New York Lives "The St. Bart's Organ"

[@georgemurphy2579]

Virgil Fox played an instrument that was slightly smaller some 70 blocks to the north, but he would always rave about this worship space and the sounds that David McK. Williams brought forth in it! Thank you Maestro Trafka for sharing this wonderful information!

[@richardsedding8444]

I was privileged to play this wonderful instrument the last time I was in NYC. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@nautilusnexus5120]

the organ as well as the church are of tremendous beauty!!!

[@michaelmiller1215]

I would like to hear more of the organ, especially the reed stops, the Trompette-en Chamade, and especially the Bombardes!

[@BruceXuHasADream]

what a great effort for an awesome video- a brief but full explanation of a pipe organ (not easy to do) to an average audience! thanks.

[@chen0466]

Love the division located in the dome!

[@nelbudy]

having heard this organ several times in person, the Gross Kornet 64' is less heard then it is EXPERIENCED. The sound (feeling) both surrounds you and passes through you!

[@praestant8]

Nelson Schoen It is a harmonic mixture stop.

[@cresta14]

thanks for a nice video...!

[@a.d.godbee960]

LOVED your explanation in the organ loft regarding blowing reed pipes: I have an "A" Trumpet hanging on my living room wall the top is lead the bottom and boot is znk

[@scottnyc6572]

I had no idea after all the years working nearby of this beautiful church actually had the largest organ in New York City.

[@NorhernLights1]

Is it being well-maintained?

[@fehrhardt9368]

For those of us hoping actually to hear the organ in performance, any links to other videos of the St Bart's organ available on KZbin would be appreciated.

[@RezaChity-G]

Was the church modeled after Westminster Cathedral? It reminds me of it, specifically with the entrances.

[@nautilusnexus5120]

who composed the last piece we are hearing????

[@keithkent8327]

orchestral please

[@federicozimerman8167]

I know little about organ sounds but to my ear the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia sounds much fuller than this one.

[@markcooke729]

Such a shame the acoustic is so dry!

[@James_Bowie]

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[@speedstick77]

A truly magnificent instrument need not be presented at a level appropriate to a 13 year old at McDonalds.

[@splashpont]

I was thinking that this is perfect for kids, as well as those who have never seen a pipe organ in the town in which they live!

[@mrstevebournias]

Sorry but it was NOT the last project as you wrongly assert.

[@BruceXuHasADream]

Davis Badaszewski yes davis

[@mrstevebournias]

you dont know anything about aeolian-skinner or their history

[@organbuilder272]

THEREFORE - It is NOT the largest organ in New York City. It is the number of STOPS - representing the number of instruments the organ can play. In a pipe organ, some "Instruments" have more than one pipe per note - as in a IV or V rank Mixture. SO it is incorrect to say that it is the largest based on pipes since Mixtures can inflate the number of pipes. But stops represent the spectrum of tone color and pitch range. Like any orchestra you coulnt the number of players, not the number of strings on the instruments. or the items that can produce a note. such as a violin. It is 1 instrument but has 4 strings. A Mixture IV is 1 stop but has 4 pipes that play simultaiiously. Riverside Cathedral is the largest organ in New York and that may have more pipes than St. Barts. Riverside also has a 5 manual console. So - COunt the stops Then the registers, then the Ranks and then you can calculate the number of pipes. Easy like 1. A doctorate in music. Music that was composed by people who didn't know what a doctorate is.... Surely you jest. If it takes a doctorate to play Bach or Frank or Mozart - a mountain has been made from a molehill. The pomposity, arrogance and ego's have gotten in the way of the ability to make common music

[@praestant8]

robert shaw that is as asinine as arguing between wanamaker and atlantic city.

[@alk9365]

I really can't take what you've written as being correct when you write, "Riverside Cathedral" which it is not! Riverside describes itself as interdenominational. Now if you want to hear what is considered by many to be one of the finest instruments in the country walk ten blocks south and east to Amsterdam Avenue to hear Aeolian-Skinner's Opus 150-A, 1954.

[@michaelheintz8853]

It's a shame the church has such a dead acoustic.

[@gregmarra9457]

It doesn't look it would, but yeah I noticed that too. I wonder why

[@Highinsight7]

I've heard worse.....

[@alk9365]

@@gregmarra9457 It's the ceiling tiles. The same were installed at St. Thomas but they sealed them sometime in the 1980s (?) to achieve more reverberation. At the time these buildings were constructed reverb was not thought of as something favorable.

[@michaelheintz8853]

@@gregmarra9457 Gustavino Tile on the ceiling soaks up the sound. The same company put in tiles in the subway system to soak up sound.

[@linddaipauls3584]

The organ is "overkill".