Organ Building Live! | My Hauptwerk Console Unveiling!

[@bobh5087]

This was one of the most interesting videos you've ever offered. We are as excited as you are to see your beautiful, new console and pedalboard. Can't wait to see it all in action. Looks like they did a marvelous job for you. 👍👏❤️

[@davidhowell2269]

Most enjoyable Fraser - it is so lovely to see that quality skills and superb craftsmanship still exists in quiet corners of our world. What lovely people!

[@brycejeannotte7699]

Great tour Fraser! Very interesting seeing the pipe voicing. Your console looks great. Can't wait to see it installed in your home.

[@davidkennedy4845]

Without question, the potential for the further evolution of Pipe Organs is in a golden age given the advent of computerisation and incorporating acoustic pipes. Whether or not institutions justify such expense and maintenance of these beautiful instruments however remains to be seen. Virtual Pipe Organs also have a place in making such sound and instruments within reach of musicians who may not have connections to church organs, grand pipe organs, etc. It can only be a good thing if it is increasing the popularity of such historically wonderful instruments.

[@grahamtwist]

Really fascinating, Fraser: I enjoyed every single second of this video. What an amazing team of organ builders and Stephan is clearly a very fine craftsman - it will be wonderful to see what he does with the extension work to the Rieger Organ at Marienstatt Abbey. And your 'black finished' organ console and pedalboard! You must be thrilled. Not long now until it will all be assembled and your debut recital will be being aired. What a journey! My very best wishes to you and even more success in all that you do! B R A V O !

[@TheJohnj123]

Nice video. 'Seeing' a real organ builder for the first time !!

[@MarcusB-qr1hk]

Love the new content! Excited for what is to come for this channel!

[@SecretsofOrganPlaying]

Thank you Fraser for giving publicity to these fine craftsmen and craftswoman! They should have their own KZbin channel of course.

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Fabulous, thank you so very much, especially for the voicing section, fascinating!!! Adrian, an organ builder in Bermuda!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀

[@Jake_Broer]

That "hybrid" console is really cool! I think it's a great idea that would save space for churches who want a piano, as well, but don't have room for one. People say a piano is like an elegant woman in a black dress. Well, your console is just as elegant. Can't wait to see what she sounds like!

[@syncrosimon]

My dad started out voicing stops for Compton in London, then ended up with Peter Collins in Redbourn before starting out on his own at age 50yrs. Experience is everything here. Thanks for showing us this side of things.

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

I’m so sorry, I forgot to send you many congratulations on your beautiful new Hauptwerk organ, I love the black and the Pistons are fabulous, you must be just thrilled!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! Adrian in Bermuda! ❤️

[@peterking2794]

Yet another wonderful video, as ever! Look forward to your next visit to Orgelbau Oppel!

[@MenelionFR]

Awesome video, superb organ builder family, thanks so much, Fraser! And they both also have really lovely voices.

[@philbartlett7898]

Another great programme. Thanks all for your input into it and long may Orgelbau Oppel thrive.

[@farahmohammed1963]

Très chic, Fraser!! All black… so sleek & modern!! Very happy that you got what you wanted…black pistons on black… very cool!!🤍🤍🤍

[@alanrobinson5109]

Hi Fraser, I love the technical side of music as well as the music itself. Great video.

[@davidsheekey6480]

Lovely to see the crafts being carried on with such love and enthusiasm. I am not sure about the looks of the hybrid console they were building, but I love the concept. Thank you Fraser and enjoy your console.

[@hv1946FLUSA]

Very interesting video. Thanks for posting.

[@johnhiggins7140]

Hi Fraser, fascinating video, really enjoyed it! It's an incredible privilege to get to see inside an orgsn builder's workshop, one of the great benefits of KZbin and great advocates of the pipe organ like you! Take care John from Australia

[@Samanthareneeheart1]

This was GREAT Frasier ty & Stephan & company as well. This was very intresting & entertaining at the same time. So again thank you everyone involved in this video. I hope the two who are sick make a full & speedy recovery

[@ednupnau5938]

Very well done on all levels. And yes, educational as well.

