@ampicoab I enjoy this video of Opus 1280 playing "Waltz of the Flowers", especially at this time of Christmas. This is one of my favorite You Tube videos. I love the ending of the video where you placed the Nutcracker on the organ bench. I think that is cute! Well, I wish you Merry Christmas, happy holidays, whatever..keep up the good work!
@ampicoab Thank you so much for sharing this with us... This organ is fantastic and I'm sure you know you've done an incredibly good thing by preserving it the way you have. A few questions if I may: What are the little ties on the pipes for? Looks like string or something? How are the pipes secured to the toe board so they do not fall over? Would it be possible for you to give us a video tour of the blower room, some detail on the jackbox, and perhaps show the swell engine while it's running?
@1motoxkid I'll answer the easy questions. Short pipes are held vertical in their toe holes by "rack boards". The rack board is about 6" above the toe board and is mounted to the toe board. Each pipe goes through its rack board hole which holds the pipe securely. Taller pipes cannot be supported that way and have racking behind the pipes and much higher over the toe board. Those pipes are tied to the racking structure for support. The ties are strings or cloth strips.
@1motoxkid As to showing "behind the scenes" operations of the more mechanical stuff, that will require another video shoot and some good music. I spend about two hours total time per finished video minute on the organ videos, so it will be another major project. Maybe this winter.
@ampicoab I certainly hope you do. This organ is magnificent and again I thank you so much for sharing it with everyone. Whereabouts is it located, if I may? Can folks visit with it?
@ampicoab I'm no expert. I know what a jackbox is, a toe board is, what a rank and manual is but there are intricacies I'm not familiar with. I'll visit the website. Thanks!
How many ranks is this? were Aeolian organs like this used in movie theatres etc as this has all the features of wurlitzer organs like percussion etc and tibia etc.was this built before hope jones invented the mighty wurlitzer? if so it was the precursor of the theatre organ as we know it!
If you want to install a pipe organ in your living room, it is easy to do. First, win the lottery and get your half-million dollars. Next find an architect and organ installer.
@appleeimac Stuff like desktop publishing, such as AppleWorks, which I use to do wordprocessing, cartoons, etc. I'm using my Dell PC right now, since the Mac is down. However, I'd like to be able to download MIDI files for my Yamaha YGP-535 88-note keyboard, to play on that, 'til I can learn to play it. Right now, I just play the songs that are in it, such as The Maple Leaf Rag, just by pushing a few buttons
@appleeimac Sorry about the late response. The program used is Master Tracks Pro. I have a very old version of it that runs on the older computers, as seen in the video. I also use the latest version on the newer iMacs.
Wonderful stuff. Fantastic integration of old and new automatic music playing. The organ is in fine voice too and your video is well shot in showing some of the visible actions of the organ.
Thanks to the technicians who preserved this marvellous instrument. I had always heard about these instruments, but this is my first experience hearing one play. It's truly a revelation. The voicing & tuning are splendid. Bravo! More please!
What a wonderful adaptation of the orchestral score. It renders the piece so nicely...its a pleasure to hear and see. So beautifully refined with early technology. Hope to hear more.
At 1:35 you see the Harp. At 4:36 the "Jackbox" is seen. The Jackbox reacts to the coding perforations on the roll. The Jacks toggle the stops and expression stages on and off. Also controlled are couplers for Echo, Harp, and chimes.
Would love to hear this thing in person. Rather amazing. I worked on reproducing pianos years ago and can appreciate how involved this thing must be. Thanks!
A very impressive roll played organ. I am always fascinated how this early and crude recording system worked so well and did it way before midi came on the scene.
paper rolls do not use digital encoding. There are archtypically analog... a long note=a longer hole. A higher note=a hole further to the right, lower=a hole further to the left.
What you say makes sense but it still seems digital to me. Note on = hole or logical 1 and note off = absense of hole or logical 0. Just a different perspective I guess.
Yes, hole-note on ... that would be digital; but there are DIFFERENT SIZE holes... a big HOLE means "not on, and hold it for just as long as this hole.... If you were to spread out the roll, you could actually tell which tune was being played by the arrangement of the holes... this is analog. if it were digital, all you would see was 00100100011000100100011100010001... and you could not "see" the melody.
