Secrets Of The Mighty Theatre Organ Documentary

[@rodgers360to]

Good to see Kevin in this!!!!!

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Pipe organs are such amazing instruments

[@vicferrer1]

Bravo! Nice story. Long live the pipe organ!!

[@stolenhal0]

Fantastic work. Thank you for sharing this experience with us. It is truly a very touching and awe inspiring piece. The type that brings feelings you never even knew you had. Much appreciated.

[@mj6962]

5:30 Congrats on your major milestone! Just want to say that I LOVE the little candelabra on the console!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

*Legendary Theatre Organists* from the late 80's is a great complimentary documentary to this. You'll also see the Hammond Organ in that documentary along with a great segment showing the 1937 Paramount film on the then all new instrument. In 1942 theatre organ enthusiast Don Leslie invented a single speed rotary baffled speaker to imitate the Tremulent "tremolo plus vibrato; animation used in theatre organ playing. There are two camps of the Hammond organ. The great 30's and 40's style of playing, and then the 1950's to current day jazz and gospel playing. The 50's brought with it a 2 speed Leslie (slow and fast), and the Hammond itself introduced the key accenting feature called "Key Percussion". This allowed the organ to be more of a snappy dynamic jazz and pop lead solo instrument. Personally I love 1930's and 40's pop music, and so I love that style of playing. However the bottom line is that with the Hammond organ came a myriad of very acceptable music and even adored music recordings. The Organ Jukebox channel and Pax41 channel offer the best organ music. Jesse Crawford mastered both Theatre Pipe Organ and then Hammond organ. He even became an organ instructor for Hammond. Listen to: *Jesse Crawford Remembering with Ann Stockton Harp Accompaniment* , and then listen to: *Jesse Crawford The Poet of the Organ LP* (has wvm at the end of title in vid search). It shows his range on Hammond. Of course his real passion was the instrument he put on the map. The Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ!

[@beaufighter245]

Wonderful. So good to see these organs preserved and restored.

[@phoenixlch1]

We saw this organ played by Robert Wolfe at the plough, we made the trip as the Gaumont Finchley was our local picture house now demolished and missed and we wanted to hear it once more

[@stephenhogger3111]

It's good we have quite a few youngster interested in learning to play but we don't seem to be able to find people who want to listen!

[@jackraves7363]

🎼 thanks for this wonderful musical and technical education, some of which I learned a lot of already 😉 🎶 🎹 🙏🙏🙏

[@lfrazer21]

Fantastic!! 🎵❤️

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Great story, wonderful to see such young people taking up interest and this venue with three organs is amazing!

[@gordonwilliams5394]

Fantastic video. Great to see that some people are willing to keep these great organs maintained and beefing played. Long may you continue.

[@davidneale7202]

I’m remember the film we did at the State Theatre. with John at the Wurlitzer, we got into trouble with the director because we couldn’t stop laughing. Great memories of John at the Wurlitzer, he is a wonderful entertainer.

[@jacobwoods8738]

Simply cracking video Mr Cox. Thank you for sharing. I loved seeing the interior of the Plaza Stockport.

[@johnroarty9362]

Such a beautiful sound by very talented people. Great seeing the inner workings of the machinery involved. Thanks for creating this production.

[@mainaccount131]

Very interesting

[@matthewgriffiths8423]

This is lovely Damon. Thank You

[@melblues3847]

Very enjoyable, the Plaza is a beautiful cinema. There is an organ being installed in the old Odeon, Llanelli which is currently being restored.

[@WurliTzer1938]

This little documentry helped me find out about the Astoria Centre in Barnsley. It's a great place that i've been to in July of 2021 and was also the place that i got to play my first cinema organ! Thank you Damon for making this informative documentry!

[@EBCBroadcasting]

Glad to have helped! The first experience of playing one is something amazing isn't it?! Don't forget you can listen every week to our free podcast "The Organist Encores" (Shameless plug!)

[@WurliTzer1938]

@@EBCBroadcasting It sure is! I'll definitely be going back regularly from now on! (Haha, don't worry about it. I've been listening to it for quite a while now)

[@schwarzalben88]

Glad to know the Compton which was installed on the stage, in the Hall at City School, Sheffield is still extant, I was a pupil at City when it was installed. Nice to know it wasn’t totally destroyed when the School Hall was set on fire ( after my days) by two boys. ( ex pupils if my memory serves me correctly)

[@2d_AIRBORNE_Brigade]

That man has the organ from The Hollywood theater in Gowanda NY. I am from Buffalo just 30 minutes north of Gowanda. Ultimately we are considered Upstate NY but we refer to ourselves as being from WNY, western ny. To us upstate New York is Malone and the thousand Islands Plattsburgh places like that.

