Boardwalk Hall organ- Enclosed Choir update

This is the state of the Enclosed Choir which came back last year...I want to stress that it isn't finished but it's already giving quite a good account of itself! Some of my organ demos were ruined by some audio connection problems but I got most of what I needed. Note: funny nobody noticed (including me) the incorrect title card at the beginning of the video saying this was the unenclosed Choir.

[@cameronchristepherlee]

Great to see it coming back to life. It looks so clean in there.

[@cnagorka]

It is very clean! I remember before it was fixed up it was a "right mess".

[@EElgar1857]

Great tour; thank you!

[@analog_mind]

Every time I think " I wonder at what point the midmer-losh is" a new video of your's pops out hahahah. Nice glasses btw!

[@cnagorka]

Thanks, yes I like the new glasses

[@mattsgibbons]

Thank you for posting these. I’ll never get tired of hearing this beast

[@christiancartwright]

Great video as always. Its superb to see the restoration of this instrument being done to highest of standards.

[@RobertJohnsonmusic]

Chris, the ‘climb through’ was great. Your demonstration of voicing was very well done! Bravo, Sir! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@franklinshouse8719]

Thanks for giving us the update!!! Very well done.

[@cnagorka]

Glad you liked it.

[@OrganNLou]

Great to see and hear this! THANK YOU!!!

[@AlexanderLenton]

Fantastic video as always, I am looking forward to seeing/hearing the brass chorus and the divisions tucked at the back of the hall, and hopefully pictures showing the divisions before and after restoration

[@PeterRabbit000]

What beautiful voices so far! Thank you for doing this!

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

I agree!

[@andrewketchum960]

The cleaned and restored pipes look beautiful. Fantastic work!

[@LeeBlaske]

Excellent tour! Really beautiful work being done.

[@monikawojdak3037]

Oh diese Orgel vollkommen neu restauriert sieht super aus.Die Pfeifen vollkommen neu klasse gemacht von der Board Wall Orgel.Habe alles gesehen wie die Pfeifen zerknickt und kaputt waren.Sieht man Dich mal wieder wie Du die Orgel erklären tust.Tolle Erklärung Ich weiss schon was Du alles erklären tust.Sehr schön gemacht diese Orgel.Sehr guter Kommentar und sehr gut gefilmt in der Orgel.Lg Monika aus Gemany Deutschland Dein Fan.❤😊

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

The two organs that I play most often (this is in Sweden) each have a very wide scale stopped Nachthorn 2' in the Pedal division. Different builders, but I would say that's the standard construction here (and usually only found at 4' or 2' in the pedal). Also in the 1920's a handful of harmonic flute Unda Maris'es were built, but only in very large instruments (probably considered excessive). Flute celestes never caught on in Sweden (or Europe in general, sadly), and a couple of decades later they were all thrown out in favour of mixtures and other high pitched stuff.

[@y11971alex]

Hi Chris, because the shades are not currently capable of expression, the division is in fact correctly stated as an unenclosed choir!

[@cnagorka]

Good point! I don't feel so bad now.

[@kennethrussell9792]

Very cool! Thanks for taking the time to make this and share for everyone. I am curious why at 8:25 that *one* pipe in the Dulciana Celeste(?) is mitered, even though there doesn't seem to be anything in the way of it being full height. Also, what's the story on the big reeds? Are they out for refurbishment?

[@cnagorka]

I have no idea why that pipe is mitered. And yes the big reeds are out for restoration.

[@72polara]

Great video!

[@principals16842]

What a great video on the enclosed choir progress. Is it specified somewhere just how sharp (or flat) each celeste rank on the M-L is supposed to be? Or is the restoration team just going off the pre-restoration tuning, or what sounds best to them? If you tune one, I hope you might consider showing us how you do it. Do you tune one octave of the celeste against the in-tune rank and try to maintain the beat frequency across the compass, or do you try to keep the celeste octaves more in tune? Thanks so much as always for your videos!

[@cnagorka]

As far as I know there's no set specification for tuning the celeste ranks. The team just uses common practice in the organ world- in general, the softer the celeste the slower you tune it, the louder the faster. (Most of the time) Think about an Unda Maris, you want that super contemplative, meditative sound, where a big solo Gamba celeste should be big and vibrant. For me personally I more or less maintain the beat frequency across the compass, but never too accurately as that gives a strange locked in sound- I want there to be a completely random pattern in chords so the "texture" stays constant.

[@sigglass2183]

Can you show us the new chior blower?

[@cnagorka]

Next time I'm up there I should be able to.

[@sigglass2183]

@@cnagorka What year it was installed? I know the left forward chamber was not functional in 2019.

[@cnagorka]

@@sigglass2183 I think it went in last year. They need to clean up and paint the blower room along with the new intake assembly before I make a video of it.

[@willthetrill4849]

I heard this division is gonna be fully complete this November. Is that correct?

[@cnagorka]

Not very likely.

[@Kaiveran]

How much total space do all the organ chambers take up, do you think?

[@cnagorka]

It would be easy to figure out from the blueprints...it's a good question that I'll try to figure out next time I'm up there.,

[@timardner5277]

I am curious about the blower they installed for the choir division.

[@cnagorka]

I didn't show it (it's a medium sized Spencer) because the room was locked and I didn't have time to get it unlocked...the hall is pretty busy right now

[@timardner5277]

Ok I understand.

[@JIMD6370]

​@@cnagorka, on that, what size hp and pressure is the "new" Spenser?

[@cnagorka]

30 horsepower, low pressure static 19", high pressure static 34".