Ship Ahoy! Preston's 112 Key Gavioli Scenic Organ "The Gavioliphone"

[@clydesight]

What fun! I recognize so many of the tunes! The organ sounds so good! And, it's in tune!

[@fireballxl5328]

I don't need roads paved in gold, or angels everywhere, or puffy clouds all over the place, but if Heaven has one of these playing, I'm in !!

[@billanderson5384]

The sound from this organ is absolutely amazing!

[@entartetekunstenaar8154]

truly wonderful ❤

[@kyleethekelt]

Lovely to hear the piccolo is not overdone in this arrangement, for all that it would have been so tempting with melodies like these. Wonderful.

[@Mason58654]

What marvelous music! 🎶

[@confusingTM]

Oh I do quite enjoy this arrangement it's very delightful

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Still utterly fantastic! Keep coming back to hear this fabulous arrangement on this incomparable organ. Wonderful to hear such a organ with the reeds perfectly in tune, Saxophones, Trumpets and the bass end of the Tubas!! BRAVO again!!!!!!

[@mortierfreak]

fantastic arrangement

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Can't get enough of this instrument, what an incredible sound, just marvelous, truly marvelous!!!

[@metube336]

VIDIO! We want to see this music being made!

[@jejohn665]

Simply delightful! 👍

[@rexoliver7780]

Super selection of “nautical” songs-really like these tunes!

[@victrolafeliz1900]

BRAVE MEN TUNES TOTALLY😅 u fell like being saling through a great storm that is blowing up in the horizon🤩

[@rexoliver7780]

@@victrolafeliz1900 That is why I like it-feels like you are on a boat going thru the storm!

[@KaquolMeliReno]

My Dad was a Navy man and sailed the world! This makes me think of him ♥️

[@michaeltreadwell777]

BRILLIANT !

[@kenharck3265]

wonderful

[@sousafan100]

great organ and medley...

[@Musicmany2k]

Three years later, and I’m overwhelmed by this organ and performance!

[@anythingoldmechanical]

The Late Richard Preston, had one of the finest collections of Organs and fairground related memorabilia in the UK. I was once invited to one of his, 'open days' with the fairground association of Great Britain in the 90's, and I had never seen such a fantastic collection like it before, and I doubt I shall never have the pleasure of ever seeing such a sight again, all housed in one giant building. STUNNING.

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Love this arrangement so much that I’ve transcribed it for classical organ, minus a few notes which are not humanly playable!! 😂😂😂 Great fun for an encore!! Thank you again for all the joy this organ and arrangement have brought me!! 💕💕 Adrian again, in Bermuda!

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Keep coming back for more of this fabulous arrangement on this incomparable organ!! So fabulous to hear a fairground pipe organ in such excellent tune, especially the reeds, saxophones, trumpets, tubas etc. Just fabulous, I love it so!! BRAVO again, Many thanks, Adrian in Bermuda…..

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Totally outstanding, love the bass tubas, terrific sound and brilliant arrangement, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@ElClásicodelos30s]

9:14 That's what i call a "Grand Finale"

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Still amazing by this fabulous organ and equally astonishing arrangement, even after the hundredth listening!!!! Again BRAVO and thanks David for keeping the post up and going!!!!! Adrian in BERMUDA 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@norm5392]

Wow

[@Musicmany2k]

This never ceases to be one of my absolute favorites ! It shows off the wonderful dynamics of this great organ. Thank you David!

[@RWBHere]

Old Thunderguts at full shout! There's no other organ quite like it. One of Andrew Pilmer's best arrangements, too. Thanks David. I was at Stourpaine, at one of the legendary 8-day rallies, in 1987, when Bill Jonas first presented his almost rebuilt 110-key Gavioli. I was operating the 110, giving Jory Bennett a break for a couple of hours, and the two big organs were taking turns to entertain the nighttime crowd. The Jonas organ was beaten, hands down, for sheer power (only part of the Bass pipes were operating) and (at that time) a much wider music repertoire. Each organ has its qualities, of course. To my mind, Judith Howard did a fine job of voicing the Violins on the ex-Jonas organ, and they sounded better than the late Dick Preston's Gavioliphone, but that's subjective, of course. It's such a crying shame that the Jonas organ is now in a museum in the USA. At least Jasper's team seem to be taking good care of it.

[@antsflorida4092]

I hate it when people put time into comments like these and get no response, so I shall be the first one

[@abk2k3aaronkauflin83]

anchors away my boys anchors away!!!!

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Lots of thanks indeed!! Cheers, Adrian!

[@ABCDEF-yf4yu]

Anchors Aweigh, Rule Britannia, Life on the Ocean Wave, We are sailing, What shall we do with the drunken sailor, Sailors hornpipe, My bonnie lies over the ocean, Hearts of oak, Skye boat song, All the nice girls love a sailor.

[@arburo1]

What a great grunter! Great too, that owners are still willing to commission long medleys for such large organs. Not cheap by any stretch of the imagination!

[@alecmillward4662]

Hi David, I've been out and about recording sound effects for some time for a community theatre play and looking for a seaside fair ground organ. Going to a seaside fairground just doesn't do it these days... you need to know where to look... and then here it is. Would you have any objection to me using a small portion of this wonderful recording?

[@dhy5342]

I'm surprised there wasn't a bit of G&S's "Pinafore" in the mix.

[@HughGarrette]

Amazing! I'm currently doing a Masters (Cambridge School of Art.)project on the seaside town of Sheringham. I'm making a picture book/comic, based on my family history there. If I have time I'd like to animate my drawings. I wonder if at all possible, I could use at least one of these songs, for at least one short animation? Hope that's okay.

[@118Verbeek]

By all means, John! Best of luck with the completion of the masters.

[@HughGarrette]

@@118Verbeek Ah many thanks! Not sure if it's possible to use KZbin audio with Photoshop animation. But could figure it out. Really appreciate it, some great sounds!

[@realulli]

@@HughGarrette Any updates here? 🙂

[@HughGarrette]

@realulli Hi realulli, apologies for the late reply. Unfortunately, I ran out of time, with my project, and didn't manage to make an animation. However, I had enough time to make an illustrated book.

[@realulli]

@@HughGarrette anyway, nice! :-)

[@norm5392]

:)

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Anyone know the title of the first main tune after the intro????? Thanks!!!

[@abk2k3aaronkauflin83]

Adrian M L Ridgeway ARCM, LRAM anchors away the us navy theme

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Abk2k3 aaron kauflin Mant thanks Aaron!!!

[@abk2k3aaronkauflin83]

@@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965 no problem bud

[@myleslabnongsang6177]

yar har

[@jorybennett5932]

Gavin Sutherland, the composer of 'Sailing', denies it has anything to do with the sea, despite its strong maritime imagery and use in Navy pageants. He is quoted as saying: "Most people take the song to be about a young guy telling his girl that he's crossing the Atlantic to be with her. In fact the song's got nothing to do with romance or ships; it's an account of mankind's spiritual odyssey through life on his way to freedom and fulfillment with the Supreme Being."