Rarest organ stop in the world? 64’ foot |

[@maximedufour5132]

The translation from French for that stop is "voice of a whale". Sounds fitting

[@VibesOfVinegar]

More accurately, it's "whalesong".

[@yamatubeable]

By the way, a whale sound is more high. It sounds more like elephant infrasound.

[@bradycall1889]

@@yamatubeable That's because lots of whale sounds are sped up to several times the original speed for us humans to more easily hear them. In reality, a lot of their sounds are at the same pitch as elephants it just has a more rounded out timbre with less upper partials. That's why we speed the samples up.

[@Absinthis]

​@@VibesOfVinegar"voix de baleine" literally means voice of a whale though

[@BaroqueBach.]

Organist: listen to this! Floor: *rumbles*

[@steve4729]

Ladies and gentlemen, the brown note.

[@thatnotsoaverageperson]

No way

[@elijahhayter3026]

Unfortunately, I can confirm. “Feel it in your gut,” indeed.

[@witheringvoid1244]

It’s sounded like you’re in a middle of a eerie cavern full of odds and mystery that you going to explore

[@friendlypiranha774]

@withetingvoid, someone else said it sounds like a tuned earthquake.

[@pvmuskosming]

​@@friendlypiranha774👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇲🇽🌎🇲🇽

[@BennyLlama39]

Now *that's* the kind of bass I want to hear/feel in organ music. 😀

[@MrSmcmlln]

Ground shaking earthquake! Isn't there like 2 true 64' stops? Organ in Sydney Hall and Atlantic City Music Hall? And if I'm not mistaken, I think that the Atlantic City organ can do a resultant 128' stop.

[@the_pipe_organ]

Hello! Yes, it's true that there are only two real 64-foot stops in the world. Now, that does not mean that there are other false ones generated by fifths, or also with speakers. In any case, it will always be strange to find organs with stops of that magnitude, even in some areas it is also difficult to find stops of 32 feet. Greeting! 😊

[@timothytikker1147]

@@the_pipe_organ there are also some partial real 64' stops. The organ at St James Cathedral in Seattle has just B of the 64' octave available as an extension of its 32' reed -- it was heard in a concert at the 2008 OHS Convention on the last chord of Duruflé's Toccata. The Glatter-Goetz/Rosales organ at Claremont UCC has the same, which may be heard on the last chord of Franck's Pièce héroïque in Diane Belcher's CD (JAV label). Washington National Cathedral has a 64' Bombarde extension to low A, albeit in half-length pipes, and continued down to C with electronics. The Gilbert Adams organ at Grace Church, Utica, NY had a similar Bombarde extension, which Rollin Smith used on the last page of his LP of Vierne's 6th Symphony; that organ was later replaced, however. The Schoenstein organ in the large Mormon auditorium in Salt Lake City has a Gamba and Trombone that each extend to 64'. And there are apparently others...

[@benedictdsilva3954]

Yes 2 real 64' Atlantic city resultant 128 ' not sure. The Marshall and Ogletree digital organ has 128' + 64' with special speakers...

[@pvmuskosming]

​@@timothytikker1147😮😮😮 *Wooooww...thanks a lot for the date...greetings from* 🇲🇽🌎🇲🇽🤗🤗🤗 *Here We have at National Auditorio a real 64'foots Special Tamburi Organ its really like a earthquake* 😬🤯

[@benedictdsilva3954]

@@pvmuskosming where is this ?

[@gamegeekx]

based on the deep low note, the pipe size must be monster sized and scary looking.

[@joyfulyes]

I'd love to see the pipes they combine to make these sounds. I've seen pictures of people working on that monster in Atlantic City and they could easily crawl into the pipes... 😳

[@pvmuskosming]

​@@joyfulyes👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🤗🇲🇽🌎🇲🇽

[@stainakagoru9444]

That's amazing and I can feel it in the chambers of my heart and it's Incredible

[@B1ng0_d0g]

"I think my whale is hungry"

[@shawnlennon1947]

What, did a giant ship just pass by? 😂

[@felixhell.organist]

😝

[@JorgeLopez-fu9lb]

Somewhere there is a submarine in the North Atlantic recording tectonic anomalies beneath the ocean floor.

[@Squirrel-zq6oe]

💀

[@cateclism316]

More like a rumble! More felt than heard!

[@endih7997]

It sounds good. In fact it almost resembles the ultrasounds that elephants emit to communicate with each other. In the Passion according to St. Matthew there are some ultrasounds but not produced by an organ.

[@marcelobrunorodrigues7630]

I can listen clearly to all deepest notes you played. Thanks for posting it.

[@felixhell.organist]

You're very welcome!