[@TheEddiefowler]

Enjoyed this video, nice to see traditional crafts alive, kicking and adapting to use the technology of today. As you say, the future of organ building.

[@HammondDirk]

Cool, having a look around at a real organ builder's workplace is definitely as interesting as seeing an instrument being presented! Thanks a lot!

[@alwaysbearded1]

Thank you so much for taking us along! Nice workshop. I learned a lot too. Looks beautiful. Next time we follow your adventures wiring it all up and troubleshooting.

[@tom7601]

Most enjoyable, thank you.

[@jerrymartin79]

Thank you so much for this Fraser - so very exciting and your new console looks amazing! The team did a remarkable job - they are to be complimented on their versatility: clearly a very dedicated and skilled group in the traditional craft, but embracing new ideas and innovating - success for sure here! I really enjoyed seeing that other new console. With best wishes to you all - and of course prayers for a quick recovery for Daniela to get back on the workshop floor :) Looking forward to more!!

[@FraserGartshore]

I’m sure Daniele (Italian, Caucasian male!😛) will be back on his feet within no time!

[@jerrymartin79]

@@FraserGartshore great to hear :) (And thanks for helping me with the spelling - I took a shot in the dark - I'm Irish afterall, and worse now live in rural 'murica :D )

[@davidm2645]

Wonderful video Fraser! Brought back memories of visiting organ builders as a child with my dad. The "contraption" your were showing with the pipes in it is what we call in America a "voicing jack".

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

That work shop is so beautiful and picturesque!

[@papie7647]

Your organ turned out very beautiful! Interesting tour!

[@volleswerkfullorganpower249]

greetings from small organ company in Poland! Realny good vlog ! Thanks😀

[@gcatk]

Absolutely beautiful console Fraser! I can’t wait to hear your inaugural concert on your new Hauptwerk Orgel.

[@mitchellscheffler9100]

If you ever get the opportunity, I’d love to see you do a video on how organ pipes are made.

[@caseylwr]

Really nice video Fraser, nice to meet professionals that care about historic and future organs, great job!

[@gerryphilp4978]

Very interesting. Thanks to all.

[@joshuajohnson2216]

A huge fan of pipe organ. Hi from Malaysia.

[@DerekSizeland]

Would be great to hear you play the organ they were building when it has been fully installed.

[@willg1604]

What a great idea! I have been in organ building shops (the last being Willis) in Liverpool. Thank you so much. You can learn a lot of new things!

[@rnregan]

Can't wait to see more!

[@fritzkuhne2055]

great people !

[@carrington2158]

Thank you Fraser for such an informative and interesting video, I do have a Bohm Organ for which I bought from the Bohm Organ Company in Germany, I am a classical organ player and an organ like yours would be my dream.

[@cornwalldragon4617]

That hybrid console is quite interesting. The larger manual reminds me of some of the organs that the American organ builder, Midmer Losh, had incorporated into some of their organs. One such organ is the seven manual organ of Boardwalk Hall which has two of them for the Great and Choir. Though these manuals are only 85 keys and range from C to C, but permitted the use of extended pedal stops. These stop comprise of the Grand Great and Grand Choir. However, the organ is equipped with a piano so it may permit the piano to play from one of the two extended manuals. The organ also has an extended swell manual of 76 keys, but the extra keys are more for aesthetics and can be electrically coupled to probably the Grand Great and Grand Choir divisions. Seeing that the hybrid console with the 88 key manual is great for pianists and nice that you can couple organ sounds to it.

[@AliceGoss]

Very interesting video. I hope that you go and play that strange piano/organ once it's installed and working.

[@sukramyen8496]

Hello dear Fraser. I have heard of this part of Germany because I am from there 😁.. Thank you for sharing these interesting videos. Many greetings 🎶🎼🎵🎹😊

[@dawidspangenberg4699]

Hi ho Silver ! - or rather Black - ! Looks good. Now all thats left is to hear what it sounds like.

