Gallery I - 100" reeds played for the first time in decades!

[@rg823v]

I really cannot wait until the day this magnificent instrument is fully restored and we get to hear all the pipes in all its true glory, It’s these videos that give me hope that day will come soon!

[@mothball5425]

This is No 1 on my bucket list

[@joshuawitte573]

Me too.

[@tubamaxima187]

This organ is INSANE. Who was it that said, " why do you need such a big organ"? I say "when something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing. Too much is just enough". I can't wait to hear the full organ

[@MichaelSmith-vx2ro]

It is exciting to hear an organ that has been silent. We too recently had a Schantz 1956 organ in mansfield ohio cleaned and tuned after remaining silent for 19 years. We worshiped God Almighty with a resounding hymn sing on September 19, 2021

[@cple1]

First Christian?

[@MichaelSmith-vx2ro]

@@cple1 The church was previously Central United Methodist on Park Avenue West, it's new name is ARC. There is a service there this Saturday, November 13th at 6:00 p.m, with the beautiful organ, grand piano, singing and worshipping.

[@cple1]

@@MichaelSmith-vx2ro ok, that was the other choice. They were the only 2 with organs built at that time.

[@elgar57]

what has God got to do with it, she likes organ music i presume?

[@wilh3lmmusic]

@@elgar57 He* Also this was in a church, of course they would praise God

[@KSL1972LLC]

It's an amazing sound even if the pipes themselves need restoration. Can't wait to hear the fully restored sound.

[@BoardwalkOrgans]

We are looking forward to that as well! Both ranks are available to "adopt" with naming privileges for anyone interested in helping fund their restoration!

[@dargo8178]

Incredible! I made a donation not too long ago from Australia so thanks for sharing! Great to hear all that hard work come to fruition!

[@BoardwalkOrgans]

Thank you for your donation!

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Thanks for pitching in!

[@joshroberts4281]

The opening first notes on the Trumpet Mirabilis have a similar timbre to the lowest notes of the state trumpet at St John.

[@PMS1950]

How wonderful. The amount of dedication, energy, money and sheer perseverance put into restoring this magnificent instrument demands our profound thanks and admiration. Although much work has still to be done, what has been achieved is simply amazing. I can recall being at my boarding school in the early 1960s here in the UK and spending hours reading the section devoted to pipe organ history in the' Oxford Companion to Music' and drooling over the picture of the massive Atlantic City organ Console. The article mentioned Senator Emerson Richards and that the organ was only partly functioning and many volumes would be required to even begin to describe this great wonder of the musical world. I could never have imagined or thought at that time that this instrument would eventually emerge, phoenix like, and once more be heard and appreciated by pipe organ enthusiasts and an ever growing number of newly initiated enthusiasts and supporters.

[@tubamaxima187]

Hi Titus: I,too, am from the UK and read with interest about the AC organ, never thinking that a decade later I would visit the organ and in 1998 play the organ. Back then, only the right chamber was functional. Now look at the progress !!! Quite remarkable. KUDOS to ACCHOS followed by HORC. Without them, this would not have happened.

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

I used to marvel at that picture, too. I was given the Oxford Companion to Music when I was a teenager at High School in the 1970s.

[@andrewkessinger5966]

Beautiful pipes! Glad to hear them speak again!

[@johngearhart9291]

fantastic!!! what a huge effort it took to restore them, and what great sonority they deliver!!!!! WELL DONE

[@johannczyronsilvallana8600]

It is nice to hear again after many years of silence 😀😇

[@kennethpotter2891]

Impressive that they are working again. Listening to extremely high pressure reeds always makes me think that the high pressure is only that high to impress on the stoplist. Some of the best have a smoother sound, still incredibly magnificent. In the final analysis, 100 inches makes them sound like shredding roofing tin. The honker at St. John the Divine is magnificent, but exactly half the wind pressure, and it is as powerful as any reed could be imagined.

[@samrodian919]

You want to hear the State Trumpets on 50" wind over the west end doors of St Paul's Cathedral in London made by my old firm of NP Mander Ltd! The echo and sound is just bloody stupendous! ( I made some very strong pneumatic motors for the voicing machine we had to build before the pipe work was made )

[@donaldstanfield8862]

@@samrodian919 Yes, indeed, it's earsplitting, even at the crossing!

[@seaquest8]

I've been waiting so long to hear what they would sound like! What an incredible video. Great work and congratulations to the restoration team!

[@A_Bit_of_Thought]

It is always exciting to see another part of the magnificent organ being back online.

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Fabulous and congratulations to everyone on the crew for making this stupendous event happen! I am in awe of your talent, dedication and first class work, you all must be and should be very proud. Congratulations again!!! Adrian in Bermuda!!!!

[@OrganMusicYT]

Congratulations on getting these two ranks back up and running. You folks are doing great!

[@joespeciale5875]

Absolutely amazing, that this historic stop and this phenomenal instrument plays again!

[@Mitchosaure]

Hurry up, Mr. Nathan Bryson! Congrats and greetings from France!

[@JIMD6370]

Love it!

[@christianfeldmann8287]

I love the reed stops on the organs

[@linnaeusshecut3959]

I like them also due to the slightly raucous sound, like the caw of a crow. I always pay attention to them when I hear their cry, whether in the city or in the wood.

[@Narayan_1996]

This is gonna be my doorbell ringtone... LOUD AF ♥

[@chadsutton6489]

WOW!

[@stepheneggert7388]

Awsome sounds...glad the organ is getting..its breath,back.awsome work.folks.,ty for all your hard work..to alow us to hear this great rare organ.in this country. To many inportant organs gone to the srcap yards,or left to waste..in America..awsome color on those reeds..never heard any sound like that..

