I really hate what my country has become today focused on nothing but nonsense while letting Wonderful Works of Art Like This Organ fall into disrepair!! Mindless consumerism and spending money on more Prisons, Drugs, and Mental Institutions all while Neglecting our Communities, Families, Schools and the Youth seems to be the common trend in this country today!! Hearing this organ cry out just brings tears to my eyes!! Because I know just how it feels!!
@multiblue75 Thank you for that information! Although I'm a proud member of ACCHOS, I haven't seen any issues of The Grand Ophiclede newsletter lately. I'm glad to learn that restoration of the Midmer-Losh instrument is still progressing. If everyone who views this video sent a donation and/or joined ACCHOS, and helped spread the truth about this magnificent instrument, perhaps restoration would proceed more quickly. I hope so!
The smaller organ is almost completely functional again. I have a friend that knows the Curator and he let me hear with both organs. The smaller organ has all of its internal parts replaced with electronic parts and is much more reliable. The Curator said that it takes so much time to order, receive and/or restore parts; so progress is slow. The smaller organ console has been refinished and looks great.. They sell books and CD's of the all the recordings if anyone takes the tour.
Actually, generally I don't have a favorable opinion of myself in the least and am quite happy with that.
But thank you for enlightening me on hymnos. I stand corrected. However I didn't really make my point clear enough. Today people call anything they listen to "songs". Would you say that of a Chopin Ballade or a Trio Sonata by Bach? I assume no, and that's the reason why I said what I did.
@helloitsmelol097 Unless you are using studio reference monitors that have been calibrated and designed for flat frequency response, your speakers are probably artificially boosting your lows and high frequency which is typical in home speakers which are designed to make most music sound better.
However....to your point, it does help to physically feel some of the bass reverberate in your body and chest to fully appreciate the power of an instrument like this.
And after hearing this hymn I found an almost exact version of this and tried this on the organ I play going from stopped Diapason to Tuba Mirabilis 8' it was AMAZING
Haven't heard this in a while and Hope one day this organ will be back to full operation. Imagine going into an huge boardwalk and hearing this!!! I would never leave lol
@AlexanderLenton "Self moving" key couplers only exist in mechanical, tracker-action organs. This organ is way too big to have mechanical action: 33,000+ pipes in six pipe chambers located throughout the auditorium. It would be impossible to activate the amount of stops required to play many songs with a mechanical organ this size. Also, mechanical organs need their consols to be close to the pipes so the connections aren't too long. Although that would be cool, it's an impossibility.
@starkj92 Its not an impossibility to have the keys move through the couplers on an electric/electropneumatic action. Linking it up through magnets under each key etc would make it possible, however, not easy or practicle.
I wish that this organ will be put in full working order and 10,000 people pack into the hall every lunchtime/ teatime and marvel at this instrument in action!
I heard this recording and thought: what if the organ were completely restored and somebody pulled every single stop and and played a C-major chord for a full minute? That. Would. Be. Awesome.
@AAFDirectors Absolutely absurd. This is indeed a legitimate recording of the the Midmer Losh organ. You can hear the reverberation of the building while the organist plays. I know how this organ sounds, I've been in the building.
According to the ACCHOS, they "piled on everything that was working," including one of the 100-inch stops, the Tuba Imperial. So not everything was under 15" pressure - maybe for the first verse.
@OfficialNonsense I think what djbjr1130 said was that everything was 15" or higher, even the "quiet" 1st verse. The point is that the space in which this instrument is situated is so vast that it just swallows the sound - normally 15" would give you a lot of volume, but here it's like a whisper. Put this organ in your church and you wouldn't be able to hear for a month. :D I love it.
@helloitsmelol097 Unfortunately, anytime I listen to something online, my wife insists that I wear headphones. She's weird like that. LOL But, of course, whenever she's not around, I get to use my speakers and subwoofer that I bought 2 1/2 years before we met and 5 years before we got married. Oh, and at the end of this month is our 6-year anniversary. :-)
@gospelclassix You have to admit it sounds better on a stereo. Headphones can't do justice for the wide range of stops. I've even recorded the organ I play and never realized how much pedal there actually was till I listened to it on my stereo. Now I understand what people feel when I play lol
Well technically a song is a metric composition with words or lyrics; while a hymm is a subset of the song genre usually associated with worship or praise. If the lyrics were rewritten for secular purposes (say, retitled "Dance with me" instead of "abide with me") it would no longer be a hymm per se.
my dads organ company is helping to restore this organ....personaly the wanamaker organ is nice but this is a hell of alot better....cant wait till its playing again
so ok I have a question, how many decibels with all the pipes screaming there loudest can this organ pump out at one time? Let's say I have concert speakers and I'm a loud rockstar, and decided to have volume up all the way....but someone else decided they were gonna go on the organ and play this on full blast, what's louder? I want an answer, or at least opinion plz :)
@poopingeneral The grand ophicliede speaks at 130dB. The full, entire organ would be less than that, but not much less. What would be the biggest factor is the shear power and range of tone at full organ. One of the hall organists from the 1950s put the entire organ to the test while an ice rink was set up in the hall for the Ice Capades show. He said he would never play this organ with all the stops on again after he done it that once. The ice cracked, and it could be felt and heard on the
@poopingeneral it was printed in one of the convention hall organ societies journals. If you go to acchos.org and contact them, they will give a clearer answer.
@advisorC101 I know it's a hymn but i'm not talking about the song i'm talking about the amazing power of such a huge instrument. You can't find that anywhere.
@advisorC101 Thanks for uploading this hymn just got to play it at my church and hear what it sounds like in person. It was amazing, but not as amazing as this organ though.
The Midmer-Losh organ's Swell department, in the Left Stage chamber, has been removed - pipes, chests, everything. The chests will be sent out for restoration, while the pipes will probably be dealt with in-house.
New, specially-designed magnets have been ordered from Klann Organ Supply Co. These will replace the existing magnets in the Right Stage chamber, in the hope of eliminating the majority of dead notes. The 96 stops/132 ranks in this chamber will then be given a thorough tuning.
i would love to know what the hell ACCHOS is doing there website is very out of date and now information is being posted on any restoration work.. did work come to a hault???
@advisorC101 its making me wonder if they lost funding. i didnt even hear if they have re instated the ballroom kimball organ. i may have to schedule an organ tour. sooner than i thought.
@brb21592 Work is being done on both organs. I went and saw both of them very recently and heard both of them. I actually got a private tour of both of them. I do not play the organ well but I have a friend who knows the Curator and he played on both organs. The larger organ still has alot of work to be done but most of the right stage side or chamber is playable. The left side has a huge section removed for restoration right now. Progress is slow but it is happening.
oh and ppl, please quit arguiing..i do believe this video was posted so that people can hear the piece of music and enjoy this beauty of an instrument..not so that people behind computers can squabble over nonsense.. =)
it truely is as close to the voice of god as one could experience on this mortal plane of existence. you don't just hear the organ you feel it throughout your body and soul.
and in my opinion it is one of the most moving and glorious instruments i have ever heard in my life. to this day it still brings me to tears when i listen to it.
