Indeed No! You can't play an organ like a piano!

[@hollynelson543]

I never knew how complicated it is to play an organ, good job. BEAUTIFUL.

[@raquelburt9628]

I love the organ. Such a beautiful sound ❤️ I live near Tampa in Florida and there is a lovely historic movie theater, Tampa Theater. They have a Wurlitzer organ that comes up from the stage and is played before movies from time to time. Such a treat!!

[@tennesseegrannydebbie3384]

I reeeeeeallly enjoyed This! So many of the churches here in my area have abandoned their nice organs and pianos and use electronic keyboards!!! Our Church organist/musician can play so BEAUTIFULLY at the organ, but the keyboard sounds like screeching. She hates it!!!!Our congregation is mostly Seniors,so we have made so much commotion that we are getting our Leadership's attention. She is getting a bit of quality time now. I watched one of our Services on KZbin recently and it was almost as good as being there!!! Thank you!! An entire 30 minute concert Would be nice sometime 🎹🎶👵💖

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Larry Debbie Oh no!! In church I want organs or piano. It feels different. I truly appreciate keyboards however I have not gone back to churches due to the music choices. Don’t get me wrong I love a good evening with wild music but while praying in church ???

[@grammiecopper9024]

...and I'll need a box of tissues...lol 😊

[@randytim512]

You play beautifully and that organ sounds great.

[@truepatroit8512]

Bet the old Christmas hymns would sound beautiful with the snow flying! You play very nice, Scott.

[@sevenbells96]

OH My Scott you're a man with many talents and we appreciate it all. GREAT VIDEO AND CONTENT. THUMBS-UP ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@trixier6505]

I thoroughly agree, sevenbells96!

[@grammiecopper9024]

Scott, this sounded so beautiful, brought tears to my eyes. My uncle Paul was an organist. The day before he passed he played so well for everyone in the nursing facility...it sounded soo nice. Thank you, you are soooo talented!! 😊🤗😊

[@AnnieJohnsonRock]

The hymn you played was so beautiful, it made me cry! I kid you not! The sound of that old pump organ and the technique you need to play it reminds me of my little Magnus chord organ that I had in the 70's. You would need the same technique to make it sound nice & flowing and not choppy. Thanks again for all the cool stuff. :)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Magnus Chord Organ is a little Reed Organ

[@Grace2010H]

Holy cow!! Playing the organ is like trying to rub your tummy and pat your head. 😂 I can never do that exercise. You play the organ beautifully and have such a gift from God. Never give up!!

[@laurasimpson2870]

Oh Scott you made me cry. It’s just so beautiful and brought back so many memories.

[@karen-leelamb1097]

Truly, playing one of these is a lost art. You're very talented, Scott!

[@suesullivan-miller887]

I am watching this 1 year late, but it's Wonderful!!! Playing a pump organ is a full body and brain workout; and you do it very well! What a treat, and great explanation...well done, Scott!! I grew up in a home with piano and electric. organ...my Mom was really good on both!! She was Church secretary when I was little, and after her office work was done she would go up in the organ loft and play. The church had a tower that sounded the music for blocks....she would begin with hymns, but eventually slide into the popular music of the 40s and 50s which gave an 8 block circle a real treat!!😀😁😄 I'll never forget sitting in the loft with her and hearing her play!! Thanks for the memories of that time.....💓

[@badbag9625]

Scott being a fan is entertaining and educational as well ! You are a remarkable person . Takecare, be safe my friend and thank you !

[@ruthgoebel723]

Great video for piano students! Some have excessive chopiness and hands are up and down, all over the place. I have been a church organist for 50 years. There is no greater joy than a pipe organ!!!

[@curtischildress9580]

My Mamaw had a pump organ and played but never as beautifully as you do. It seems all the homes back then had pump organs and pianos especially, if not other instruments...where did our old style of living go? My Papaw played the banjo and French Harp. My parents could flatfoot and Charleston and Lindy Hop. We had fun in our parlors and living rooms and on our porches and such. I was a writer as a kid and would read a poem sometimes when we had company...it was always corny but fun and they tolerated me. ...Again, nice working the pump organ. I would've hung around all day to hear you play! I did hit the door sometimes when my Mamaw got carried away and just blasted the walls...all of us younger kids would fly!