[@anb740]

I can almost picture Emperor Palpatine playing these and saying “Unlimited POWER!” 😂

[@bryan9587]

Amazing and lovely sound!

[@timothyboles6457]

Awesome work!! This has got to be extremely tedious work. But the rewards are great to hear.

[@danw1955]

Man, those things are LOUD on 100" of pressure. Will make for a good attention getter in the last couple notes of Bach's BVW565 (Toccata & Fugue in D minor)😁 🎵🎶 ♪😍

[@JMcdon1627]

Yes! Finally! Thank you! Hopefully, there will be more to come?

[@samrodian919]

Lovely reed chorus!

[@LarcR]

They sound great in spite of voicing and tuning that still need to be done. This would definitely be one of the stops to use if you wanted to rattle the windows.

[@caseycockrell2375]

What a piercing powerful timbre!

[@brianshaw373]

Impressive. Congratulations!

[@JonasClark]

I know there were claims that Emerson Richards was unhappy with these vs. the other two 100" stops and quit using them entirely. Is there a reason known? They sound lovely to me, and probably work extremely well with a big chorus. Did Richards just want them to be louder? The other two certainly are.

[@timothytikker3834]

It would be interesting to get an actual decibel measurement on those sounds, both in the chamber and in the hall.

[@KingdaToro]

It's not actually known. The Grand Ophicleide, the loudest of the four 100" reeds, maxed out a SPL meter placed 1 meter from the pipes. So it's more than 130 db.

[@blu4r414]

Ive been waiting for this

[@SeattleBoatdog]

SPICY!!

[@robertnicholson7733]

Only on a very large organ would these stops have a home. This is not a criticism, just a reflection on having so many ranks, there are only so many sounds that an organ can make before the designer turns to the more unusual sounds. Not the sort of stop you would want on a 30 rank instument.

[@alexross_organ]

What kind of hearing protection do you use when you're tuning those?

[@BoardwalkOrgans]

Lots! Actually we wear foam ear-plugs and headphones for two layers of protection. They are incredibly loud in the chamber.

[@craigbrown7929]

And I thought tuning a post horn on 15” was loud!

[@buddhistandcatholic]

One of the first recordings with the 100" reeds should be Agincourt hymn by John Dunstable, arr. E. Power Biggs

[@jimstevens1726]

WOW!!! Am I correct in assuming there are devices that hold the pipes down so they don't blow out of the chest holes? It looks like it.

[@JIMD6370]

@jim, actually there to keep the pipes sealed, worst that would happen at the pressure is they'd get unseated and fall over.

[@pipedreamin]

I read Stephen something or other’s book on the organ years ago and could swear in there the 100” we strapped in place to prevent them being blown off their seats.

[@JIMD6370]

@@pipedreamin Chris addressed that on his earlier video, just the to keep the seated.

[@samrodian919]

@@pipedreamin 100" wg sounds an awful lot, but in fact is less than 3 and a half pounds per square inch! 1 psi is 27 1/4" wg ( wg stands for water gauge not to be confused with HG which is pressure in inches of mercury)

[@pipedreamin]

@@samrodian919 Yeah, I get that it's not a whole lot of pressure, i just remember from that book I read that the pipes were strapped down because of the pressure. Not sure it was necessary, not sure I remember correctly (read it about 15 years ago), and not sure the book was right. I was going to dig the book up and see if I could find that part for reference, haven't found the box it's in yet...

[@wouterattheorgan]

What a sound, pipes themselves still need some voicing

[@BoardwalkOrgans]

Correct. The pipes were given a quick clean and check to make sure tongues and wedges were tight, but are awaiting full restoration. Both ranks are available to "adopt" with naming privileges for anyone interested in helping fund their restoration!

[@jasons8479]

I take it that wasn't a live video of the Tuba Maxima chamber as it was being played. That has to be loud enough to make a camera lens shatter from such a short range. I can't imagine how they can protect the ears of a tuner sufficiently to get close enough to tune the darned things.

[@gregoryspring1303]

If there are 100 inch reeds inn the front left, why don't they have similar on the right front chamber to balance it?

[@FabioBadalamentiComposer]

Wow

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

The console looks like the flight deck of the Space Shuttle!

[@fryloc359]

What is the current state of the restoration?

[@willthetrill4849]

About 53% functional

[@blu4r414]

How are these pipes played? Isnt their relay up in the echo division?

[@BoardwalkOrgans]

Both the Tuba and Trumpet chest have been re-wired and play on new solid-state relays.

[@DavidKrautscheid]

they sound like a distorted acoustic guitar

[@JBF-GST-Tanda]

Or saw waves from a Moog analog synthesizer!

[@panlomito]

The musical added value of these very loud voices is quite limited... but it's always nice to keep some chamades in reserve to mark the end of a piece, blowing the listener away...

[@Narayan_1996]

Does this piece you've played have a name?

[@mitchellscheffler9100]

Does the played piece have a name or was it an improv?

[@sifridbassoon]

amazing, but I have to admit in the beginning it sounded like a Monty Python episode.

[@TheJakeman789]

They need a good restoration and tuning bad

[@BoardwalkOrgans]

Yes the pipes are in need of restoration. The pipes were given a quick clean and check to make sure tongues and wedges were tight, but are awaiting full restoration. Both ranks are available to "adopt" with naming privileges for anyone interested in helping fund their restoration!

[@vinzramirez7011]

how tf are you suppoed to play the highest manual while pedalling. You'll essentially be standing on random pedal notes.

[@KingdaToro]

You can reach it. It's not comfortable, but certainly doable. The ergonomic design of the console was way ahead of its time.

[@supergayization]

Goose bumps ♥♥♥

[@terryslade6240]

WOW!