Fugue in G (BWV577) - J.S. Bach - Doherty Cathedral Organ

[@SHAshtonLear]

Rodney, You are fantastic ❤ Greetings from the organ of Castle Church of Szolnok, from Hungary 🇹🇯

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

It plays like a Pipe Organ but the sound falls in between an Accordion and a Pipe Organ. It's a very special sound that makes these Organs one of a kind.

[@scronx]

Well done, Rodney! I didn't even know you were an organist to this extent.

[@rickriley7018]

How wonderful I have never before seen a double keyboard with foot pedals pump organ. Thrilling to me!!! Rick

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

I think having the Wind Supplied w/ an Electric Blower would be a huge improvement for this Organ cause it'll be less prone to leaks.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

2:15 Did you see how the Side Hand Lever actually also operates the Foot Treadles? You can see them moving

[@bonkedshibe8506]

Absolutely brilliant Sir... 👏 Bravo

[@WayfaringStranger56]

And God made some to be musicians. Thank you for being a good steward of your gift. Your playing brings joy to the weary soul. God bless.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you Maria, I appreciate your comments. I find it a blessing to be able to fix these old instruments and have them do what they were intended for - music! Soli Deo gloria

[@jmpianoman19]

One of my absolute favorite organ pieces. GREAT JOB AND A GREAT RESTORATION!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks! It has always been one of my favorites too!

[@coolmorgus]

Wow very nice I've never tried that on a pump organ. Ill have to do that, always been on a pipe organ. Thank you for this!

[@clydesight]

Oh, Rodney, Bravo! What a great performance and articulation! Thanks for performing and posting this. And thanks to the pumper -- who had the strength to keep wind going through the instrument all that time!

[@ReedOrgans]

My dear wife is a real trooper, she managed to stay with it every time I had to start over for another try!

[@Xaelloss]

How many takes does it normally take you, by the way? Personally I find it quite frustrating that every time I try to record my own performance, I would usually start screwing up in places I thought I did perfectly when the camera wasn't rolling!

[@ReedOrgans]

It varies a lot, depending on the piece and how well I have prepared it. This one took a number of tries as I kept on crashing, but only when the cameras were rolling... I know what you mean because as soon I get the cameras on, silly things happen in sections of any music where least expect it!

[@philipallard8026]

Love it. Very well played sir. Thanks for showing your assistant's arm because otherwise I would be mystified by how the organ was winded.

[@MrVonweber]

Excellent memorized performance...just watched this for the first time

[@robertgift]

I can only play this fromemory. Too difficulto read and play athe same time.

[@alanrogers5106]

GOOD JOB Rodney!!!!!

[@GerardvanR]

Not only this organ is very good, but also your playing. What a nice execution of this beautiful piece of music of the great Bach.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you Gerard!

[@lawrencenauman1139]

sounds great, fantastic playing, Bravo !!!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks Larry! You will need to stop in sometime to see it!

[@Sharkattackguy]

Splendid.... organ plays well.........

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks!

[@dennisholt6432]

THANK YOU! And thank Lori as well for her commitment to your work. Without her we wouldn't be able to see your foot work! Dennis in KC, MO

[@Aeolian4]

Absolutely wonderful, both the instrument and the playing of it.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you Ken!

[@llwdtp]

Very nice Rodney!

[@hectorconcha]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@MichaelStBede]

Jolly good. What a marvellous restoration! I was hoping that you would include a view of the person blowing the instrument so adeptly. Thank you.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you! I wanted to have her with the video but she was too shy :)

[@tomclemans]

What a treat!!! Fine performance on a beautiful instrument. :-D

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks Tom!

[@rbopster]

what a special moment...congratulations !!!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks Ronnie!

[@MarcoRoepers]

Three times impressive: impressive Impressive reed organ, impressive piece ,impressive rendition. Sometimes when I am playing reed organ I imagine being some kind of Rodney, but I don't even come close. So I must be confident with my very little talent.

[@frantisekignacdolihal6910]

Wonderful resurrection of awesome organ! Nice job, as well as playing, Rodney!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you František!

[@christiansclocks]

Wonderful as all of your other videos are! I especially like how you didn't take it at such a fast tempo. It sounds better slower where you can hear each phrase. I suspect that playing with all couplers on makes the action pretty stiff?? Wonderful job! Keep them coming!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you Christian! Yes, I have to play differently on this organ with all couplers as the touch is much heavier than my digital organ...

