THE OLD TOWN MUSIC HALL ORGAN MUSIC

[mrreptilebrain]

Plus, no video can do justice to what it feels like to have 2000 organ pipes pushing air around you. Some of the sounds this instrument makes can shake you up.

[mrreptilebrain]

I miss the Old Town Music Hall, need to visit again soon. Used to support the theatre when I lived near, and Bill Coffman was still around. Both Bills were great players, but Bill Coffman was amazing, and very knowledgeable.

They always emphasize the percussion and bell tones on this organ. You would, too, if you had them all lit up and visible to the audience to ooh and ah over.

[joha750]

its like a Hammond organ but this more beautiful on this Mighty Wurlitzer Organ

[M3town3]

lots of tremolo and electric noises. Is this even music?

[DANIELWHERESTHEB0AT]

this song makes me laugh because i think of a soap opera with black actors and the guy playing the organ is a pimp or something O.O

[AAFDirectors]

I'm a devoted fan of the theater organ. This gentleman did this piece justuse mostlikey as he remembers it as a child.

[scizotts]

Methinks I like your kind of "just for fun"!

[bigsilverdaddy58]

Bill should be commended for keeping this theatre alive..the organ came from the Long Beach Fox...Played ever Friday Saturday and Sunday ...great show for $8.00..

Silent comedies galore...The last Wurlitzer, I believe was the one in Radio City Music Hall..when the silent era was ending..it brought in hooked up but never "finished"

some 50 years later old employees of Wurlitzer went back and "finished" the organ..by that I mean all the little loose ends were done...

[4freespeech]

@cody1800212 Well some people don't like the Wurlitzer. I prefer a Hammond myself, but

they are R&B & Gospel organs, so that is comparing apples & oranges. This one sounds

like the skating rink we went to as kids, sort of cornball & hokey like a cartoon. Which organ,

if any, do you prefer, if I may ask?

[4freespeech]

@cody1800212 It doesn't SOUND ugly, but it does appear the wood got beat up

so somebody glued an old piece of carpet from the lobby over it. Gramps does a

superb job but seems to favor the bells & percussion a bit.

[StuartLou]

This is nice. Like it.

[svogar]

I learned theater organ on this instrument and after a career of over 30 years as an organist it is still my favorite installation.

Brad Svogar

[tregnier279]

Yeah, I'd prefer it if the pipes were under expression.

[itswagon]

very nice. would like to know about the organ and the organist though. Very nice indeed. Thank you

[Zylstra555]

@cody1800212 Take a chill pill. If you were half as mature as you are trying to make yourself out to be, you would have stopped a long time ago. I'm not trying to be insulting, I'm just making sure you know exactly how you are presenting yourself.

[Zylstra555]

None of these pipes are under expression? I'm surprised.

The story behind this little theater is charming, I would love to go there someday.

[521wurlitzer]

@Zylstra555 FYI, Both the main and solo chamber ARE under expression. The percussions and toy counter are unenclosed. Also the 16' diaphones are unenclosed. I know I helped install this instrument many years ago. Organist is Bill Field.

[Lordboogar]

@cody1800212

You'll HALF a better job than that?! What, spit-wash-wipe jobs on the corner of the avenue? I'm worried that your ignorance is going to affect my pocket when I have to pay well-fare for your dumb ass.

[patsaxon]

During those times, Wurlitzer was really busy manufacturing, along with their acoustic pianos. I wonder when the last Wurlitzer pipe organ was manufactured?

[Mattlenski]

Cody - Read a book you illiterate son of bizzitch

[compassion66]

So entertaining!

[Pwnyou]

dunno why but the beggining remembers me of a certain rpg...

[DrPoon]

You play a decent piano. I'll give you that.

[DrPoon]

I'm 22. There is a difference between slang and a complete inability to spell. Shit, even your slang words you spelled wrong. Again, learn some english. If you won't, spell the slang right. Atleast then you may be able to get a job at Mcdonalds when you are 30. I hear Wal-Mart is always hiring as well.

[DrPoon]

Learn some proper english please. My eyes started bleeding trying to read what you type.

[slog63]

You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't realize how much work went into building this instrument.

[birdsandships]

the organ's located in the old town music hall in el segundo, ca

[idis91]

wonderful

[JobivanHiob]

beautiful music...reminds me of the old funfairs

[Jacobre156]

What is the percussive stop used at 5:08-5:12 and is it digital or real?

[OrganFreak1]

The percussive stop at 5:08-5:12 is english bells. All the sounds from the organ are 'real,' in other words they are all acoustic, not electronic.

[Jacobre156]

thanks.

[2video]

Who is the organist and where is this organ located? Any specifications available? Thanks.

[xThemalemodelsx]

What is the title for the first song he plays?

[BayAreaBiker2001]

At times is sounds like a Hammond B-3 organ.

[angie4josh]

well the pipe organ is exactly what laurens Hammond had in mind when he created the B3 organ, little did he know jerks like me would use the hammond B3 for rock&roll. :P

[chumbersdee]

I love the sound. Just like I love Nancy Bea on the Dodgers Stadium organ.

[starzship]

wow! wonderful!!!! amazing!!!

[V334432]

I love the sound of a Wurlitzer Organ

[tato4527]

the oldest music

[georges2564]

music relaxante.

[musicalwatch]

TUNE the bugger. Please!

[loudfatbaritone]

they just sound like that. Nothing you can do. If you'd been born in 1912, you'd probably love it.

[XxMISSxTULIPxX]

grr...im always told im living in the wrong century. haha. im 14..20th century..my life. hahaha. i love going to the Old Town Music Hall. :]

[graemescarlett]

Very Entertaining WurliTzer Wizard!cant beat the old school cimema organists

[bh4bhwgm]

He does a great job.  Very entertaining.

[waynegabi]

My home away from home. The efforts and talents of Bill Fields head the list of guilty pleasures here. I go there almost every week. Last week was Harold Lloyd in "Safety Last", this week Shirley Temple in "Heidi". All for $8, including a singalong, short comedy, and concerts, too. Wayne

[cellodudex]

great organ and organist

[redcandell]

This is Awesome!!!!!!