[@mj6962]

10:21 I’ve heard that tune before but I’ve never been able to find out the name… ???

[@EBCBroadcasting]

It’s a Glen Miller song called Pennsylvania 6-500

[@mj6962]

@@EBCBroadcasting oh ok! Thank you!

[@johnmannorganist]

Thank you Damon 👍 will show John later on

[@EBCBroadcasting]

He should remember it - he’s in it!

[@waynekenzitt5164]

It was a great pleasure to listen and enjoy the sounds of Declan Poole playing his Yamaha using virtual technology. I met Declan in Eccles a while back and he has obviously become a star on the theatre organ scene. He also seems to have a great deal of knowledge in this kind of technology, and is also an inspiration to the organ world.

[@donaldstanfield8862]

He was so excited to be interviewed, great that he's keen on sharing his knowledge and talent with others, he has, indeed, a great future in this area and opportunity to lead!

[@alexmcallister492]

My grandmother was employed as a principal vocalist at Granada theatre Bedford where the Wurlitzer was installed. She sang alongside it on a regular basis. The resident organist there was a chap named. John Huff. My grandmother and the wurlitzer Organ were featured on the radio program opportunity knocks many Years ago. She had no idea the organ was still in existence and is really happy to know its going to be restored.

[@dudleyfisher9336]

I come from Bedford and knew John, As a boy I was taken to the cinema and remmeber the organ rising out of the pit and being played during aftefrnoon performances, more than likely played by John and the white dot going over the words on the screen. I sang in ther choir or St. Marys Cardington the choirmaster a Mr. A Beaumount a rather flamboyant man when the choir was require to walk through the village down to the cemetery for R101 and other memorial services he wolud wear bright red ropes and a mortar board, when Mr. B. went on holiday John would stand in for him. The last time I met John he was playing elect organ in a pub some forty years ago. Dudley Fisher

[@alexmcallister492]

@@dudleyfisher9336 Hi Dudley thanks for this information. Very Interesting. My grandmother spoke very fondly of John. I believe he also played piano in a Dance band of the day with a band leader named Freddie Marshall. My nan would often be asked to sing with them..

[@shakeyvideo]

great film did phil kelsall not want to be in it ?

[@angelsone-five7912]

If I lived near the Astoria there would be another volunteer. Very good little programme likely to appeal to a good wide audience.

[@lordmelbury116]

3:45 What Kevin Grunill said about peoples interest in the organ being similar to steam really struck me, because it's something I've also often thought about but I don't I've ever heard anybody relate peoples interest to the organ with steam.

[@Cashpots]

I was astonished to hear that there is, or was a theatre organ just down the road from me in Uckfield but I wondered if somebody could give me the name of the software that Declan spoke about? He just said it too quickly and even after trying to listen over and over I can’t pick it up. Wonderful film.

[@EBCBroadcasting]

The software is Hauptwerk. You can then load in a number of sample sets!

[@autrycourt7314]

Can anyone tell me why white ribbon is tied around some of the pipes which are out of view?

[@johnferguson4089]

Good question. The white ribbon you saw is attached to a framework behind the pipes and is generally out of view. It is simply to hold the pipe in place and to help stop the pipe from sagging over time. Pipe metal is typically a combination of lead and tin while some pipes are made of zinc, so the material is relatively soft. Once you get to a moderate length metal organ pipe, it's always susceptible to sagging simply because of its size and the ribbon holds the pipe upright. For longer pipes such as those that go on the front of an organ case, a bent piece of metal is attached to the rear of the pipe and out of sight which engages a metal pin on a framework hidden behind.

[@georgeknight636]

Where's the ex Aberdeen capitol organ these days Kevin and who bought it ? Never !mentioned up here at the time_? Thanks

[@ul7185]

2021 Defeats 2020

[@KevinEnSoraya]

and his neighbours? (organ at house)

[@patrickferlet9086]

des sous-titres en français ça serai fabuleux