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@ReedOrgans Slowing the tempo down a bit actually helped, & this is very much like alot of old Pipe Organs w/ Mechanical action.

[@jodiknight2820]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@jamesesmoil4521]

I just read, in the new issue of the RO Society Quarterly of your phenomenal accomplishment in acquiring this instrument (back) from Ireland and it's, really, complete refurbishing. What an achievement! Wonderful! ... from a new RO member from Wisconsin

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks James! It took a lot of time, but it was so worth it once it was playing again. It was even more complete once it was moved to our church kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ6XiaasrNOViac - Welcome to the ROS!

[@ColAdamson]

Well Done Rodney. I love the piece (Can't quite play it yet). Hey, with the octave and then the manual coupler coming towards the end, you are giving really your fingers a work-out. And thanks to your wife for pumping (I usually wait for my wife to be engrossed in a TV program before I go "off to the music room"). (As an aside Amazing this organ is at A=459.3 or something like that - my Estey is 431.7). Well done.

[@robbicu]

So cool! I'm so glad you posted this, and what a great piece to show it off as well! Thank you so much for all your hard work.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks! This has always been a fun piece to play!

[@lobsterpotter]

Truly wonderful a great credit to you Rodney.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks Dick!

[@Bajussz1]

Amazing sound and what a craftsmanship! :) Beautiful work, Rodney! :)

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you Zoltán!

[@michaelmonaco6513]

Bravo on both the excellent musicianship and the brilliant restoration! There is such delight in the sound of a reed organ. I started my career fifty-five years ago on an Estey model "T". Although I've played on many magnificent pipe organs, I have a special place in my heart for the reed organ. Thank You!!

[@giussepemusicgaudenzi]

That talent... greats from Chile!! Nice job ;)

[@rttipton]

Sounds great!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks again!

[@alvabranson6981]

That's the first one I have ever seen with foot pedals, very interesting.

[@ReedOrgans]

Yes, these styles are not that common, but surprisingly there are still plenty out there to be discovered.

[@jacksonbell5048]

Can you do bwv578

[@Engineer9736]

Didn't know you are that home on the pipe organ pedalboard 🙂👍 Very good

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks! Reed organs are a recent passion of mine, I still play pipe organ for church on Sundays :)

[@grayclouds1810]

Superb playing and superb instrument. Bravo, sir. Your videos continue to inspire me. Any chance we could hear Bach's Passacaglia & Fugue In C Minor?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

That would be great. A Reed Organ w/ Bass Pedals is ideal for playing Pipe Organ music right off the Bat. The sound of this guy falls in between an Accordion & a Pipe Organ so very Special Organ.

[@diegominnozzi1435]

Complimenti bravo!!!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you!

[@robertgift]

Wonderful! Well videoed except for cutting away from the pedals when they are most active and interesting. Great restoration! Howonderful that you saved it. 2:27 Gethat pedal part better. Many notes barely heard and they are so important. (So many gloss over the notes.) In my lateens I memorized this to play for people who hate organ music. Such a magnificent, complex and joyful work! Oh. I thoughthathis instrument had been motorized.

[@JoshuaCaudell]

That reed organ is awesome Rodney! Would you ever try playing a tonewheel drawber controlled hammond organ? I would watch that video and share it. Again that was awesome. I also saw the pumping pedals move on its own. My guess is that your wife Lori was pumping the organ via handle pumper for an organ belows pumper? Once more that was awesome!

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks! Yes, Lori was working the bellows for me, it is tiring after a while with this type of music!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@ReedOrgans I guess it might seem more appropriate to add an Electric Blower Motor to those types of Reed Organs w/ Bass Pedals.

[@bertspeggly4428]

I see that Lori is pumping the organ at the tempo of the piece. is this good practice or is she just enjoying the music? The organ looks and sounds wonderful, congratulations on bringing it back to life.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks! The rhythm of the pumping is probably more of a coincidence. She watches the bellows gage to be sure it is at a constant level, although at certain times she can accent the notes or increase the volume with careful control of the blow handle.

[@MrPolecat]

Yessssssssss!

[@ReedOrgans]

:)

[@davepattenden864]

Great looking organ, Rodney. Not sure what talents you have more of, restoring or playing, or getting your wife to pump while you play. Where on earth did you find that one?

[@44praesepe]

Amazing! :o

[@ReedOrgans]

Thank you!