@locke11216 Whether noble or ignoble the intentions of those who built, maintained, allowed to deteriorate or restore are or remain to be seen, this much is so. There is no equal to this great instrument, and it would be an unforgivable, irreconcilable loss to all of Music if this were lost to Time, as so many great instruments of its ilk have!
awesomechina, YOU S-U-C-K SUCK, As you obviously dont know anything about good music or go to church, beacause where i go to church, we have to listen to, this what you call crap, for 2 hours so how about you shut your trap and dont give a crap. GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!
I pray it to be that I shall hear this recording first, and remember how, like a mighty, wounded angel reaching, looking plaintively Heavenward, it spoke only praise to the
Heavenly Father in melody and harmony. Then let it be my wordless awestruck joy as I hear this same hymn arise powerfully resplendent Heavenward in renewed praise to the Father once more, borne on the Light that radiates from His smiling countenance. Then this servant will rest in death serene, the Angel having flown.
Whether noble or ignoble the intentions of those who built, maintained, allowed to deteriorate or restore are or remain to be seen, this much is so. There is no equal to this great instrument, and it would be an unforgivable, irreconcilable loss to all of Music if this were lost to Time, as so many great instruments of its ilk have!
I have only two pieces I want to hear from it, upon its full restoration, one has already
I've got to tell you, building a machine that makes music that can be heard over a crowd of 45,000 people in a building that size is an impressive feat of human ingenuity. The fact that it sounds really good is a heck of a bonus. I've heard some pipe organs that sound beautiful when there's no one but the organist in the room but cannot be heard over a crowd. That is certainly not a problem in Boardwalk Hall!
Impressive. Its a crime how some of the building renovations trashed relay boxes etc. I thought the sound would be thick and tubby, but it isn't at all. Rich and sumptuous even over computer, but none the less clear and crisp.
@AwesomeChina,You do of course realize that you actually get plenty of "elders" who have the body fit for the mind of a sage, but a mind fit only for the body of a 10 year old child. If not then I do feel pity for you. Age alone is nothing to expeirence, and more often, age does not determine integrity or character. So if I were you, I'd mind my words very carefully next time.
I'm not here to argue, just to say that here's no question that this organ was (and still is, for that matter!) a magnificent instrument and a huge historical achievement. All organs are built for the purpose of creating beautiful music, no matter how big or small, young or old. This recording brings tears to my eyes as I think of the power and potential it once had and could have again, if only enough people cared. Bottom line: no organ anywhere in the world should suffer a fate like this one.
I love this recording of the hymn, but there is a question that has always bugged me... At 2:27, there is a conflict somewhere in the higher pipes it sounds like. Is this a note that is out of tune, or is what I'm hearing just a different sound from added ranks?
@bull912000 Probably something out of tune. This recording was made when "only" 130 ranks of the instrument were playing. On the cd case, it states that this is a "warts and all" recording, and it certainly is, but one still gets an idea of how some of the instrument sounds.
@bmhall100 does it? then whats this? do you know why some of the mauals have a different amounts of keys? reply back when you can because Im interested.
This is the atlantic city convention hall organ, the largest pipe organ in the world, also the largest and loudest musical instrument ever constructed.
The manuals have extended keyboards to allow stops from the pedal divisions to be played on them. It was an idea of the organ builder siebert losh to include these manuals, and also it allows most piano works to be played from the organ console too.
Well, it wasnt built to be the biggest. The original design called for over 46,000 pipes, at a time the wanamaker organ was still being enlarged. Budget and space forced the design to be cut back to 29,000 pipes, and it was enlarged when more money became available. The quality of tone is outstanding, and very powerful. BUT it doesnt seem any louder in the space its in than any other organ would sound in own space. Its one of the best acheivments ever.
We should at least try and keep civility over here, though. Moving on, there hasn't been any updates on the organ since November last year. I hope they're still working on it.
@SithExecutor i have emailed Acchos and they said to get the most updated news is to pledge and recieve the Grand opheclide newsletter.. the website is very out of date
Absolutely without a doubt, no if's and's or but's it's the most fantastic and greatest instrument ever created by man. Only ignorance would account for any who disagree.Use your heart and you'll understand!
@advisorC101 COULDNT OF SAID IT BETTER. I AM AN ORGANIST/PIANIST.. AND PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.THIS IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST ORGAN AND MOST POWERFUL SO PEOPLE GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT! keep doing what you are doing advisor!
And on this note, when using your heart, the matter is entirely subjective. You may love this organ to bits, so for you it can be the greatest. While I love many organs including this one, and at the same time there are others that are fully entitled to hating that which we love. But to not have disagreeing opinions is like depraving one of the right to drink water.
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Look in the mirror and say "AB.....SURD! Your understanding of the word"greatest" is obviously not the same as mine.I'm not talking about the sound quality but the complications involved in building of an instrument like this one. It is the largest in the world. Now sir, could you explain what you meant by saying "no such thing as greatest". I'm 71 years old and have been an organist for 51 years and have seen and heard many of the world's great organs.Isn't that absurd!
You sir, are a fool, with immature taste. Using your age to back up your contention is even more pathetic. I actually feel sorry for Bachkirche now. And I'm very tempted to remove this video given the mainstream attitude that you live by.
Etched into your mind? Good. Now that I've caused you to form a biased opinion of me, I will say this:
Using logic (ignorance) and a metaphor (use your heart) in the close proximity doesn't usually end well. It's the same as stating that God exists because a flower spoke to you in a dream about Him.
Telling someone to use his or her heart to discover a logical end is an oxymoron.
@ProFastus ??? o.0 Your words are enough to bias me. How is logic ignorance? Logic is logic. There can be good logic, or poor logic, but throwing logic and ignorance together is illogical. Why would one need to use one's heart to understand metaphor? I think using one's head would be safer. :-) How is that the same as stating that God exists because of a flower dream? Is that your example of making a bad metaphor? ?? Besides which, usage of an oxymoron is usually a sign of sparkling wit. ;-)
@AwesomeChina Logic is not logic; logic is subjective, as you've proven with this comment of yours.
Before you replied to my reply, you should have backtracked to the original comment. The words I used were quotes from another comment I was referencing. Granted, I didn't properly define that I was quoting, so I am fault there.
Perhaps your inability to observe has disallowed you to form a proper retort. You need to ask "why?" more often.
Both. But it's not just a hymn and a somewhat working organ. It's a reminder of the consequences of carelessness. Particularly that of those workers that 'renovated' this auditorium, who hold a great deal of responsibility for its current state.
It's great that everyone can express their own opinion, it's not something to take for granted. I just find it difficult to understand how something as trivial as the way th organ size is measured can disgust someone. The sound is more important, to me. And it does sound magnificent.
The only real issue I sense is the mainstream attitude "biggest=best", which is entirely untrue (in the general case). That -7 comment of his was intended as an attack on human ego, and this organ is a testimony to mankind's insatiable desire to build gigantic, monumental things. However his remark was quite discriminating in the sense of sexism. As for how one actually 'hears' this organ is entirely a matter of taste.