[@jimshaw899]

Thanks for this rare insight into organ building. The voicing of pipes is something we rarely see. It rather staggers the imagination to consider how much voicing effort goes into a large instrument. And what goes unheralded is the artistic ear that can give the same character to an entire rank, and for all the ranks to be able to play in a pleasant ensemble, with no single pipes standing out of character. As to not touching pipes, I'm yet to see an organ technician who doesn't. Just as long as one avoids blowing by mouth into a *reed* pipe. Now, that's verboten!

[@amangogna68]

Really fantastic information !

[@legaleagle7226]

Wilkommen Welcome to come back to SIOC!

[@NROS2012]

My village is twinned with that village 😁

[@TB76Returns]

How about they salvage the organ of St John the Baptist Church at Low Bentham in Yorkshire. The organ has been out of use for a long time and the church is planning to get rid of it. I am sure they would like to have the pipework in that organ for use in their organs.

[@AndrewMundellAndrewJMundell]

Very Interesting

[@michaelmiller641]

Very interesting!

[@brianmeehan8850]

I found you channel the other day. I am very happy that I found it. But it also makes me very angry. Why happy - I get to see you showcase many of the Great organs of Germany. Why angry - well you see when I was in high school ( 1991 ) I went on exchange program in Hildesheim, Germany and for my project that I had to complete in order to get credit I decided that I would do it about organs. During the month I was there I tried to find any and every single organ I could. I arranged tours of these organs. The musical director of the school is very helpful and I got to see a couple of the organs that he played in his churches. I may even be remembered there because I pissed off the the very conservative Priest when I played some Scott Joplin. The music teacher was amused and did not mind taking the heat. I think he was envious because I could get away with it. I took pictures of the inside of organs. outside of organs, consoles of organs snapping over 1200 or so slides that I would use in my project. When back in the US I took them to the local pharmacy who sent the rolls out to be proceed. A week passed. No slides. Two weeks passed. No slides. We are now in week 1560 and I am starting to believe they may have been lost. Of course they were. That remains one of the greatest heartbreaks of my life. So that’s why angry. Thank you for doing this. But perhaps this is karmas way of rewarding me got my loss.

[@nathanparker1879]

Hello from New Zealand!

[@FraserGartshore]

Hello New Zealand 🇳🇿 - how’s it going?

[@nathanparker1879]

We’re heading into winter now so it’s getting pretty nippy🥶 but in terms of corona, unlike some other governments (of which I am not going to point out names), we are free of our good friend corona at the moment! 😅 Hang in there Fraser and we are loving your videos!

[@joshuajohnson2216]

@@nathanparker1879 I'm a big fan of pipe organ.

[@pjromero5415]

First! 😄 (Edit) Hooray! I commented first before watching. Wonderful content!

[@stripey1960]

Absolutely awesome. I am so please that Stephan seems to be as excited about the black / white colour scheme as your wife! It will be really cool to see the work they will be doing at the Marienstatt Abbey Rieger Organ. You must be pleased, the mounting of the expression pedals look perfect and the toe pistons.. well, super! Can't wait to hear it 'played in anger'. I have seen a video of pipe voicing at Nicholson & Co on KZbin. It looks like witchcraft! How they manipulate the upper lip, lower lip, put nicks in the languid and cutting pieces away all look very complicated, especially as all the modifications are interactive. I now have to try and translate the Orgelblau Oppel website. One question I have always wanted to ask an organ builder is why with modern materials available like GRP and Carbon Fibre, why wind chests and ducting is still made from wood, which degrades and is affected by temperature and humidity than modern materials, and is much heavier. They want to go for the technology like midi and sound synthesis and electronic memories for registrations etc, but the basic building materials for pipe organs have not changed in centuries!