[@fabipia]

I played this stop on organ in concert hall of national centre of the performing Arts in Beijing...amazing marvellous

[@stko9164]

Yes, that's the "other" Concert-Organ in Asia which was made by the german Organbulider "Klais". This one shown here is in Kaoshing, Taiwan. The People at KLAIS know their job, and they do it absolutely perfect.....

[@Wanamaker1946]

You might explain what a resultant is. The Atlantic City Convention Center has a 64’ register.

[@felixhell.organist]

There is a time and place to explain those things. This wasn’t it, in my opinion.

[@LocojustLoco]

I think it is 32'+21⅓' ?

[@stko9164]

Yes. And the only thing you "hear", if this stop is activated for it's own, is a noise like the rotor-flapping f a helicoper.

[@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG]

@@LocojustLoco that, and at times a seventh too (I think RAH has a seventh)

[@LocojustLoco]

@@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG If you have a seventh (in Pedal!), 9⅐", you should have a Tierce (10⅘"), too... but it's a hell to tune them.

[@danashay]

Very cool! Thank you! 😎

[@OTTAOTTA64]

Wow! How deep!🐋❤

[@juergen07091973]

What organ is it? Is it a Klais? Cologne cathedral has a resultant vox de baleine too. Yes, it's a Klais. Here from Bonn, Germany. Perhaps, you have the chance to play at the "Orgelfeierstunden" concert series in cologne cathedral. The most impressive Klais organ arrangement in this gigantic Gothic cathedral acoustics with really powerful intonation.

[@felixhell.organist]

Klais in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 👍

[@daphneraven6745]

That’s not exactly the way I expected the whale’s voice to sound.

[@tickley42]

My phone cannot handle the range of this organ.

[@cesarbugarini499]

😳😳Lmao humans. Concocted this machine, an organ, to play this sh!t😍 it's crazy👌👌👌

[@felixhell.organist]

Humans are crazy 😝

[@timguillaume867]

Crazy how I’m watching this when there are 64 likes. I almost don’t want to add one lol

[@felixhell.organist]

Perfect!

[@therealhelmholtz]

Gadolinium. 😊

[@benrichey2593]

“I’m sure you want to hear what this sounds like…” *plays notes that 99% of speakers can’t produce cleanly* “You can feel it in your gut!”

[@felixhell.organist]

😂

[@aldermanenterpriseinc]

The 64 stop is felt rather than heard. There is a black church in Brooklyn with a TRUE 64 stop. I witnessed this great organ twice back in the early to mid 90s. Don't think it's played anymore.

[@JanicekTrnecka]

I like stops from the "building shaker" group.

[@franklinforest888]

I want to listen to “We’ll meet again” on that stop omg

[@jerrymartin79]

Now that's exciting :D

[@fordhalsey89]

The only thing I heard was someone's prolapsed mitral valve

[@joyfulyes]

Perhaps that of a whale, since the stop is "whale song" 😁

[@volleswerkfullorganpower249]

Wow, even this flute 32 is gigantic and wide scale.😁

[@pedroadilson7869]

Curto muito. Órgão de tubos. Chique ☺️

[@humanodaterra]

Só não tem som kkkk

[@MrFunNightcore]

My car only have A B C yours have A to Y but the roar is nice 👍

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

Yes ! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ So Cool ! ❤❤❤❤❤Thank you, Felix :D

[@evelyngeier7326]

The Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin, has one of these if I remember correctly!!

[@robertgift]

Should have added a 16' Principal. Real Resultant or borrowed from other stops? 32' C + 21-1/3' G Perhaps useful for the large Max Reger organworks.

[@timothytikker1147]

64' resultants were not so rare in the USA, especially in the 1910s-20s. At one time, there were at least four organs in just the city of San Francisco with 64' resultants: Civic Auditorium's 1915 Austin (though currently dismantled), the California Palace of the Legion of Honor's 1924 Skinner, Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall's 1984 Ruffatti (two 64' resultants!), and St Ignatiis Church's 1988 McNeil (stop later disconnected).

[@felixhell.organist]

Is the dismantled 1915 Austin the Opus 500 thats listed on Organ Clearing House?

[@timothytikker1147]

@@felixhell.organist yes, indeed.

[@timothytikker1147]

One of the more unusual 64' resultants I've encountered -- and this is truly rare -- is that in the 1871 Ladegast organ in the Schwerin Dom, Germany. It's in the form of a 12-4/5' Terz, i.e. the fifth harmonic of the 64' series.

