Boardwalk Hall- Solo and Great/Solo divisions

[@LeftiusMaximus]

I laughed out loud at the “flared pipes to make them louder. Because on 30 inches of wind they need more volume”

[@anb7408]

I’ve seen many dual mouth regular Doppel Flutes before, but not a Doppel Gedackt! This organ literally has one of everything! 😳

[@nickmyers1085]

The French horn and the twelfth in the lower Solo/Great reeds was swapped out because you couldn't access the wires to tune the french horn :) They realized it soon after it went in.

[@anb7408]

I can almost hear the tech installing that french horn originally, screaming out four letter obscenities after realizing they screwed up the design and couldn’t reach the far end pipes! Whoops! 😂

[@Patriot1776]

Those Vox Barytons look like they were made by space aliens to me! XDD

[@longcaster]

Chris, I got consumed by this organ in the early 2,000's on a PBS program that was about the restoration to bring this beast back. I just found your channel earlier today. Thank you for showing your work. What other organs have 50 inches and 100 inches of wind in them?

[@chrisnagorka5199]

No other organ has 100" pressure stops. I think LIverpool Cathedral (Willis organ) has some Tubas on 50".

[@blu4r414]

On "die orgelseite" (german site but i think there is a translation as well) there is a list with record holders

[@augustberchelmann4946]

Love those Vox Barytons!

[@alancordwell9759]

They look like they are smiling!

[@JIMD6370]

Chris,I shared this to the fans page, great video btw.

[@cnagorka]

Thanks

[@JIMD6370]

@@cnagorka do any of the right chamber swell shades you showed here work? Looks like the wooden ones are new?

[@cnagorka]

@@JIMD6370 I'm not sure what's operating right now, but I can tell you what look like new wooden shades are new wood screwed on to the original metal shades. It's 90% of the effectiveness of straight wooden shades at a tiny fraction of the cost.

[@alancordwell9759]

There are plenty complete organs that have fewer ranks than that grand chorus!

[@accousticdecay]

Good video! I wonder why the genshorn terz, quint, and septiem are not tapered. Any idea?

[@CeruleanFilms]

Every so often I see pipes that have ribbons tied around them (like at 4:30 and 7:02) - I'm curious, what's the significance of this?

[@cnagorka]

Those are pieces of twill tape holding the pipes up, either to other pipes or to an upright support. A lot of that is temporary until pipes are straightened out or reinforced (if they need it).

[@Maxxarcade]

It must be really difficult to reach some of those pipes for tuning. Some chests have those walkboards, but it looks like you'd still need to step between pipes and walk on some of the chests directly.

[@cnagorka]

Yes that back chest on the lower level would be a real pain to tune, since there's no walkboard on it. One could possibly be fabricated to go down the middle, above the trebles, which would be better than nothing.

[@agogobell28]

Immensely informative. I can’t say I’ve ever seen a Krummhorn that’s larger scale than a Clarinet; isn’t it usually the other way around?

[@cnagorka]

I would say basically yes, but, remember that shallot shape has a huge influence on the tone. Also, naming conventions go out the window on this organ.

[@EdwardsGrant]

Krummhorns can be very large, but usually then they are spelled "Cromorne". I have ordered and voiced very large Cromornes myself, and actually softened some by other builders that proved to be too huge and loud (I know, I know, usually they are these things made of copper plumbing, but there are other examples).

[@EdwardsGrant]

the shallot determines a "clarinet" as opposed to a krummhorn or cromorne. Although the resonators look the same in all these cases (usually) Clarinets typically have closed, narrow openings in the shallots, and krummhorns have simpler, more open shapes. Cromornes can have a ship's prow shape at the bottom which makes them very aggressive, unlike clarinets.

[@timardner5277]

You should make a video of the left stage chamber and I am wondering about the 32 foot bombard and diaphone on 50 inches of wind.

[@SemEilers]

hey there! i have been wondering if you have ever turned the entire organ on and played it? could you possibly make a recording if its possible?

[@cnagorka]

As much of the organ that can be turned on has been, any of the current recordings or livestreams, etc, show everything that can be played.

[@Jojo.255]

Boardwalk hall for Hauptwerk!!

[@blu4r414]

We need this

[@MegaMobass]

I’m with Rudy and Brett Miller, I’m ready for the ML to have more functioning expression. How long do you think It’ll be before they have more expression working? I noticed towards the end of the video that they have put wood on the original metal shades, I’m curious if there is any active expression on the right stage.

[@cnagorka]

Yes there is some, but I don't know exactly which divisions it works on. I think the Solo shades on the right are operable.

[@MegaMobass]

@@cnagorka IIRC the left stage chamber has one “set”of functioning expression. I think it’s the two first grilles on the left. I could be wrong. I just didn’t know if the right stage chamber had any functioning expression. I thought it was in the works because they wanted to add something to the thinly clad metal shades.

[@papiesteven]

To my knowledge and asking questions of the Boardwalk hall organs staff on Facebook the left side swell, swell-choir and string I are under expression. I think on the right some of the solo shades might work, and the great-solo shades will be the next to work

[@charleslayton9463]

Saw comment below about some of the shades having wood on them. Did I read somewhere quite a while ago that they were thinking of putting foam inside the metal shades to make them more expressive?

[@cnagorka]

Never heard of the foam idea. The wood works much better!

[@chadbeverly4926]

More please !

[@cnagorka]

That's it for the time being; I may be up there over the winter.

[@kuiperroerdink1670]

What is “the book” that you refer to?

[@cnagorka]

"Atlantic City's Musical Masterpiece" by Stephan Smith. It's THE book on the BH organ.

[@cornwalldragon4617]

The pipes with the blue tape are pipes that are not sounding?

[@cnagorka]

I assume so, either dead or not tunable for some reason (bad stopper or reed tongue, etc)

[@LeeBlaske]

@@cnagorka Sure are a lot of pipes with blue tape. Can those ranks really be played?

[@cnagorka]

@@LeeBlaske They aren't for recital use, that's for sure. It's largely to keep track of what needs to be done next, and how urgently something needs to be worked on.

[@cornwalldragon4617]

@@cnagorka thank you

[@timothyboles6457]

So this is a functional chamber right?

[@cnagorka]

Basically yes. It hasn't been restored but it's been kept playing.

[@blu4r414]

Clicked after 1 second Btw you have a small mistake in the video: the 100" stop is the tuba imperial not the tuba magna

[@cnagorka]

How did you know it was any good ;)

[@blu4r414]

@@cnagorka they always are

[@principals16842]

12:45 Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!

[@cnagorka]

I guess you want to make this the Leonard Nimoy memorial division?

[@jean-jacqueskaselorganreco6879]

without hearing the specific stops really makes no sense.