This organ was not, to my knowledge, built for the purpose of being the greatest or biggest. It was built to fill this huge hall with beautiful music, and that is what it does, when in working order. It was also built to support the vast variety of uses it would get in such a place. There is purpose behind every part.
And I do agree with you on the popular idea that "Bigger is better". This organ should not be judged merely because of its size, it should be judged on its many qualities.
@menschmaschine5 theres no true evidence to suggest this. The original specification was to be 46,000 pipes over 6 chambers, but due to lack of space/budgets, it was cut back to 28,000, but then more space became available, so some of the stops that were ommitted, were put back into the specification.
@menschmaschine5 It was designed by senator Emerson Richards, but it was built by Midmer-Losh organ company. As for your statement on intentions, if you can provide some evidence, I will consider it.
I have the CD "Auditorium Organ" of Timothy Hoag playing this on the giant Midmer-Losh. It literally rocks the house! I'd love to get the opportunity to actually hear this instrument in person!!
I love this rendition. I played this in church with everybody singing. I played three verses, and added stops progressively until the last verse. I played with full organ sans the reeds in the great and swell. You could barely hear the choir. It was amazing.
It is further on than I thought. I look forward to a continuing restoration and hopefully a computer capture system. The sound is amazing. I watched it in html5 which doesn't support everything in the video so I'll try it with the old pig, Flash.
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Only males would associate large size with something important. This is the worst sounding organ my ears have ever been subjected to. Arp Schnitger is turning in his grave.
@bachkirche. Well dont bloody listen to it then. What are you some kind of feminist? Also I dont think you have any right to comment on this instrument as you obviously know nothing about it. Why dont you keep your hateful comments to yourself.
My thoughts exactly, "feminist". I can understand and appreciate that there are people in the world who don't like this organ, and I welcome disagreeing opinions. But it's clear that "her" remark here is excessive, and dense.
bachkirche, you are a bloody fool. I have been through many instruments and played many, many organs. I've played a very wide variety of music on many different types of organs. You are a fool! After all of the places I've played, the convention hall remains my favorite. It is the most versatile instrument in history. It has EVERYTHING and can play ANYTHING. The voicing will take one's breath away. It sounds bad in the recording because so little of the organ is playing and all of it is untuned
@bachkirche. This organ was actually unplayable for quite a while. Being located next to the ocean on Boardwalk Hall, it recieved much damage from a hurricane in 1944. Some pipes have never been replaced, and some have never been tuned since because the asbestos levels in the chambers are too high. Yes, this organ is somewhat out of tune, but it is an engineering masterpiece.
"Only males would associate large size with something important."
You are not afflicted with penis envy. You are consumed by vaginal insufficiency. Simply put, you are an ignorant cunt. Please quit trying to form coherent thought, and just be a "good" girl. Do
what your pimp told you to. If you know ol' Arp really is "turning in his grave", give him room, and remember: "Necrophilia takes the worry out of being close", you feckless whiny strumpet.
The only problem with your vaginal insufficiency theory is that I am a guy. A heterosexual guy for that matter. One who frowns upon the judging of an organ by the number of pipes, the number of keyboards, the maximum wind pressure, and maximum volume. The fact that this organ has been listed in the Guiness book of worlds records as the loudest man-made sound ever made, with a trumpet stop sounding 6 times louder than the loudest locomotive whistle, does not impress me, but rather disgusts me.
If you read into it, and listen to the instrument, DISPITE its state of repair, its a very nice organ indeed. Theres ALOT more too it than 100" reeds and it being the largest organ. These are just the "big figures". Most of the instrument is on 10" wind, much the same as most theatre organs. Its a very well thought out and designed instrument. GIven the size of the room, and the people it holds, its does exactly the job it was required to do.
Its mentioned all the time about the 100" reeds, much like people speak of cars in terms of Bhp.
Theres brass divisions, percussion, the unenclosed choir on 3 1/4" wind, the 3 string divisons and alot more. The Midmer losh looks to the past as well as the present and the future from the time it was built. It can play almost anything, from bach, to showtunes, to symphonic works. I think when the two consoles are up and running, duets will be AMAZING on this organ, the possibilities are endless!
It disgusts you? Well, then, that's your problem. You don't have to like it, nobody forced you to. And whether you believe all those things or not is entirely up to you, but your comments are entirely misplaced. And I suppose you are quite the organ expert? Well then, let it disgust you all you want, while others enjoy the magnificent sound of this glorious instrument.
Then you should run away little boy. Those who are serious and argue passionately reap the greatest benefits of knowledge, including learning from their own mistakes.
You are small of mind. It's obvious in the tone of your writing. You don't have the resolve to stand firm in the quest for knowledge. Kindly don't bother replying. I despise weakness.
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Again you are wrong, you don't know me at all.
What you've typed sounds like you are living in a fantasy world, and you obviously have your head stuck up your own ass with the "I despise weakness" comment.
Okay I really felt the same way before getting to know anything about it. But the organ really is a work of art. I am begging of you to order "the Senator's Masterpiece" DVD. The auditorium's having no obstructions and so much space demands SO MUCH of any musical instrument. The instrument was literally the first instrument to utilize surround sound by placement of chambers. Senator Richards and Losh for a very long time studied from the greatest of organ builders.
@bachkirche i do believe they described the grand ophiclede as sounding like john phillip sousa playing fortissimo! that sir IS impressive considering.
I like hearing 1:14 on a system with extremely low bass response. I don't know the exact pipe they fire but its gotta be very large. When I play it here at work in our sound lab at a television station it actually causes the pencils on the mixing console to bounce up about an inch and fall on the floor. Other people in offices report pictures moving on their walls when we engage a 1200 watt subwoofer. Would love to be there in person to hear it.
I would love to hear this entire piece build, in person. in the Hall itself. So I can say I share the same interest to hear this. Another interest is ham radio. My callsign is
KE5LIB. Feel welcome to contact me sometime. This may be the 32' Tuba Imperial... I'm not sure, but it seems I read they put everything in this but the loudest large stop- the Grand Ophicleide, and the 64' Dulzian...
That would probably have triggered a tsunami... lol...
@locke11216 Yes, it would. On the last chords that enunciate "Abide with me", floating above them as if soaring Heavenward, a simple peal of fifths from the Chamades and Trumpets followed by a sustained note from the same, held steadily in volume; as if it were a fixed and guiding Star. This would be, in the words of another more eloquent than I, to add something wonderful- and "vie with Gabriel while he sings- in notes almost divine". Words, and probably my consciousness, would fail me.
The end really sends a shiver up my spine. What a magnificent instrument. If I had the money I would surely donate every cent needed to bring this back to its former glory.
I actually like very much what i'm hearing here. what exactly is the contention here with some of the comments? This organ sounds powerful and moving. am i missing something?