[@ABruckner8]

To be clear, this would be pulled with a suitable 16’ stop to create the 64’ resultant. Acoustically, by addition, It would also result in the 9th harmonic of the 64’ series (7 1/7)

[@timothytikker1147]

@@ABruckner816' is the 4th harmonic of the 64' series, and 12-4/5' the 5th harmonic. As the difference between 5 and 4 is 1, these together would directly generate the 64' fundamental resultant -- not the 9th harmonic, 7-1/9'.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

"voice of the whale"

[@michaelsmith697]

Fantastic!

[@felixhell.organist]

Thank you

[@999dallas999]

What is a resultant?

[@MarcelloACG]

A resultant is a stop sounding two harmonically related notes. For example, 32' resultant stop would consist of two ranks, 16' and it's fifth, 10 2/3'. When both are played at the same time, it will give the EFFECT of a 32' pipe. So what you heard wasn't a 64' pipe, it was a 32' and 21 1/3' being played at the same time, giving the effect of a 64' stop.

[@robbrown9543]

So where is it and what family?

[@k_b7341]

my iPhone speaker isn’t coping.. sounds as if a group of Harley-Davidson is approaching..

[@joyfulyes]

Yes or a helicopter nearby!

[@EltonChristensson]

My phone was legit shaking while You were playing

[@felixhell.organist]

😯

[@hjgk4568]

😮

[@BRIXnFIGS]

If he pulls them all out, then didn’t he “pull all the stops out?” lol

[@felixhell.organist]

For sure 👍

[@Squirrel-zq6oe]

I'm pretty sure that's where the phrase originated.

[@stko9164]

@@Squirrel-zq6oe It is !

[@brucebutler1069]

Hey Felix u were here in FtWayne along time ago ur looking good U have to put speaker up to ear to feel it Thank u

[@stefdnk4428]

Nope! Couldn’t hear it or feel it, even with My hearing aids in 😥

[@richardstoc]

feel it yes hear it, No to soft head phones please lol

[@ImOnAJourney]

… and THAT’S why the best place to listen to an organ is to lay flat on your back on the floor about 45’ to 50’ straight out from the pipes with your eyes closed … so you can ‘feel’ all of the sounds that your brain can’t quite understand!!

[@jadeszarek640]

It sounds like angels coming down from heaven for last final job on the earth ⚔️⚖️ literally armagedon👏

[@MerlynAStern]

Now that boys and girls is how you heal and toe. And that is low!

[@thevoiceovercloset945]

My phone speaker can't even play it 😂 but I'm sure it can be felt!

[@Organintetnational]

Yeah, and then the cathedral falls on your head.

[@Camze3307]

I bet you're in France in this video.

[@numbereightyseven]

It'd sound better in conjunction with other stops and a piece of music.

[@felixhell.organist]

Definitely not a solo stop 👍

[@stko9164]

Yes, it's positioned as a sub-base. It's a big support to the "normal" bass pipes of the organ.

[@stko9164]

​@@felixhell.organist But in opposite to the existing " real " 64"-Pipes they reproduce an greatfull sound. With the Organ in the "Weiwuying-Center of Arts" you can clearly hear, that there are " real tones " which come from this special organ-stop. This just is'nt possible with full legth 64", because of the existing principles of physic. Those organpipes sound more like the flapping from the rotorblades of a helicopter. Imho "Klais" did a real greatful (or maybe even perfect ! ) Job there in Kaoshing.

[@socialite1283]

Hmmm... an 8 Hz fundamental. The amount of air it would need to move to create that sort of sound wave would be enormous.

[@felixhell.organist]

You’re correct.

[@jeffjensen27]

Hello there 🎉My Friend. I Love You’re Videos. To Bad No Other Instrument Can Beat Out The King Of Instuments The Pipe Organ.

[@alanmartin5699]

What about Blackburn's 'Serpent'?

[@yeo_ng]

No wonder I think it looks familiar, it's my hometown🤣

[@felixhell.organist]

🥰

[@五十嵐悦子-l2f]

It's the sound on pipeorgan's pedal

[@shiningarmor2838]

It can't be the rarest. There are a few big organs like this with a resultant 64', but only two with a real one.

[@Modeltnick]

I think the Atlantic City organ plays this stop resulting in 8hz. More like a rumble.

[@hjo4104]

I misread it as "voix de ballerine" 😶

[@richard--s]

An elefant rumble, not quite, a whale rumble, when whales could use their immense size for a sound ;-)

[@felixhell.organist]

☺️

[@bonobo2go]

Does it sound....or feel? Posted that before I listened. It's a "feel.