[@judibess6173]

Ok, where did you learn so much about keying?! I really miss my Wurlitzer but enjoy watching you play! Every video you do surprises us with your talent and knowledge. I think you must be a true Renaissance man! Lol! TFS! 🎶🎶🎶🎶😃

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

A Hohner Double Keyboard Accordion would work for that purpose

[@rcdoodles6214]

Even with holes in the bellows, the sound of this organ is solid and comforting. I’ve played some fantastic pipe organs in my life, but something intangible draws me closer to God when I play a simple pump organ. There aren’t that many around now. Usually I find them in small museums. Looking forward to hearing yours after the rebuild. Thanks for the mini-concert! 🙂

[@lindapeterson9267]

Your old pump organ has beautiful tone....Thanks for the tutorial...I love the sound...and your playing technique... My mother was a skilled pianist, quite natural and smooth....She played classical music extremely well. She got an electric organ in the 1970’s....Boy, I hated it....She never learned to play it correctly...and it always seemed brash and obtrusive...

[@constance4105]

Thank you so much for this instructional/musical video. My son plays both piano and organ and now I know something about the difference. I am going to tell him that we have a great video to watch together!!! He rebuilds organs, too. I'd love to hear you play more.

[@Laura-vv6cf]

Takes me back to church as a child. And, my college music class. My professor was an organist! What a beautiful instrument. Take care. I'm enjoying your video variety!

[@nowvoyagerNE]

that was beautiful, Scott! you are so talented! i wish you'd record a song for us at least once a month...just you introducing the song and then playing it. :-)

[@fluffyotter9135]

Beautiful and informative:) Best channel on KZbin Thank you

[@carolann4035]

You surprise me with this video Scott!! Very talented. Not many people work on pump organs. ⭐️

[@elderlypoodle9181]

As a child in the late 60s- Early 70s Santa brought me a child’s stand up organ. I looked it up. A Magnus. It came with an easy to play song book. I would play The Red River Valley over and over 😄

[@soniak2865]

same, it's still at my parents' house

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Sonia K WOW !!! That’s great 👍

[@igneousidol]

I got an Organaire and a bunch of song books as a child

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Diana Smith We are in the club !!

[@randyromines7364]

Most excellent! My german grandma loved Lawrence Welk, the 1st organ player on the show, was a rotund guy, my gram called him her little dumpling!

[@CONSTELLATION_PEGASUS]

Love the sound of a reed organ! The Mason and Hamlin I have has a bit of a "drone", kind of like a bagpipe, sound to it, (I love to hear bagpipes). I love to hear it played. I had the pumps and bellows redone, and the reeds cleaned, a few years ago, by a man that had worked on them since he was 14 years old -- he was 74, at the time he reworked mine, and said it was the first Mason and Hamlin reed organ he had ever reworked.

[@retrobebop61]

Love bagpipes!!!

[@MichellesCraftsandMore]

I tried to learn to play a regular organ years ago when I was a kid. Drove me crazy and I gave it up within a month. I just do not have a musical bone in my body unless it comes to turning on a radio or playing a record, tape or CD. LOL I admire those that can though.

[@mfahrney1]

Wow..what a workout! Mentally and physically.. As always TFS Scott ♡

[@tamararaia6146]

Thank you Scott. I love when you reveal your many talents. I also love these old pump organs. They are so beautiful. Do you think you will show us when you are rebuilding it? I would find that very interesting to watch. Hope Salem is well. Please give him a hug from me.

[@suzanncollins4595]

Beautiful music! Another great learning moment!

[@jrzzrj]

👍 I own and play a pump organ. I thought I knew it all, but your technique has taught me how to play it properly...Thanks.

[@MichaelPierceall]

Best explanation I've heard, and I've restored over a dozen of these instruments.