I have read an article on the Stalacpipe organ and, as awesome as it is, it only uses 37 stalactites. Only two of those 37 produced the true sounds Leland Sprinkle was looking for so he had to sand and shape the other 35 to complete the organ's voice. I find this creation to be unique, impressive and something I would love to visit one day, but in no way does it come close to the tonal spread of the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ or the Wanamaker Department store organ for that matter.
I now realize the folly in my statement. I made it sounds as if the Luray Cave Organ and other pipe organs are the same animal and it is just a matter of size. Not so. Wind is not passed through the stalactites, but rather, they are struck with hammers to produce tones making it a completely different. :D
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i think its the other way around its even called the largest muscial instrument in the world its in ripleys believe it or not why dont you research STALACPIPE ORGAN
That's because this is a different kind of organ we're talking about, don't get into intellectual conversations. They aren't best suited for egotistic children.
And how the hell is my playing relevant to anything? For your information, I don't post anything of myself simply because I can't afford a recording device. But it doesn't change the fact that unlike yourself nothing is simple or straight forward in my world. I will for the rest of my life continue to learn as much as possible. But your kind of impudence never learns, everything in life is simple and self-evident to you, a characteristic derived only from your ego.
This is a very "clear" video. =p
augustbuckne717 2 days ago
I really hate what my country has become today focused on nothing but nonsense while letting Wonderful Works of Art Like This Organ fall into disrepair!! Mindless consumerism and spending money on more Prisons, Drugs, and Mental Institutions all while Neglecting our Communities, Families, Schools and the Youth seems to be the common trend in this country today!! Hearing this organ cry out just brings tears to my eyes!! Because I know just how it feels!!
Blahbevava 6 days ago
@multiblue75 Thank you for that information! Although I'm a proud member of ACCHOS, I haven't seen any issues of The Grand Ophiclede newsletter lately. I'm glad to learn that restoration of the Midmer-Losh instrument is still progressing. If everyone who views this video sent a donation and/or joined ACCHOS, and helped spread the truth about this magnificent instrument, perhaps restoration would proceed more quickly. I hope so!
nozeadinpencizx 3 weeks ago
The smaller organ is almost completely functional again. I have a friend that knows the Curator and he let me hear with both organs. The smaller organ has all of its internal parts replaced with electronic parts and is much more reliable. The Curator said that it takes so much time to order, receive and/or restore parts; so progress is slow. The smaller organ console has been refinished and looks great.. They sell books and CD's of the all the recordings if anyone takes the tour.
MultiBlue75 3 weeks ago
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@Corpuscani
>trying to make yourself look smart
Actually, generally I don't have a favorable opinion of myself in the least and am quite happy with that.
But thank you for enlightening me on hymnos. I stand corrected. However I didn't really make my point clear enough. Today people call anything they listen to "songs". Would you say that of a Chopin Ballade or a Trio Sonata by Bach? I assume no, and that's the reason why I said what I did.
advisorC101 1 month ago
This video went viral on Tuvalu
levishort36 1 month ago
so very American, ........the bigger and louder, the better, these chaps seem to think.
They can't help confusing true sentiment with sentimentality.
Blightyish 1 month ago
@Blightyish piss off ya bloody wanker
chieftp 1 month ago
If they built a space ship in the 1930s - that's what the control center would look like.
InceRumul 1 month ago
@helloitsmelol097 Unless you are using studio reference monitors that have been calibrated and designed for flat frequency response, your speakers are probably artificially boosting your lows and high frequency which is typical in home speakers which are designed to make most music sound better.
However....to your point, it does help to physically feel some of the bass reverberate in your body and chest to fully appreciate the power of an instrument like this.
EuropaWill 1 month ago
I'm looking forward to hearing this played when Opus 5550 is restored to full majesty!!
dieselheart001 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
And after hearing this hymn I found an almost exact version of this and tried this on the organ I play going from stopped Diapason to Tuba Mirabilis 8' it was AMAZING
helloitsmelol097 1 month ago
Haven't heard this in a while and Hope one day this organ will be back to full operation. Imagine going into an huge boardwalk and hearing this!!! I would never leave lol
helloitsmelol097 1 month ago
@helloitsmelol097 I too hope this organ is restored!
JoRoAM1 1 month ago
will this organ have self moving key couplers id love to see all 7 manuals moving in a huge chord !
AlexanderLenton 2 months ago
@AlexanderLenton "Self moving" key couplers only exist in mechanical, tracker-action organs. This organ is way too big to have mechanical action: 33,000+ pipes in six pipe chambers located throughout the auditorium. It would be impossible to activate the amount of stops required to play many songs with a mechanical organ this size. Also, mechanical organs need their consols to be close to the pipes so the connections aren't too long. Although that would be cool, it's an impossibility.
starkj92 2 months ago
@starkj92 Its not an impossibility to have the keys move through the couplers on an electric/electropneumatic action. Linking it up through magnets under each key etc would make it possible, however, not easy or practicle.
3dwurli 2 months ago
I wish that this organ will be put in full working order and 10,000 people pack into the hall every lunchtime/ teatime and marvel at this instrument in action!
sirenbleu 3 months ago
this organ has also a stop (i don't know what) that makes a good timp roll:-)
ranmadog 3 months ago
I heard this recording and thought: what if the organ were completely restored and somebody pulled every single stop and and played a C-major chord for a full minute? That. Would. Be. Awesome.
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@starkj92 It would be the musical equivalent of God Himself speaking.
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@starkj92 Thinking that exact same thing!
gwpritchrd 3 weeks ago
@advisorC101 Just now came back to this song. This is definitely a hymn not a song and should not be known as a song.
helloitsmelol097 4 months ago
@helloitsmelol097 Its a tune :p
3dwurli 3 months ago
@helloitsmelol097 agree !00%
fincasandaluciablog 3 months ago
How do they reach the top?
lv999iam 5 months ago
@lv999iam Easy. Everything on this console is easy to reach, it was designed with that in mind, to be as comfortable to the organist as possible.
3dwurli 5 months ago
@3dwurli k
lv999iam 5 months ago
THIS is NOT the concole, NOR organ this was recorded on.
AAFDirectors 6 months ago
@AAFDirectors erm... yes it was
3dwurli 6 months ago
@AAFDirectors Absolutely absurd. This is indeed a legitimate recording of the the Midmer Losh organ. You can hear the reverberation of the building while the organist plays. I know how this organ sounds, I've been in the building.
poopingeneral 5 months ago
According to the ACCHOS, they "piled on everything that was working," including one of the 100-inch stops, the Tuba Imperial. So not everything was under 15" pressure - maybe for the first verse.