[@keithzimmerman2449]

Who's the ghost pumping the pedals? Noticed them going with the beat. Sometimes I pump with the beat and sometimes not coordinated at all. Edit: in the next video, I see a woman pumping a lever from the side. Speaking of pedals, how does one play a reed organ with pedals that also has pumping pedals? I'd think that a pedal reed organ would need someone else pumping. Thanks. I still have an 1880 Kimball pump organ in the basement that needs complete redoing of the reservoir and feeders.

[@ReedOrgans]

Yes, that is my dear wife providing the wind for this instrument. The timing would be a coincidence, as she is watching the bellows gage and keeping it in a certain range. If playing solo, then one just doesn’t use the bass pedals, and it is then played the same as any other reed organ. It is like the best of both worlds :)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Stop list?

[@bobdrayer2900]

That is the correct tempo....60 years ago this was the accepted speed.

[@ZeldaZelda-RichesToRags]

Oh Rodney...I love your music! I wanna kidnap you, bring you back to Oregon...afterall, our state was named because everyone here loves and plays vintage pump organs! LoLBlessings to you! Cheryl Young on Facebook

[@ZeldaZelda-RichesToRags]

aka jique fugue?,...dancing in church isn't a sin with this number!..one of my favorites I will master ONE of these days!

[@mevans4715]

Rodney, could you not hook up an electric motor with some sort of rheostat switch coupled with a pressure gauge for the wind chamber that will speed up and show down the motor to keep a constant pressure? I am probably speaking heresy here but I thought I'd go ahead and ask anyway. 😊

[@Spudeaux]

I would think it'd only be heresy for the ones that don't have pedal notes. Quite a large number of reed organs have been electrified over the years, but I believe most cases it's just a vacuum motor and bellows are left in place to keep the pressure right.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

If you add an Electric Suction motor to this Organ then you could have Lori be your Page turner & stop puller.

[@Velostigmat]

Way to resurrect an organ! Now is that a concave parallel pedalboard?

[@ReedOrgans]

I'm not sure if it really classifies as concave, but the tops are, if that makes sense. The pedals are gradually taller at the sides, so the bottom is flat but the extra height at the ends make it concave to the player.

[@pianodon]

Rodney, please tell me how the video was done, with multiple cameras, software? Thanks

[@ReedOrgans]

I used one Sony HDR-XR350, and two iPhones. These were then mixed/edited with the audio track (recorded on separate mics) on Studio19. Once all the tracks were in sync I just faded as I saw fit to each camera, sometimes adding a zoom and motion. All fun stuff :)

[@danielobrien7738]

I'm in the market for a reed organ. I think I found my pick

[@ReedOrgans]

You have good taste in reed organs! :)

[@danielobrien7738]

Rodney Jantzi it was either this or a Berlin single manual... I kinda felt like doing pedal work as well. Do you know ballpark range for location and cost of this instrument?

[@materbrospianoorganco-mich2719]

For me to say a true man with grit would undermine the super human strength required to play this piece...... on a reed organ. Good lord son, you know that tracker and lift coupler fights like no other. Especially since a 3/16th gap on each pedal sticker is needed to keep the pd/gt coupler from ciphering.

[@ReedOrgans]

Thanks, it does take a little more effort than other organs but I don't find it all that bad to play. I think it is just as much work for my wife operating the blow handle on the side :)

[@materbrospianoorganco-mich2719]

Rodney Jantzi amen to that. A good concise application of the body applied to the below is required to translate as much human effect to the voice and reception of music.... as mentioned by D’Celle. Wonderful job all the way around. You just let me know when you get tired of this organ and I would be glad to take it off your hands right away. :-D. I would be much interested in learning how you came across this instrument as that’s half the art of reeding right there. With all the restorations and work I do, I will one day, hopefully, learn how to actually play.

[@ReedOrgans]

This organ was what our museum group called "The Epic Rescue", retrieved from a damp shed in Ireland, and shipped back to Canada to attempt restoration. It was a gamble as the organ was rotting and pretty well every joint was falling apart where there was once hide glue. The screws were so rusted they were crystallizing oxidization out of the endgrain of the wood. Here is a sample video of before I started taking it apart: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYqmgJd-fMqbkLc

[@jrzzrj]

Words cannot express my feelings.....so I will shut up.....

[@ReedOrgans]

Good words or bad? :)

[@jrzzrj]

I'll never tell....lol !

[@monikawojdak3037]

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[@guilhermeruppel8026]

Accordon song, very coincidence WTF!!!