This is a lovely little survivor, we restored this instrument in 2014 and was conducted in a sympathetic manner. The pipework is of high quality with a high tin content. So typical of this builder around that time. We tuned it last week so we we're pleased your comments on the organ. Glad you enjoyed playing it. And yes it should be on the NPOR. Thanks.
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching the video! I noticed it had been tuned just last week (from the tuning book) and so glad you did. I was amazed at how great this organ is - small and compact but a stunning tone and it looks fantastic! The spotted metal front pipes are stunning, although my camera didn't do them justice... Thanks again for your comment and for ensuring the survival of this great organ 🙂
@mattnbin8 ай бұрын
What a lovely organ. We take care of a couple of Conachers from the 1800s imported to Sydney in the 1980s. One is a small organ with a little trumpet in the swell with a mechanical octave coupler. A real little gem!!
@OrganicVisitations8 ай бұрын
There are some lovely Conacher’s. Thanks for watching and please subscribe 🎹👍
@louisglen16539 ай бұрын
Another very nice organ! Very nice tone!
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
I was amazed how lovely it is! I can’t put into words how nice the action is…WOW!
@sydneyorgans32509 ай бұрын
A lovely organ. Imagine not being listed on the NPOR! Thanks for demonstrating it.
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
I’m sure they will go eventually - there’s a lot to get round 😊
@gilesgilbertscott9 ай бұрын
NPOR relies on people reporting details of instruments. So why don’t you do it?
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
@@gilesgilbertscott That is my plan over the weekend 🙂
@mg32619 ай бұрын
that is a gem of an organ its a shame that there isn't an organist to play it it has a beautiful sound to it
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
Yep! Organist job going if you’re local 😊
@mg32619 ай бұрын
@@OrganicVisitations whitby is way out of my area i'm in worcester area
@coraelizabethbrna4399 ай бұрын
What a fabulous organ and a great tour!!! Thank you!!
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
Thanks 😊
@peterw299 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. I could fall in love with that Gamba!
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
It’s stunning! If I lived a little closer I’d happily play that organ every Sunday 👍
@TB76Returns9 ай бұрын
Quite a nice organ, I have come across a few organs that are not on the NPOR, but I have given a survey, maybe do the same for this one
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
It’s a lovely organ! Yes, I plan to do that 👍
@thomaswalters43658 ай бұрын
No Swell flute?.... I agree about adding a 2-foot, which I think this organ is begging for, but an 8-foot stopped flute should be added to the Swell as well.
@Organdude8 ай бұрын
When playing smaller organs like this, you should demonstrate the 4 ft stops played an octave lower. Sometimes, a 4ft stop played down an octave can be lovely and give more variety of sound than just depending on the 8ft stops. An organ I used to play had a gemshorn 4ft on the swell. When played down an octave it was the most beautiful Diapason sound. As the swell organ didn't have an 8ft Diapason it was a free extra 8ft, and I used that trick at nearly every service!!! Keep up the good work and it's lovely to see the organs you feature! Ps. I'd turn one of the swell strings into a celeste if I was the organist there! 😂😂😂
@OrganicVisitations8 ай бұрын
Thanks! Agree with the Celeste - would really add something 👍
@aBachwardsfellow8 ай бұрын
A very good suggestion. I always check out the 4' stops for their potential in the 8' range; sometimes the 4' and 2' work as a nice supplement for a 8' and 4' ; gemshorns are my favorite stop.
@benjamindaniel84679 ай бұрын
Did you try the two swell strings together? Sometimes, in a situation like this, one of them has been tuned to work as a celeste. On an organ this size I'd favour an oboe on the swell before a 2 ft. I believe that NPOR relies on information provided, so you'd be well placed to submit details and perhaps some photographs if you took some 😃
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
I did but there wasn’t the celeste effect that you often find. A shame! I’ll contact NPOR 👍
@benjamindaniel84679 ай бұрын
@@OrganicVisitations it's always worth trying these things as sometimes the name on the stop head can be deceiving! As far as I know, it can also depend on the placement of the ranks as to whether this is possible. If the pipes are too close together one will "pull" the other into tune - hence the string and celeste ranks will usually be separated by another.
@natepultorakmusic9289 ай бұрын
Does the Npor allow people to add information, or is it official people only? In the US, I like to update the Pipe Organ Database (by the OHS) whenever I visit an organ and see the information is lacking
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
I’m sure I could provide them with the information or suggest that they go and visit and they would probably add this instrument to their database. I’ll look into it 👍
@johnwilson-mr6pw9 ай бұрын
I suppose most organs in the smaller parish churches must be a hundred years old or more, like the churches themselves, and of tracker action. As organ improvement or replacement is very expensive, being labour intensive, they are likely eventually fall into serious disrepair. This is especially so as the congregation numbers fall away. I live in a very small village with but a few houses, yet we have quite a large church with a bell tower. The church goes back to the 14th century, so as properties in the village itself must have been all but a handful back then, one wonders where the congregation actually came from. The church has an organ although I don't know much about it. I've heard it playing and it sounds reasonable although out of tune. Curiously, the church is popular with weddings although there is no permanent vicar. There is a visiting vicar who apparently is the vicar to no less than 7 churches, so you can see that church going in my area isn't what it used to 400 years ago. This doesn't bode well for the organs as the collection plate is all but none existent.
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
It’s the same story in every village and town. Congratulations are shrinking, choirs are rare and most vicars nowadays have several churches under their control. Each of these churches at one time had their own vicar with full pews. No wonder organs are not maintained or used - there’s no money to fund them and not many people left who can play them…
@davidcraggs37709 ай бұрын
Okay as a hymn machine unless you have a full congregation and any rousing hymns to accompany. Too many strings and not enough chorus work.
@johnwilson-mr6pw9 ай бұрын
I agree with your post except that you say there are few organists to play these organs. In fact with the advent of very sophisticated and relatively reasonably priced electronic home organs, I suggest there are more organists around now than there have ever been. @@OrganicVisitations
@davidcraggs37708 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, as a keen professional organist and occasional recitalist I could not take up a post where the other organ was a tonally limited. However I would help out with hymn accompaniment at a funeral where the tonal resources of this style of organ would suffice adequately.
@OrganicVisitations8 ай бұрын
@@davidcraggs3770 I’d like a bit more variety, but nice nonetheless 👍
@nightowldickson9 ай бұрын
o this is a James Conacher - we visited one in Sydney that hasn't been used for many years and in a bad state, so it's interesting to see how the one you've visited sounded kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIG3k3qnptyhpqM
@OrganicVisitations9 ай бұрын
That was interesting to see - thank you for sharing! I hope my video shows what a nice restoration can achieve on a James Conacher. We have a few 'James' Conachers here but mainly 'Peter'. Much enjoy your channel and it's regular uploads :-)