OfficialNonsense 8 months ago
@OfficialNonsense I think what djbjr1130 said was that everything was 15" or higher, even the "quiet" 1st verse. The point is that the space in which this instrument is situated is so vast that it just swallows the sound - normally 15" would give you a lot of volume, but here it's like a whisper. Put this organ in your church and you wouldn't be able to hear for a month. :D I love it.
dbecks44 8 months ago
@helloitsmelol097 Unfortunately, anytime I listen to something online, my wife insists that I wear headphones. She's weird like that. LOL But, of course, whenever she's not around, I get to use my speakers and subwoofer that I bought 2 1/2 years before we met and 5 years before we got married. Oh, and at the end of this month is our 6-year anniversary. :-)
gospelclassix 8 months ago
@gospelclassix You have to admit it sounds better on a stereo. Headphones can't do justice for the wide range of stops. I've even recorded the organ I play and never realized how much pedal there actually was till I listened to it on my stereo. Now I understand what people feel when I play lol
helloitsmelol097 8 months ago
needs to be a little louder please if possible, had to turn the volume up
spindlegrinder 10 months ago
Its amazing that the stops that your hear are on no lower than 15" pressure.
djbjr1130 10 months ago
Well technically a song is a metric composition with words or lyrics; while a hymm is a subset of the song genre usually associated with worship or praise. If the lyrics were rewritten for secular purposes (say, retitled "Dance with me" instead of "abide with me") it would no longer be a hymm per se.
IUSB99 11 months ago
my dads organ company is helping to restore this organ....personaly the wanamaker organ is nice but this is a hell of alot better....cant wait till its playing again
notredameswarrior1 11 months ago
so ok I have a question, how many decibels with all the pipes screaming there loudest can this organ pump out at one time? Let's say I have concert speakers and I'm a loud rockstar, and decided to have volume up all the way....but someone else decided they were gonna go on the organ and play this on full blast, what's louder? I want an answer, or at least opinion plz :)
poopingeneral 1 year ago
@poopingeneral The grand ophicliede speaks at 130dB. The full, entire organ would be less than that, but not much less. What would be the biggest factor is the shear power and range of tone at full organ. One of the hall organists from the 1950s put the entire organ to the test while an ice rink was set up in the hall for the Ice Capades show. He said he would never play this organ with all the stops on again after he done it that once. The ice cracked, and it could be felt and heard on the
3dwurli 1 year ago
@3dwurli boardwalk outside, and on the beach it could be heard too.
3dwurli 1 year ago
@3dwurli Can you back this up with any paper work? or maybe a link???
poopingeneral 1 year ago
@poopingeneral it was printed in one of the convention hall organ societies journals. If you go to acchos.org and contact them, they will give a clearer answer.
3dwurli 1 year ago
What tremendous power this organ has. I can't wait to hear every stop on that organ work. Imagine the power it will have then!
organfreak23 1 year ago
@advisorC101 I know it's a hymn but i'm not talking about the song i'm talking about the amazing power of such a huge instrument. You can't find that anywhere.
helloitsmelol097 1 year ago
I know, but I'm just pointing out correct terminology, that's all.
advisorC101 1 year ago
@advisorC101 Thanks for uploading this hymn just got to play it at my church and hear what it sounds like in person. It was amazing, but not as amazing as this organ though.
helloitsmelol097 1 year ago
sep10
The Midmer-Losh organ's Swell department, in the Left Stage chamber, has been removed - pipes, chests, everything. The chests will be sent out for restoration, while the pipes will probably be dealt with in-house.
New, specially-designed magnets have been ordered from Klann Organ Supply Co. These will replace the existing magnets in the Right Stage chamber, in the hope of eliminating the majority of dead notes. The 96 stops/132 ranks in this chamber will then be given a thorough tuning.
brb21592 1 year ago
i would love to know what the hell ACCHOS is doing there website is very out of date and now information is being posted on any restoration work.. did work come to a hault???
brb21592 1 year ago
@brb21592, That is an extremely good question.
advisorC101 1 year ago
@advisorC101 its making me wonder if they lost funding. i didnt even hear if they have re instated the ballroom kimball organ. i may have to schedule an organ tour. sooner than i thought.
brb21592 1 year ago
@brb21592, You could always try emailing them and asking.
advisorC101 1 year ago
@brb21592 Work is being done on both organs. I went and saw both of them very recently and heard both of them. I actually got a private tour of both of them. I do not play the organ well but I have a friend who knows the Curator and he played on both organs. The larger organ still has alot of work to be done but most of the right stage side or chamber is playable. The left side has a huge section removed for restoration right now. Progress is slow but it is happening.
MultiBlue75 3 weeks ago
oh and ppl, please quit arguiing..i do believe this video was posted so that people can hear the piece of music and enjoy this beauty of an instrument..not so that people behind computers can squabble over nonsense.. =)
squidgetpj92 1 year ago
@squidgetpj92, people on this video can act as freely as they wish, as I do support freedom of speech.
advisorC101 1 year ago
WOW!!!!! that think is HUGE! but beautiful
squidgetpj92 1 year ago
it truely is as close to the voice of god as one could experience on this mortal plane of existence. you don't just hear the organ you feel it throughout your body and soul.
and in my opinion it is one of the most moving and glorious instruments i have ever heard in my life. to this day it still brings me to tears when i listen to it.
locke11216 1 year ago
@locke11216 Whether noble or ignoble the intentions of those who built, maintained, allowed to deteriorate or restore are or remain to be seen, this much is so. There is no equal to this great instrument, and it would be an unforgivable, irreconcilable loss to all of Music if this were lost to Time, as so many great instruments of its ilk have!
dieselheart001 1 year ago
awesomechina, YOU S-U-C-K SUCK, As you obviously dont know anything about good music or go to church, beacause where i go to church, we have to listen to, this what you call crap, for 2 hours so how about you shut your trap and dont give a crap. GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!
scoobydoorocks100 1 year ago
Nice clip. The comments are horrifying, however. Does no one have a life anymore?
horndiapason 1 year ago
I pray it to be that I shall hear this recording first, and remember how, like a mighty, wounded angel reaching, looking plaintively Heavenward, it spoke only praise to the
Heavenly Father in melody and harmony. Then let it be my wordless awestruck joy as I hear this same hymn arise powerfully resplendent Heavenward in renewed praise to the Father once more, borne on the Light that radiates from His smiling countenance. Then this servant will rest in death serene, the Angel having flown.
DZL<3
dieselheart001 1 year ago
Whether noble or ignoble the intentions of those who built, maintained, allowed to deteriorate or restore are or remain to be seen, this much is so. There is no equal to this great instrument, and it would be an unforgivable, irreconcilable loss to all of Music if this were lost to Time, as so many great instruments of its ilk have!
I have only two pieces I want to hear from it, upon its full restoration, one has already
been performed:
"Abide With Me"
Boellmann's "Gothic Suite"
DZL<3
dieselheart001 1 year ago
This is the most beautiful Organ that I have ever heard. It must be saved.
Brought tears to my eyes. Thankyou for giving us a chance to hear it.
bimjales 1 year ago
I've got to tell you, building a machine that makes music that can be heard over a crowd of 45,000 people in a building that size is an impressive feat of human ingenuity. The fact that it sounds really good is a heck of a bonus. I've heard some pipe organs that sound beautiful when there's no one but the organist in the room but cannot be heard over a crowd. That is certainly not a problem in Boardwalk Hall!