[@dianajemison105]

Thanks for this! It makes me think of my dad. I think I said it before but...he played every pipe organ at every church we ever went to when I was growing up. We had our church where he was the organist but we would occasionally visit other churches. I think he would tell them before hand that he was coming to visit because they always asked him to play. Lol

[@cardinalflower6959]

Thanks for that excellent explanation and demo of finger substitution! Best I've seen on YT. Harpists do the same thing.

[@garlandedwards1749]

So relaxing and peaceful Scott! Praise the Lord!!

[@KlausBambey]

A very good video. I met this problem when I played a pipe organ and I was searching for a sustain pedal - and did not find one on the pipe organ. It is exactly as you say. On my digital piano I also have an organ mode. Here I can avoid the problem by using a sustain pedal.

[@natalie8212]

I volunteered to help a buddy move an electric organ once. After we got it in the house and started pushing it to it's desired location, about 20 golf balls started flowing out of a little hole in the bottom lol My other organ story was at my Granny's church, they had moved the organ outside to re stain the little platform area it was situated. While it was out there (during the day) it was struck by lightning. Everyone had a good laugh about it though and said they figured it was God's way of letting them know they needed a new organ.

[@retrobebop61]

Natalie 82 Love the stories!!! Thank you!

[@danielgleb]

That’s hilarious

[@ruthgoebel723]

Similar story for me. The old Wurlitzer was staticy and awful. The pastor found mouse nests all over the inside! New organ after that?

[@paulagill555]

Is there no ends to your talents ,I was impressed to start with playing the music pumping with your feet moving the knee flaps reading the music and then you go and say you can restore them thank you for showing your talents ,when's the recital you play we all sing - all together now .👍😀

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Hohner (and all Accordion companies) is working on making Reed Organs, what signifies them is that they use Accordion Reeds which gives them that Hohner sound

[@ReedOrgans]

Well explained, thank you! I appreciate the time you spent to make this video, once it is restored it would be great if you can make another explaining the difference between reed organs and pipe organs when you are able to add expression using different treadle/pumping speeds :)

[@renitamcintyre1071]

Lovely music !

[@sueterwilliger4193]

I loved this! Encore encore!

[@CathyMiller0711]

How Firm a Foundation is one of my favs too! Interesting video. Thx!

[@michellemack6640]

Thank You, thank you, thank you. Many, many years ago when I was given a small electric organ to learn to play on, I knew instinctively that striking the keys like a piano was wrong. It sounded horrible. And yet the first time I ever played in front of people (14 years old?) a woman topped me and said "oh no you're playing it wrong" and proceeded to show me the "correct" technique which was piano technique. I didn't argue with her because she was an adult and a know-it-all. I never played in front of anyone again. But I knew she was wrong. You have finally, 50 years later, confirmed it for me! Thank you! LOL.

[@higgybee6509]

Beautiful sound. Organ music at church always makes me want to cry

[@alanatolstad4824]

I wouldn't have guessed I needed to know the difference, but I thoroughly enjoyed this lesson! Wanted to clap when you were done...so, imagine you heard it!

[@LoriHakaMyHeartCries]

Awesome!!!! Scott you have many many talents!!! TFS

[@Carlosmltr]

As a piano person i now have the task to play one of these at the local church. Fortunately I'll get some practice time before the mass, but this video will be very valuable and will save me a lot of time. Thank you for this video ❤

[@oldcuriosityshop265]

You will get the hang of it, Carlo!

[@joanmaxine1]

Wow oh wow! Learn something every video with you. Thanks!

[@mrob75]

bravo, Scott...'Tis Midnight And On Olive's Brow...Beautiful Good Friday hymn. Like these surprise vids the very best!

[@oldcuriosityshop265]

"Tis Midnight...." has always been a favorite of mine. I'm thrilled you love it as well.

[@keithwilkes7629]

Have a Newman Bros. reed organ that's been in the family for at least 70 years. Built sometime from 1894 - 96. I'll be restoring it within the next year. Great anticipation of getting it playing again.

[@carolm3468]

That was wonderful! I am a novice piano player who plays all the hymns and that's about all. It was fun to hear you play with such talent. You really have so many skills that you have developed. What was your major? History? Music? It could have been anything you seem to have so many interests!