[@jimharris9394]

Totally not an expert but I suspect that carbon fiber composites would do just as well in a Stradivarius violin - NOT! Natural wood gives character to the sound, and different woods have different musical characteristics. Perhaps it's like the difference between a carefully crafted natural vanilla ice cream and ice cream made with artificial vanilla flavoring. For me, it's like night and day, though others might not notice the difference.

[@patricksaxon3983]

Wersi OAX series is set up the same way, the lower keyboard has more keys for piano voices. Amazing that in Europe, the second language is English, not Spanish like in the United States of America.

[@ks3bigksudjoht180]

0:12 Ah. You mean the high sourland circle.

[@townnet]

No physical stop?

[@FraserGartshore]

Why would you need physical stops? Every organ sample set is different.

[@townnet]

@@FraserGartshore Please search this youtube video as below title. "Building the Ultimate Hauptwerk Organ // My Hauptwerk Setup"

[@darrenwilliams4828]

"I have to pay Stephane's bill". 🤣

[@johntaliaferrothompson6052]

Mr. Gartshore do you have planning to buy a 32 inch subwoofer for your Haupwerk organ? This monster would be really helpful for your 64 feet and 32 feet stop. but this giantic speaker can blow you away if you stay close to it gotta be careful.

[@DominicKumar06]

Modernizing Pipe organs with Roland Integra-7 is awesome. it can offer various layers and patches to expand the capabilities of pipe organ. but, what types of speakers to be used ? Will it connected to the church PA system, or it will have its own acoustic speakers ?

[@VistanTN]

Touching metal pipes bare handed is only "bad" if they are visible pipes with a finish!

[@davidebianculli9192]

Any visit to the italian Organ Builder Fratelli Ruffatti (PD)?

[@theoisaac9948]

👍💯👍

[@williammitchell1864]

Frazer is a Scottish clan name just like Farquartsan, Robertson, Monroe, Davidson, Menzies, Murray, Sutherland, Ogilvie, Skene, Kennedy, Chisholm, Colquhon, Buchanan, Grant, Gunn, Cameron, Campell, Forbes, Ferguson, Graham, Drummond, Lamond, Urquhart, Rose, Ross, Matheson, Logan and Sinclair. So not all Scottish names start with Mac!🙂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@namelessone3339]

I know someone named/called Schmalenberger.

[@davidwoods7499]

Can you please tell me how and why you are using a Roland Integra 7 with a classical organ and how it is integrated, you do some astonishing things and are not the least bit elitist, Carry on being a rebel !!

[@FraserGartshore]

That’s not my own organ with the integra - I only saw the console! I’m a purely Hauptwerk guy (at home at least!)

[@vinny142]

For some reason your reaction in German seemed much more energetic... I wonder why :-)

[@chiob314]

Why are you doing that much publications in English, and not in German any more?

[@vinny142]

@@chiob314 He publishes pretty much every video n both German and English. I'm not sure why you think it's mostly English...

[@jimharris9394]

It may be KZbin's fault. I ended up on one of his German videos by mistake and after that KZbin *insisted* that I see *only* German videos! I had to navigate back to the global list of his postings and *manually* select some English videos before KZbin would relent and allow me to see English versions again. Why? Dunno. Try clearing cached data in your tablet/smartphone storage settings and see if that helps.

[@jimharris9394]

Maybe after shooting an entire video in German, he's a bit tired out? Also it's not easy to duplicate an expression a second time.

[@mikolasstrajt3874]

German version was shot first. It's explicitly mentioned when they changed voicing of malfunctioned pipes.

[@aBachwardsfellow]

High sour country ?

[@Rick2010100]

High Sauerland District

[@chiob314]

Great video. Sound is not so good, I'm sorry to say. A lot of clipping. And partly to indirect.

[@peterw4789]

Please take off the mask Fraser.

[@espressonoob]

shut up man

[@richard7crowley]

Thank you Fraser, very interesting. I wish I had a video camera when I spent the day at Reiger Orgelbau in Austria: rcrowley.com/Rieger/Tour.htm