CousinToGeorgeBailey 1 year ago
Impressive. Its a crime how some of the building renovations trashed relay boxes etc. I thought the sound would be thick and tubby, but it isn't at all. Rich and sumptuous even over computer, but none the less clear and crisp.
WINCHANDLE 1 year ago
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None of you are worthy of the organ's beautiful music.
Oh yeah, and another thing: respect your elders!
If you don't believe me, wait until the eyes, the ears and finally the brain start going, then come back and tell me I'm wrong... if you can.
AwesomeChina 1 year ago
@AwesomeChina,You do of course realize that you actually get plenty of "elders" who have the body fit for the mind of a sage, but a mind fit only for the body of a 10 year old child. If not then I do feel pity for you. Age alone is nothing to expeirence, and more often, age does not determine integrity or character. So if I were you, I'd mind my words very carefully next time.
advisorC101 1 year ago 5
@AwesomeChina now children BEHAVE!! this line of dialog is being very counterproductive. agree to disagree and be done with it.
locke11216 1 year ago
you just listen to that last chord! i cant find any word to describe that!! :D its so fucking beautiful <3
tinymorty 1 year ago
I'm not here to argue, just to say that here's no question that this organ was (and still is, for that matter!) a magnificent instrument and a huge historical achievement. All organs are built for the purpose of creating beautiful music, no matter how big or small, young or old. This recording brings tears to my eyes as I think of the power and potential it once had and could have again, if only enough people cared. Bottom line: no organ anywhere in the world should suffer a fate like this one.
WBBugleBoy 1 year ago 2
Wow! This video is so controversial! I never knew that the topic of organ-building could cause raging online arguements.
TheOscillatingFan 1 year ago
I love this recording of the hymn, but there is a question that has always bugged me... At 2:27, there is a conflict somewhere in the higher pipes it sounds like. Is this a note that is out of tune, or is what I'm hearing just a different sound from added ranks?
Thank you so much for posting this video.
bull912000 1 year ago
@bull912000 Probably something out of tune. This recording was made when "only" 130 ranks of the instrument were playing. On the cd case, it states that this is a "warts and all" recording, and it certainly is, but one still gets an idea of how some of the instrument sounds.
bmhall100 1 year ago
This monster belongs to a period in American history where people were easily impressed by size and little else!
hautyboy 1 year ago
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JimbeauProductions 1 year ago
is that the first congregational organ? that is the only organ I know that has seven odd manuals.
juaniluco888 1 year ago
@juaniluco888 First congregationals organ console has 5 manuals.
bmhall100 1 year ago
@bmhall100 does it? then whats this? do you know why some of the mauals have a different amounts of keys? reply back when you can because Im interested.
juaniluco888 1 year ago
@juaniluco888 yes it does :)
This is the atlantic city convention hall organ, the largest pipe organ in the world, also the largest and loudest musical instrument ever constructed.
The manuals have extended keyboards to allow stops from the pedal divisions to be played on them. It was an idea of the organ builder siebert losh to include these manuals, and also it allows most piano works to be played from the organ console too.
bmhall100 1 year ago
Well, it wasnt built to be the biggest. The original design called for over 46,000 pipes, at a time the wanamaker organ was still being enlarged. Budget and space forced the design to be cut back to 29,000 pipes, and it was enlarged when more money became available. The quality of tone is outstanding, and very powerful. BUT it doesnt seem any louder in the space its in than any other organ would sound in own space. Its one of the best acheivments ever.
bmhall100 1 year ago 2
This is one of my favorite organs yet. I love the sound of this organ and hope some day to see it in person, and please know that I'm only 16.
organfreak23 1 year ago
WOW i could work that organ all those peddals and contols holly cow all Switching back in fourth!
pianomanmaestro 1 year ago
We should at least try and keep civility over here, though. Moving on, there hasn't been any updates on the organ since November last year. I hope they're still working on it.
SithExecutor 1 year ago
@SithExecutor i have emailed Acchos and they said to get the most updated news is to pledge and recieve the Grand opheclide newsletter.. the website is very out of date
brb21592 1 year ago
Absolutely without a doubt, no if's and's or but's it's the most fantastic and greatest instrument ever created by man. Only ignorance would account for any who disagree.Use your heart and you'll understand!
ryorgan 1 year ago
Don't be absurd. There is no such thing as "the greatest ever".
advisorC101 1 year ago
@advisorC101 COULDNT OF SAID IT BETTER. I AM AN ORGANIST/PIANIST.. AND PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.THIS IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST ORGAN AND MOST POWERFUL SO PEOPLE GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT! keep doing what you are doing advisor!
brb21592 1 year ago
And on this note, when using your heart, the matter is entirely subjective. You may love this organ to bits, so for you it can be the greatest. While I love many organs including this one, and at the same time there are others that are fully entitled to hating that which we love. But to not have disagreeing opinions is like depraving one of the right to drink water.
advisorC101 1 year ago
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Look in the mirror and say "AB.....SURD! Your understanding of the word"greatest" is obviously not the same as mine.I'm not talking about the sound quality but the complications involved in building of an instrument like this one. It is the largest in the world. Now sir, could you explain what you meant by saying "no such thing as greatest". I'm 71 years old and have been an organist for 51 years and have seen and heard many of the world's great organs.Isn't that absurd!
ryorgan 1 year ago
You sir, are a fool, with immature taste. Using your age to back up your contention is even more pathetic. I actually feel sorry for Bachkirche now. And I'm very tempted to remove this video given the mainstream attitude that you live by.
advisorC101 1 year ago
Don't be absurd!
ryorgan 1 year ago
That's what I said.
advisorC101 1 year ago
@ryorgan Before I comment, know that I am 19.
Etched into your mind? Good. Now that I've caused you to form a biased opinion of me, I will say this:
Using logic (ignorance) and a metaphor (use your heart) in the close proximity doesn't usually end well. It's the same as stating that God exists because a flower spoke to you in a dream about Him.
Telling someone to use his or her heart to discover a logical end is an oxymoron.
ProFastus 1 year ago 3
*forms a bias of ProFastus* ;-)
poopingeneral 1 year ago
@ProFastus ??? o.0 Your words are enough to bias me. How is logic ignorance? Logic is logic. There can be good logic, or poor logic, but throwing logic and ignorance together is illogical. Why would one need to use one's heart to understand metaphor? I think using one's head would be safer. :-) How is that the same as stating that God exists because of a flower dream? Is that your example of making a bad metaphor? ?? Besides which, usage of an oxymoron is usually a sign of sparkling wit. ;-)
AwesomeChina 1 year ago
@AwesomeChina Logic is not logic; logic is subjective, as you've proven with this comment of yours.
Before you replied to my reply, you should have backtracked to the original comment. The words I used were quotes from another comment I was referencing. Granted, I didn't properly define that I was quoting, so I am fault there.
Perhaps your inability to observe has disallowed you to form a proper retort. You need to ask "why?" more often.
