8 chambers full of pipes. It'll take more than 1 person to tune every 33,112 pipes in just 24 hours

[@roberthoffhines5419]

@@willthetrill4849 i can imagine! with all the varying temps in that HUGE space, with each chamber on it's own...does it slide out of tune frequently? i was pleased it sounded in good shape to me here!

[@willthetrill4849]

@@roberthoffhines5419 it used to frequently slide out of tune. Thanks to the installation of humidifiers and fixing wind sag, it stays in tune most of the time

[@srfurley]

How much of the instrument is playable now?

[@KingdaToro]

@@srfurley 60%. Left and right stage chambers = 25% each, Left Forward = 10%. Nothing else is playing except for the two 100" reeds in the Right Center.

[@pilotusa]

Sounds magnificeent! Too bad there was not a photo of the console available, or shots of a pipe chamber, or different perspectives of the hall, or....

[@OrganNLou]

Guess they were doing work in the auditorium that day, too bad there was a lot of noise!

[@imamale4742]

This was a wonderful concert! What was all that crashing and banging that began at around 11:00??

[@imamale4742]

Curious: How many attendees were there for this great concert? I only see one person seated in the audience.

[@willthetrill4849]

A little over 20 people were there that day

[@georgemurphy2579]

I believe Clifton was featured on the CD that was made of this instrument prior to its restoration. Is he still with us?

[@ThePrasad_Diamond]

USA National Anthem / Star Spangled Banner at 30:38

[@antoniograncino3506]

Is it possible to purchase a CD of this performance ?

[@ProFriend]

This was just a weekly recital.

[@cmburke7]

Do we know how many pipes are restored / functional on this beauty now?

[@willthetrill4849]

60% of the organ is now functional

[@JIMD6370]

​@@willthetrill4849 roughly 19,000, give or take.several stops are our in the 2 main chambers, either getting restored, or in line to be. And here, I believe part of the choir is back playable, or was dang close. Plus the # stops in the right, center chamber

[@Tchristman100]

Whomever is the woman who is announcing the songs after the applause, WHY DON'T YOU WAIT TILL ALL STOP CLAPPING BEFORE YOU ANNOUNCE THE SONG? We can only hear half of what you say. Just wait till all stop clapping!

[@a440pianoservice]

Amature playing proficiency at best😢

[@ProFriend]

Kind of like your amateur spelling?🙊

[@CaesarNeptuneStudios]

It really isn’t amateur playing, but say what you want, it was enjoyable to listen to at least in my opinion

[@briansmith-l1q]

that was the worse rencition of blue stripes i ever heard