Jan Kraybill playing Casavant Organ, Community of Christ

[mawaby59]

The greatest Casavant ever?

[cupjock]

Thank you for being one of the TINY minority of YT uploaders who actually bothers to give INFORM'ATION with your upload(s). Fabulous building; Fabulous organ; Fabulous playing; Fabulous LUSH but crystal-clear registrations!

[Xerox6085I]

Jan Kraybill plays with such warmth and life! I take care of a small 1972 56 rank Casavant in Santa Barbara which has a Johannus console attached. The organist then was tired of the slamming noises of the combination in the original console and lack of pistons. What Emma Lu Deimer wants, she gets! ;)

[pohsiBRD]

The acoustics in the building are wonderful. To hear this organ in person is quite an experience!

[kitiowa]

@pohsiBRD The acoustics in the building are ,,, well,,, something! After construction corrections needed to be made to minimize the echo. As I recall many sound absorbing boards had to be installed. On the flip side many said the ongoing echo was "the whisper of God).

[mikedc2020]

I would have never recognized that as a Casavant console! They've changed their style drastically over the years. Organ sounds great though!

[mawaby59]

Listened (yet again) only with new headphones this time and was amazed by hearing much more of the true sound. Could easily have been one of the larger European organs/cathedrals. This is by far the BEST organ video I've discovered on YouTube. May we have more, please?

[lancemgy]

@mawaby59 Just uploaded the video of Dr. Kraybill giving a tour of stops. Check it out!

[mawaby59]

@lancemgy

Very surprising sounds. I wish they would produce more formal demos for Youtube.

[octavebasse8]

Nice one Lance. What happened to the name 'TVLance'? haha

Did you get to play her organ (snickers) any?

[Bachlives2]

We have one like that hear in Washington very similar but smaller. Great Recording

[TrinityUMCOrganist]

Neat! She sure does do a great job, and has a great organ to do so on! Thanks for posting!

[russelelane]

Yesm she;s an outstanding organist--you should here her play "The Spirit of God Like A Fire" sang at the 2007 World (General) Conference,

[DorvellTStewart]

I'm proud to say that I'm a life-long Community of Christ Church member!

:D

[TylerHinds]

I attend a Community of Christ church. My favorite scripture verses are 3 Nephi 9: 14 and John 3:16. The latter verse is the better known, but both sum up the message of Christ beautifully.

[DeputyDoug829]

Impressive, thanks for posting!

[pianoandpipes]

Thank you for sharing this!

[trmptplyr100]

Oops. Perhaps I should have watched more closely in the beginning to observe that it's 102 ranks. Incredible!

[trmptplyr100]

How many ranks is this Casavant organ just out of curiosity?

[tenor1636]

Jan Kraybill really is amazing. There are so many great organist out there but Kraybill really is in a class of her own! I can not wait until November 6 2009 when Jan plays the rectal from the dedication of the Auditorium form 1959!!!. It will be an amazing night. One of great music and first rate musicianship!!! Thanks to Jan for sharing her amazing talent with Community of Christ!!!

[CJCappella]

Absolutely Magnificent!

[Finnjun]

Very nice! Would be nice to hear it in person some day at the Temple.

[lakemancos]

Nicely done! Thanks for sharing Jan's talent with the world. She is wonderful!

[MrVoixceleste]

Excellent playing of a wonderful organ! Thanks!!

[mawaby59]

There's a lot of pipe organ video on YouTube but this has to be about the best I've seen yet. Very nice in all aspects.