ProFastus 1 year ago
What a delight to listen to. My arms, back, and legs were tingling from the magnificent sounds this Organ makes. Bravo to the performance!
poopingeneral 1 year ago
@poopingeneral You're right about that.
Great job, also, to the preformer.
organfreak23 1 year ago
Fasinating organ and information. I would love to see the organist sitting there performing.
chuckluck2008 1 year ago 3
Ok.....But it's still an amazing organ
organfreak23 1 year ago
So......are we listening to the music or just fighting here???
BUt, that aside this is still pretty awesome, even if it is just a hymn, and a somewhat working organ.
organfreak23 1 year ago
Both. But it's not just a hymn and a somewhat working organ. It's a reminder of the consequences of carelessness. Particularly that of those workers that 'renovated' this auditorium, who hold a great deal of responsibility for its current state.
advisorC101 1 year ago
It's great that everyone can express their own opinion, it's not something to take for granted. I just find it difficult to understand how something as trivial as the way th organ size is measured can disgust someone. The sound is more important, to me. And it does sound magnificent.
SithExecutor 1 year ago
The only real issue I sense is the mainstream attitude "biggest=best", which is entirely untrue (in the general case). That -7 comment of his was intended as an attack on human ego, and this organ is a testimony to mankind's insatiable desire to build gigantic, monumental things. However his remark was quite discriminating in the sense of sexism. As for how one actually 'hears' this organ is entirely a matter of taste.
advisorC101 1 year ago
This organ was not, to my knowledge, built for the purpose of being the greatest or biggest. It was built to fill this huge hall with beautiful music, and that is what it does, when in working order. It was also built to support the vast variety of uses it would get in such a place. There is purpose behind every part.
ccoraxfan 1 year ago 20
Thank you so much. Finally, a most sensible comment. I was merely addressing the mainstream obtusities.
advisorC101 1 year ago
@advisorC101
And I do agree with you on the popular idea that "Bigger is better". This organ should not be judged merely because of its size, it should be judged on its many qualities.
ccoraxfan 1 year ago
@ccoraxfan Actually, a New Jersey senator built it with the intention of it being bigger than the Wanamaker Philadelphia organ.
menschmaschine5 1 year ago
@menschmaschine5 theres no true evidence to suggest this. The original specification was to be 46,000 pipes over 6 chambers, but due to lack of space/budgets, it was cut back to 28,000, but then more space became available, so some of the stops that were ommitted, were put back into the specification.
3dwurli 1 year ago
@menschmaschine5 It was designed by senator Emerson Richards, but it was built by Midmer-Losh organ company. As for your statement on intentions, if you can provide some evidence, I will consider it.
ccoraxfan 1 year ago
How can this thing be so big, and yet have such gentile sound?
poopingeneral 1 year ago
Uhm, just use the soft stops.
advisorC101 1 year ago
its got 27400 and something pipes. thats why i wants it
hatstalker 1 year ago
The official pipe count is 33,116, but could be anywhere between 29,000 and the first figure.
SithExecutor 1 year ago
the official pipe count means nought now, as its an old organ and some will have stopped funtioning despite the 2 full time restorers workign on it.
hatstalker 1 year ago
That's true. It's gonna be a while before they manage to fully restore it. That's if they can, though, with limited funding.
SithExecutor 1 year ago
A lovely sound and a lovely hymn, my late Mother's favourite.
silverstartrucker 2 years ago 3
I have the CD "Auditorium Organ" of Timothy Hoag playing this on the giant Midmer-Losh. It literally rocks the house! I'd love to get the opportunity to actually hear this instrument in person!!
acoustics101 2 years ago
I love this rendition. I played this in church with everybody singing. I played three verses, and added stops progressively until the last verse. I played with full organ sans the reeds in the great and swell. You could barely hear the choir. It was amazing.
mortson978 2 years ago
It is further on than I thought. I look forward to a continuing restoration and hopefully a computer capture system. The sound is amazing. I watched it in html5 which doesn't support everything in the video so I'll try it with the old pig, Flash.
organblower 2 years ago
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Only males would associate large size with something important. This is the worst sounding organ my ears have ever been subjected to. Arp Schnitger is turning in his grave.
bachkirche 2 years ago
It's highly unwise to compare a beautiful, ancient Baroque organ to a modern one like this.
advisorC101 2 years ago
@bachkirche. Well dont bloody listen to it then. What are you some kind of feminist? Also I dont think you have any right to comment on this instrument as you obviously know nothing about it. Why dont you keep your hateful comments to yourself.
splinter5196 2 years ago 6
My thoughts exactly, "feminist". I can understand and appreciate that there are people in the world who don't like this organ, and I welcome disagreeing opinions. But it's clear that "her" remark here is excessive, and dense.
advisorC101 2 years ago
@bachkirche
Not only sexist, but the comments have no base to them. If you don't like it, that's fine, but there is no need to make remarks like yours.
SithExecutor 2 years ago
bachkirche, you are a bloody fool. I have been through many instruments and played many, many organs. I've played a very wide variety of music on many different types of organs. You are a fool! After all of the places I've played, the convention hall remains my favorite. It is the most versatile instrument in history. It has EVERYTHING and can play ANYTHING. The voicing will take one's breath away. It sounds bad in the recording because so little of the organ is playing and all of it is untuned
edolch 2 years ago 2
@bachkirche. This organ was actually unplayable for quite a while. Being located next to the ocean on Boardwalk Hall, it recieved much damage from a hurricane in 1944. Some pipes have never been replaced, and some have never been tuned since because the asbestos levels in the chambers are too high. Yes, this organ is somewhat out of tune, but it is an engineering masterpiece.
TheOscillatingFan 2 years ago
There is no asbestos in the chambers! Lol
Yeah, its out of tune, but, shes on the road to recovery now! Work should have started in the left stage chamber now i think!
bmhall100 2 years ago
@ bachkirche:
This is beyond cliche:
"Only males would associate large size with something important."
You are not afflicted with penis envy. You are consumed by vaginal insufficiency. Simply put, you are an ignorant cunt. Please quit trying to form coherent thought, and just be a "good" girl. Do
what your pimp told you to. If you know ol' Arp really is "turning in his grave", give him room, and remember: "Necrophilia takes the worry out of being close", you feckless whiny strumpet.
dieselheart001 2 years ago 5
Dieseheart, Many thanks for your EPIC commentary.
advisorC101 1 year ago
The only problem with your vaginal insufficiency theory is that I am a guy. A heterosexual guy for that matter. One who frowns upon the judging of an organ by the number of pipes, the number of keyboards, the maximum wind pressure, and maximum volume. The fact that this organ has been listed in the Guiness book of worlds records as the loudest man-made sound ever made, with a trumpet stop sounding 6 times louder than the loudest locomotive whistle, does not impress me, but rather disgusts me.
bachkirche 1 year ago
Point taken.
advisorC101 1 year ago
If you read into it, and listen to the instrument, DISPITE its state of repair, its a very nice organ indeed. Theres ALOT more too it than 100" reeds and it being the largest organ. These are just the "big figures". Most of the instrument is on 10" wind, much the same as most theatre organs. Its a very well thought out and designed instrument. GIven the size of the room, and the people it holds, its does exactly the job it was required to do.
bmhall100 1 year ago
Its mentioned all the time about the 100" reeds, much like people speak of cars in terms of Bhp.