[@nowvoyagerNE]

i hope you don't mind if i reminisce, Scott. when i was a kid, we had a local tv station that was affiliated with CBS: KOLN, KGIN, out of Lincoln, NE. a man named Wayne West had a morning show. appearing on his show was an African American lady named Sarah. Sarah played piano with her right hand and simultaneously played organ with her left hand. she was very special!

[@jennfierkrueger8302]

Estey Organ Co. action 97 16 stops 257 reeds Bass: Bass Coupler Sub Bass 16' (13 notes) Flute d'Amour 4' (from Flute) Flute 4' Dulciana 8' (from Diapason) Diapason 8' Harp Aeoline 2' (II ranks) Forte I Treble: Tremolo Forte II Dulciana 8' (from Diapason) Diapason 8' Vox Jubilante 8' (II ranks) Flute 4' Choral 8' Treble Coupler

[@donna8212]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’m impressed Scott!!! Great job!!!! 😉👍🏻

[@mollyk.4031]

Wow! Both feet, both knees, both hands AND read the music? Now, if you played the kazoo at the same time, that would be impressive! Just kidding. That was beautiful. I look forward to seeing/hearing more.

[@reeciekincaid1440]

Beautiful!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

7:01 Guess that Little Reed Organ needs to be all the way restored so that stops don't stick

[@kimworkman2425]

Beautifully played

[@maureen6710]

That was lovely Scott! Your legato playing is super! Can you explain what the stops are for and why you only had some pulled out today? Please play more often for us, it's not the kind of thing you see very often on KZbin! 😁❤👍

[@MimisTreasureCottage]

I really enjoyed this, Scott. Thanks.

[@retrobebop61]

Beautiful Scott! Thank you!

[@aaronandrews3059]

As a fellow organist, I loved watching this. Great registration and hymn selections. I play every Sunday for my congregation. We just had the organ serviced and it sounds amazing again. What hymnal are you playing from? I love that version of How Firm a foundation. I hope to see a video of the inside of it. Ive never seen the inside of a reed organ.

[@oldcuriosityshop265]

Thank you, Aaron. I was playing from the 1963 official Methodist hymnal. I was raised Methodist and it's the only hymnal I've known. Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@oldcuriosityshop265 Even Choirs could sing while you played

[@katd3797]

Phew! I can't walk and chew gum at the same time! True Renaissance man you are my friend! Hope you have a great day! And thanks for sharing . . . :)

[@RailfanNetwork]

You did that so well I nearly ran over to the church.....and I am Jewish!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@orsie200]

Beautiful! Musicians make great lovers. I know because I’m married to one!

[@maggiecousineau1877]

We had the most beautiful pristine pump organ as kids, it was 7 feet tall, with lamp holders on each side, fancy carvings on top with a mirror. My sister played it beautifully. Sadly my mother gave it to a cousin and they stripped all the bits off it which made it so ornate. I was livid when I found out what they had done to it.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

There are 88 Key Reed Organs which I find are great for Pianists who want a Reed Organ sound but they're rare. It would be great if they made Reed Organs again because I found out that you can use them in an Acoustic Rock setting.

[@Draytons]

So talented!! Enjoyed this video and lesson🤗

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

You should do a tour on all the stops on this Estey someday

[@bonniemiles7957]

Can't wait for your album recorded on your restored organ!

[@aliciapilotta5913]

Beautiful Scott! Thank you for sharing this with us!!

[@tammiwaddlethisoldwomansvi5400]

Beautiful

[@grinchlette]

L O V E D. T H I S !!!! Thank you!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Please let us join along when you refurbish it! I find all of it SO interesting!

[@sweettstreasures7623]

Awesome video 👏👏👏👏 Really enjoyed it 👍🏻💕 Beautiful 💕

[@DeborahCabassaHomeLiving]

Thanks Scott this video is very interesting 😊.Thanks for the video KZbin brother ❤🖒

[@anneschmidt1631]

Thanks so much. I really enjoyed that!!