[@gabetrain8834]

I saw an organ that had a 128’ stop. Can’t remember what organ it was though

[@nukacolal0ver603]

I have never heard anything like that organ and I live in ohio

[@lilywozniak-rf8ro]

Bro getting vibrationlocked 💀

[@raineeholmes171]

What movies sound like while you're in the hall of the theater

[@jonnypiotr2570]

Cologne Cathedral

[@felixhell.organist]

Also has one 👍

[@stko9164]

@@felixhell.organist Cool answer ! 😁👍🏻

[@7Mile3]

Wow That's monstrous 🔥

[@Olichanel]

Sounds more like the regular show theme song due to the fart noises

[@bradycall1889]

That is a very interesting sound. There are only 2 REAL 64’ stops in the world and they’re out of tune.

[@-pinkbarbie-8676]

Wow, I feel like I've been where you are but I also know I havent

[@maximangelov9343]

Amnesia: The dark descent menu music has a similar dark tone

[@richardtanner2272]

Sounds like an expensive breeze to me!

[@karis1119]

I LOLed

[@Marlene-Ferreira]

I WOULD LOVE "PULL OUT" ALL THE STOPS.... WHAT WOULD THAT SOUND LIKE...... 🌟❤🌟❤🌟 I GREW UP AROUND PIPE ORGAN'S.... THEY'RE MAJOR IMPRESSIVE & THRILLING TO HEAR!!!

[@joffremercuriojr6475]

Sounds good. What Organ

[@charlesdavis7087]

I think it would have been more fun if you had turned up the volume... all the way or was that as loud as it gets? You speaking voice was actually louder than the 64' stop. Sorry.

[@Pigroooo]

Finally, we can communicate with whales

[@felixhell.organist]

WHALE!! 😲

[@SternDrive]

Love it!

[@christinajohnson2062]

Where is this? I think I have seen my father with this organ, Dale Johnson of Church Organ Associates.

[@bryanhaws4480]

Can barely hear it because the mic pics up the closest ambient noise... seat squeaking, pedals moving....

[@lewax7327]

A 64 foot pipe is almost 20 meters long...

[@narmale]

pffffft... this thing WISHES it was the Atlantic City Pipe Organ

[@lawrence18uk]

What is the minimum sized loudspeaker that gives a meaningful rendition of this sound? :-D

[@ikonix360]

One of the rotary subwoofers would do it.

[@AlexFurry]

The _There's something with us in this room_ sound.

[@jom6508]

Yeah it will rattle the window and shake the grounds

[@dfeuer]

What's a resultant?

[@organmusicVI]

Wow

[@joshlockie9285]

I want to play it

[@plopeye1]

To low for any sound equipment and distortion due to the compression used by youtube. The only way to experience this is in real life…

[@stko9164]

No. That's no longer true. My Audio-System reproduces this perfectly. Ultra deep, but clear. As it should be. KZbin's way, to "delivery" the sound of their videos has very much improved over the last three years. Maybe it's time for you to watch ot for a better audio-system connected to your pc (or to whatever).

[@plopeye1]

@@stko9164 Even on my high quality audio system, it sounds ok but it will never match the experience of the real thing... An organ produces tones that are outside the ranges of speakers and subwoofers, and therefore the harmonics as a result of these extreme frequencies are also missing.

[@GooseCrack]

I need one so bad I need one so bad

[@alexdeutscher3146]

Do sol pra baixo tudo parece o mesmo som!!

[@BarManE.C.]

That made me wanna crap my PANTZ in my home office when I was supposed to be working! #OUTSTANDING #HEAVY GOTHIC HELL-METAL!!!

[@penelope8557]

What is the cost to buy and install an organ.

[@Sathrandur]

I don't think this is the rarest organ stop. There are quite a number of acoustic 64' stops around the world. What is rare is the 64' Contra Trombone at Sydney Town Hall which is actually full-length. It is the only stop of its kind in the world, and one of only two full-length 64' reed stops.

[@felixhell.organist]

Cool. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.

[@libbychang413]

so it sounds like the bottom of his shoe rubbing against a wooden pedal key? 🤷🏼‍♀️...

[@juergen07091973]

Sadly, there's nothing impressive here. There's nearly no hifi equipment, what can replay 9Hz, what around the lowest C is. And we're on KZbin, where data reduction and compression techniques are used like mpeg, which filter such unhearable frequenzies out. There's only one way to get this experience: feel it live at the organ.

[@felixhell.organist]

You are correct. The experience does not translate on KZbin. It’s just an impression.

[@tomvyse]

@felixhell, I’ve been wanting for your Japanese concert to be released on CD, but have yet to find it. Will that happen?

[@konrad4643]

Almost infrasound.

[@Alleghenymike]

Thumper!

[@jamesvickers1716]

Is is just on the last octave of the pedale?

[@felixhell.organist]

It’s across the whole pedal board.