Organ Restoration: Voicing with the remote console

The Head Voicer at organ builders Harrison & Harrison, Andy, introduces the remote control console, used to help with the process of voicing the organ following its 2016 major restoration.
Read more about the restoration: bit.ly/organrestoration2016
Find out how you can support the project: bit.ly/supporttheorgan

[@chrisholley2954]

The reverb in that room is MAGNIFICENT

[@curtchase3730]

Now that is awesome! A "portable" console! That's like using a joy stick to control the speed and direction of an ocean going container ship! I'd like to learn how that little rig there interfaces to the organ. So Cool.

[@petersumner7367]

Andy is the best of the best!

[@aboladeolatunji9986]

Amazing! Kudos to all the technicians

[@radekbaranowski8047]

'raw state' literally dropped me pants. what an instrument....!

[@sylviaschelkers1413]

Wow!❤

[@doristheslug9609]

Im lucky to have been able to attend service at this church as much as i have, and for that i am grateful

[@tom7601]

Such a satisfying sound. The instrument and building work in perfect harmony.

[@accousticdecay]

Hearing this instrument in person should be on my bucket list, which is getting to look more like a #4 washtub, to be honest.

[@magesterium2485]

Fabulous ! It's sounding magnificent even though the tuning isn't finished yet.

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

Excellent. (And that wonderful reverberation!!)

[@MrsAngelae]

I want to forward this to my cousin who has helped install organs in Virginia, USA. What a nice sound. Thanks.

[@DavesTrumpet]

Wow! That last chord!

[@USMC_BABE38]

Such a beautiful voicing of the organ

[@JohnSmith-mz3ny]

What a dream job..

[@shirtale]

Well done Andy!

[@stephenslider7057]

One thing I like about this organ is even though it is quite romantic in its tonal design (which I like very much), the principals have a certain "singing" quality that I imagine is effective for baroque music

[@CliveevilCuk]

Excellent. Now, what about that other switch at the end? (After a hot day of voicing, "Organ Builder to Pub")

[@clydesight]

Magnificent organ!

[@subitopoco]

This is a good series of videos on the organ project. The only bad part is when I compare the jobs of these guys to my own. Depressing!

[@JH-tq3uy]

tell me about it!!

[@RobCharles1981]

Me Likey! - One day I will visit in playing this famous Organ! :-)

[@mrstevebournias]

great chorus sounds nice and refined and not overkill

[@Engineer9736]

Looks interesting, such a DIY ducttape and tieraps console connected to a massive pipe organ :D Certainly a unique situation worldwide.

[@resultant64]

i have to hear this organ and maybe play it .....

[@elton1981]

Oh it is rough, it's till be lovely to hear when done. I'll look to see if Carols from Kings is sill on BBC iPlayer

[@Ianthe22]

shit those are some georgeous pipes.

[@ds1868]

Wow pedals to manual is quite devastating for the left hand at least! Perhaps King's should ask for a secret coupler 'Pedal to Great', would be interesting to have the 32' reed available on the Great for a final flourish - certainly power to the little finger at 3:04!

[@richardharrold9736]

I often think an enclosed 32ft reed would be massively useful for liturgical accompaniment. The big Ophicleide perhaps less so, but a medium-power 32' Trombone or Fagotto in the Swell would certainly spice up psalms, and the men-only second verse of "Come Down O Love Divine"!

[@jakeonboard]

I think I need a bumper sticker for my car that says, "Power to the little finger"

[@shiningarmor2838]

ds1868 some Allen organs have a bass coupler that plays the pedal with the lowest note on the great

[@richardharrold9736]

Shining Armor A melody coupler - they've been around since the days of Casson "Positive" organs, and can also be found on the Atlantic City monster. It would be really great to be able to play chords on full Swell and Great with 32fts though!

[@coopertje100]

ds1868 the Klais organ where l play on has it. it plays the lowest note from al the one l press. l don't use it often, because it doesn't sound so very wel:)

[@garrettdodson6110]

Was anything specific being played at the beginning? It had a very majestic sound to it and I quite liked it. Wonder if he was actually playing part of a song .

[@silenceimurderyou]

How long does a good tune last?

[@richardharrold9736]

How long is a piece of string! All depends on weather, humidity, and how much use an organ gets. Some totally-enclosed organs more or less operate their own microclimate and never go horribly out of tune, but a largely unenclosed organ in a draughty church with massive windows (just like King's!) is liable to swing in and out quite a lot. Either way, regular use helps! The worst enemy of any organ is dust, insects and other assorted shite getting into the pipes, especially reed shallots.

[@praestant8]

An organ in a chamber can swing just as much as one out in the open.

[@richardharrold9736]

praestant8 True, but those which are totally enclosed (and, ideally, which do not abut or adjoin any external walls or windows) can be very stable indeed, whereas those which are mostly unenclosed in an open position, exposed to light and draughts, will tend to be quite unstable.

[@praestant8]

Curiously the organs I played around the Netherlands and Germany in their lovely cases out in the seemed to do just fine, in the middle of January no less.

[@richardharrold9736]

praestant8 Cut-to-length cone-tuned pipework, probably. The British climate tends to be more volatile than that of the European mainland too.

[@danawinsor1380]

Cool accent!

[@naijelrancesdeang8631]

If I'm not mistaken this church is the exact place(I think) where Doctor strange(movie) taped