Theres brass divisions, percussion, the unenclosed choir on 3 1/4" wind, the 3 string divisons and alot more. The Midmer losh looks to the past as well as the present and the future from the time it was built. It can play almost anything, from bach, to showtunes, to symphonic works. I think when the two consoles are up and running, duets will be AMAZING on this organ, the possibilities are endless!
bmhall100 1 year ago
@bachkirche
It disgusts you? Well, then, that's your problem. You don't have to like it, nobody forced you to. And whether you believe all those things or not is entirely up to you, but your comments are entirely misplaced. And I suppose you are quite the organ expert? Well then, let it disgust you all you want, while others enjoy the magnificent sound of this glorious instrument.
SithExecutor 1 year ago
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Chill out, and stop being so angry!
mattrehmhext 1 year ago
It's quite alright. Let them argue as much as they please. It's good for learning.
advisorC101 1 year ago
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No, it's fucking pathetic!
mattrehmhext 1 year ago
Then you should run away little boy. Those who are serious and argue passionately reap the greatest benefits of knowledge, including learning from their own mistakes.
advisorC101 1 year ago
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No, and I'm not a "little boy". This is just pathetic.
mattrehmhext 1 year ago
You are small of mind. It's obvious in the tone of your writing. You don't have the resolve to stand firm in the quest for knowledge. Kindly don't bother replying. I despise weakness.
advisorC101 1 year ago
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Again you are wrong, you don't know me at all.
What you've typed sounds like you are living in a fantasy world, and you obviously have your head stuck up your own ass with the "I despise weakness" comment.
I'll reply all I want, thank you.
mattrehmhext 1 year ago
Not anymore you won't. Thank you.
advisorC101 1 year ago
@bachkirche
Okay I really felt the same way before getting to know anything about it. But the organ really is a work of art. I am begging of you to order "the Senator's Masterpiece" DVD. The auditorium's having no obstructions and so much space demands SO MUCH of any musical instrument. The instrument was literally the first instrument to utilize surround sound by placement of chambers. Senator Richards and Losh for a very long time studied from the greatest of organ builders.
falaqdad15 1 year ago 2
@bachkirche i do believe they described the grand ophiclede as sounding like john phillip sousa playing fortissimo! that sir IS impressive considering.
locke11216 1 year ago
Oh come on - it serves a wonderful purpose. Does EVERY instrument have to be you EVERYONE'S liking for goodness sake?
organman52 1 year ago
Exactly.
advisorC101 1 year ago
A beautiful piece on a magnificent instrument.
SithExecutor 2 years ago 2
I like hearing 1:14 on a system with extremely low bass response. I don't know the exact pipe they fire but its gotta be very large. When I play it here at work in our sound lab at a television station it actually causes the pencils on the mixing console to bounce up about an inch and fall on the floor. Other people in offices report pictures moving on their walls when we engage a 1200 watt subwoofer. Would love to be there in person to hear it.
KE5RHD 2 years ago 3
I could be wrong but the stop you're hearing is probably a 32ft principal. I'll ask around.
advisorC101 2 years ago
I would love to hear this entire piece build, in person. in the Hall itself. So I can say I share the same interest to hear this. Another interest is ham radio. My callsign is
KE5LIB. Feel welcome to contact me sometime. This may be the 32' Tuba Imperial... I'm not sure, but it seems I read they put everything in this but the loudest large stop- the Grand Ophicleide, and the 64' Dulzian...
That would probably have triggered a tsunami... lol...
dieselheart001 2 years ago
@dieselheart001 it would have been glorious if they had added the grand ophiclede. dont you think?
locke11216 1 year ago
@locke11216 Yes, it would. On the last chords that enunciate "Abide with me", floating above them as if soaring Heavenward, a simple peal of fifths from the Chamades and Trumpets followed by a sustained note from the same, held steadily in volume; as if it were a fixed and guiding Star. This would be, in the words of another more eloquent than I, to add something wonderful- and "vie with Gabriel while he sings- in notes almost divine". Words, and probably my consciousness, would fail me.
dieselheart001 1 year ago
The end really sends a shiver up my spine. What a magnificent instrument. If I had the money I would surely donate every cent needed to bring this back to its former glory.
SithExecutor 2 years ago 3
Same here. If I had millions I would give every cent to restore this king of instruments to its former glory.
God save this instrument!
poopingeneral 2 years ago 3
I agree. :)
passacaglia28 2 years ago
absolutely beautiful! 5 stars for this brilliant performance!
poopingeneral 2 years ago
How very observant of you.
advisorC101 2 years ago
I actually like very much what i'm hearing here. what exactly is the contention here with some of the comments? This organ sounds powerful and moving. am i missing something?
organboi 2 years ago
I have read an article on the Stalacpipe organ and, as awesome as it is, it only uses 37 stalactites. Only two of those 37 produced the true sounds Leland Sprinkle was looking for so he had to sand and shape the other 35 to complete the organ's voice. I find this creation to be unique, impressive and something I would love to visit one day, but in no way does it come close to the tonal spread of the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ or the Wanamaker Department store organ for that matter.
passacaglia28 2 years ago
Which is exactly why I said it's a different kind of instrument.
advisorC101 2 years ago
Indeed it is. :)
passacaglia28 2 years ago
I now realize the folly in my statement. I made it sounds as if the Luray Cave Organ and other pipe organs are the same animal and it is just a matter of size. Not so. Wind is not passed through the stalactites, but rather, they are struck with hammers to produce tones making it a completely different. :D
passacaglia28 2 years ago
... making it a completely different instrument.
passacaglia28 2 years ago
I propose we agree to disagree to prevent further frustration.
codeman2008 2 years ago
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sorry but the largest organ in the world is the stalacpipe organ in virginia located inside luray cave
MrPapacologne 2 years ago
You have no idea what you're talking about.
advisorC101 2 years ago
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i think its the other way around its even called the largest muscial instrument in the world its in ripleys believe it or not why dont you research STALACPIPE ORGAN
MrPapacologne 2 years ago
That's because this is a different kind of organ we're talking about, don't get into intellectual conversations. They aren't best suited for egotistic children.
advisorC101 2 years ago
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why dont you read your info you talk as if youre mr. webster as if you are all knowing, you even dont have your own performance video
MrPapacologne 2 years ago
And how the hell is my playing relevant to anything? For your information, I don't post anything of myself simply because I can't afford a recording device. But it doesn't change the fact that unlike yourself nothing is simple or straight forward in my world. I will for the rest of my life continue to learn as much as possible. But your kind of impudence never learns, everything in life is simple and self-evident to you, a characteristic derived only from your ego.
advisorC101 2 years ago
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sorry to hear your dramas, i think you need a psycholigist you have mental incapacities
MrPapacologne 2 years ago