Praise to the Lord, The Almighty! (1922 Casavant Opus 955)

[Casavantorgan]

It is amazing how well these old organs have endured. We have several in Thunder Bay that date between 1900 and 1930 and with a little care they sound like new. The old purple leathers from the original instrument is still in use in two of the three vintage organs. Casavant never used the extravegantly large scaling of some of his comtemporaries and these organs can work up an impressive sound even to today's ears. Try playing Mendelsohnn on them, they are great!

[MelosAntropon]

Holy Redeemer was my parent's parish.  As a kid, I attended many services there, but the organ was disused and in poor repair for many years. I believe it is fully functional now, but is still all "original". For those interested, it has 45 ranks, and all manual ranks are 72 pipes - but no mutations at all. Five divisions (two floating) 30 pedals. The church itself is magnificently resonant.

[Fozzymaple]

It sounds like the automatic gain control on your camera's microphone kicked in, which is really unfortunate, Casavants are lovely instruments. Your playing was very nice.

[GNVVisalright]

This was the only organ I ever knew as a child and I love finally hearing it again!

[Casavant3336]

Thank you for posting this! I don't have many opportunities to hear Casavant organs from this era.

[TVWriterGuy]

Hurrah!  ....oops, I mean..."Amen." ;-)

[0Terri0]

Beautiful...



[mikedc2020]

Fantastic. Originally from Detroit and worked on some Casavant organs in Michigan. Had never heard this one before. Thanks for posting!

[baileybronfg]

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[Szwisztak222]

nice :]

[organpipe8]

Very nice - love that Organ 1922, thanks for Praising the LORD with your talent.

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