The King of Instruments. The Pipe Organ. Part II (II)

[Tom1980nj]

That is not one of the blowers used on the Big Organ in the Hall, the Midmer Losh.

[dieselheart001]

Why are the internals of a Hammond tonewheel organ shown in here? That's what is showing at 2:26 to 2:44, with the scrolling caption "The wiring used would girdle the earth twice". For the Midmer Losh, yes. For a Hammond, maybe a few miles at least...

[tempetiger]

@dieselheart001

Looks exactly like the wiring of my A-100 model Hammond!

[dieselheart001]

@tempetiger Yep. My RT-3 looked like that until I changed out the caps. And you're right on the A-100.

A friend of mine has one too, looks like we have a match. Thanks for confirming this- I really thought it

looked a little odd, especially with the oiler cups, caps and all...

[MrAlex413x]

what "stop" or pipe is being used in the pedal for this vid ??

[Ntalikeris666]

@MrAlex413x You mean generally in the piece heard?

There are quite many stops involved.

[MrAlex413x]

@Ntalikeris666 yes generally in the piece and in the pedal , im aware that you mite fill this box up with all the stops that have been used ! haha :p

thanks

[Ntalikeris666]

@MrAlex413x Ok just informatively, i will list some of the stops that i hear clearly being used for the pedal. First, there is a principal chorus (meaning , a variety of 16' 8' 4' Diapasons, and at least one mixture) Then there is at least one 16' foot reed, and an 8 foot one as well. I am not sure if a 4' one is in there, but it is possible. In the last chord, i believe a 32' diapason is used.

Thats just a very general description of the stops used in the pedal in the vid.

[theaterpipe1]

How long will it take to get that organ restored, I would like to visit one day!

[bmhall100]

You can visit and possibly play it at the moment. You should look on the ACCHOS website, where they have tour dates and information on them!

[glenn3rd2004]

Very impressive. I wish they would fully restore this organ so that its full capabilities are realized. I wish more pipe organs can play down to the lowest note (C-1, CCCC, or 8.18Hz) this organ and the Sydney, AU Grand Opera pipe organ can play.

[robertgift]

Thank you, strelec11, for your interesting well done video.

How live is the auditorium?

Organ builder?

How is it that Senator Richards designed the organ?

Was he an organist?

Thank you.

[y11971alex]

1:25, the worker standing beside the CCCC of 32' Diapason is accually holding a smaller pipe, presummably doing a comparison.

[Pogue76]

Glad to see my baby, and this vid forgot to say that a State Senator designed this organ. Senetor Emerson Richards.

[acchos]

Not all of the images used here are of the midmer losh organ, just so people are aware.

[horndiapason]

Yeah, temp, that wiring DOES look a lot like a Hammond - the color-coded wiring especially. (I just changed all the presets on my Hammond Model A from 1937, so that image is still pretty fresh.) It makes one wonder, doesn't it?

[theblackhand2]

I hope to hear the Auditorium Organ in full working order. I know it has to be a title wave of glorious sound when play at full organ.

[knud2411]

irre.... mehr fällt mir nicht ein zu dem klang !!!

[tempetiger]

When it shows the wiring beginning at 2:25, it looks a lot like the back of a Hammond organ! Notice the bank of capacitors and the small funnel-like implement in the middle of the photo as it moves about. This resembles the funnel leading into the tone-wheel oil reservoir. At 2:40, the wiring bus resembles the connections to the pre-set section of a Hammond. Sort of resembles the back of my A-105 Hammond.