[@Witlen]

So much fun,loved this...thank you!!!😊

[@Jekaja31]

8:42 Tis Midnight and on Olive's Brow

[@garynorton4647]

There is an exception to substitution. I use a Yamaha CP 300, with a synthesizer on top and play a large theater organ or church organ on it. I use the pedal to make my hands legato. So I can play 4 & 5 notes in one hand legato. It sounds more full. This way people who never learned how to play pipe organ can fake it on hymns. The keyboards never need tuning. Two octave notes in the left hand played legato helps. I have been told people cannot tell the difference.

[@rosamerla1534]

Bravo!

[@rickeydonald4756]

If I can’t even figure out which aisles I covered while shopping in an antique mall, then the chances of me playing the pump organ ain’t going to happen. Thanks as always for explaining things for us feeble minded souls out here.

[@johnbutterworth5725]

OK; you said "fill the bellows with air". NO; you remove air from the bellows. You also said," 16 inch sub base". But it's 16 FOOT sub base. But I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for it.

[@kizzahenry7873]

Great

[@hollynelson543]

Good evening Scott. ❤

[@kadaksuwar]

Can we play Classical music’s with organ?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

I found a Lehr 7 Octave Piano Cased Reed Organ.

[@backtoschool1611]

Very informative!

[@lars1588]

I just realized that I learned this technique from playing synths for years.

[@natashasemrau3670]

Oh, Scott what can't you do! Takes me back to church, our organist was called Penny the Pounder. Just slap up that damn thing. It is more complex than an old Singer sewing machine. Where are my antiques??? Have a good !🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈😇😇😇😇😇💚💚💚💚🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩💜💜💜💜💜🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐😻😻😻😻😻😻🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩🐩

[@natashasemrau3670]

Thank you for Highlighting my comment! You can be flying in and out of thrift stores, and tell us so much. Blessings to you and Salem.💝♥️☘️☘️😇😇💓💓💓❣️❣️❤️❤️💘💘❤️💗💗👞👾👾💖💖🔥🔥💜💜💕😍💞💞😻😻💞💞😍🍀💙💚💚💚💗💗🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀❤️💗💚💚💙😻😻😻😍🤩💞💞💞🍀💙💙💚💚💗💗💗❤️❣️💝💝😇😇😇❣️❣️☘️❣️

[@trixier6505]

Nice!! Love the sub-base sound. What are the keys made from?

[@oldcuriosityshop265]

Synthetic ivory.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@oldcuriosityshop265 aka Ivoroid

[@nancyevans7095]

Great...did you use to play or currently play for your church? The second song had me in tears...beautiful. Love to Salem.

[@armandoramos3106]

Muy interesante!

[@trumpetplayer6397]

Right away, a question popped into my mind. Will learning/working on an organ technique ruin your piano technique, i.e. whatever such skills you have, as in my case? I've been thinking about adding a Hammond Organ to my collection. I'm in a debate with myself whether that is a wise decition.

[@punkyspray]

You are so amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏💪 Do you play at church? You just never cease to amaze and surprise me 🎁

[@GavinandAlex]

This guy is waving his hands around like a wizard castin a spell on me. Givin me the heebeeegeeebieeeezz

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Those Knee Swells need some springs.

[@jayneneewing2369]

Wonderful hymns, Scott. Boy did you explain all of that so well. I learned a lot from this vid. Did you begin playing on an organ, or a piano? I did organ first and, for me, going to the piano was pretty easy. Just a keyboard and three pedals. Do you play at your church? Thanks so much for this.

[@oldcuriosityshop265]

I do not play at my church.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

What were the Hymns?

[@oldcuriosityshop265]

The first was "How Firm a Foundation" and the last was "Tis Midnight and on Olive's Brow".

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@oldcuriosityshop265 Sounds like that Eb Reed on the Sub Bass rank needs to be unblocked but yeah you could also play Zydeco music on it if you don't have an Accordionist

[@TheMKEWERBY]

Pretty good for an organ that needs a restoration, Scott!

[@PawanJayamaha]

what is the name of the first hymn u played in this video