Interesting discussion, but confusing because of a "typo" error.
"not on, and hold it..." has a much different meaning than "note on, and hold it..."
The control holes operate differently than the notes. The first occurrence is "on" the next occurrence is "off" for the stops and couplers. This means looking a the paper after the composition begins won't tell if the stop is off or on unless all previous holes have been counted for that specific function. An odd number would be "on".
@ampicoab I noticed in the video, what looks likes ranks of wooden pipes, that have like handles or plungers on top. I gather that these must be bombarde' pipes, tell me, am I correct. I was in the Eastern Mass. Chapter of the American Theater Organ Society (EMCATOS) and someone there, told me that the name, Bombarde' means these pipes bombard the listeners with sound. BTW, you did a fine job of restoring the player pipe organ!
@DonaldFranklin67 The wooden pipes with "handles" are actually "stopped" pipes. The handle is for tuning by changing the position of the stopper. When a pipe is "stopped", it plays as if it were twice as long. Thus the stopped pipes that are actually 8 feet long, sound as if they were 16 feet. There are no Bombarde pipes in this organ. The stopped pipes that you see are either the Bourdon, Stopped Diapason, or Flute D'amour.
@ampicoab I got another question for you. some of the pipes look they have, what look like sliders of some kind at the top of them. Do they have something to do with tuning, or "voiceing" the pipes? BTW, I saw videos of Aeolian player organs, which are of an earlier vintage, one of which was playing the "Triumphal March". There was a girl, at the organ console, with a gloved hand, manually, monitoring the tension on the paper roll as the organ was playing.
@ampicoab This is an addendum to my last comment. since they allow you to use so many characters per comment. I saw a girl, with a gloved hand, at the organ console,monitoring the tension on the paper roll, as the organ was playing, the owner(s) of this Aeolian organ, should do as you did, add a MIDI controller, make MIDI files from the paper rolls, etc., this player organ is an earlier vintage than yours. I believe late 1800's
yes, you could, only you would need to insert a line-feed into the code at the interval of the "range of the code", e.g. for an 88-note player, after every 88th bit.
What you then would end up with is nothing less then a digital representation of the paper-roll (just imagine you printed the code out and looked at it, there would be 1's for every "O" in the Paper ;-))
Back in the early 80's there was a BBC program called, "Connections." It connected things in the past to the highest technology of today. The player technology used in these organs and pianos have been closely connected to space missions, guided missiles, and computers. They are the earliest storage devices. Often they were used to record a live event. They recently found some piano rolls of Scott Joplin which recorded him playing.
this is just a marvelous machine! I always wondered how roll changers accurately and dependably found the leader- now I know! thanks for all your great videos- and stewardship of these treasures.
this is really impressive! can ne1 tell me what the vents on the wall are for? and it's awsome how this plays both paper rolls and MIDI! was this an old organ modified to play MIDI or was it built quite recently with MIDI in mind? sorry as you can tell im pretty intrigued!
Yes, this is an old organ, built in 1914. It has the original electro-pneumatic action which makes it easy to attach MIDI input and output boards. The paper rolls are converted to MIDI files in my studio and these files play the organ. The paper is very fragile and often tears, so MIDI is the best way to play the organ.
Thousands of free MIDI files can be downloaded from the internet and played, too.
@ampicoab I got a Yamaha YGP-535 digital electronic piano, is it possible to download and/or get MIDI piano files for that. Yamaha wants big bucks for the piano solo files they got for the YPG-535 keyboard in the download section of their website.. These files they have, are familiar pieces of music I'd love to load into my keyboard. but they want $30-36.00 per download..Outrageous! I want to have nice music installed in it, to listen to it play, until I learn to play it myself.
@ampicoab BTW, I love this video, you took of the Aeolian player pipe organ. I enjoy the performance of "Waltz of the Flowers" from the "Nutcracker Suite". I put this video in my "Favorites" on YouTube, and played it a number of times on my computer and iPhone.
Yes, the shutters control the volume. In this example, the shutter movement is controlled by the roll, or MIDI file. When a person plays the organ, the shutters are controlled by a pedal called "expression shoe" or "expression pedal". These are different than the pedal notes. The organist usually uses the right foot on expression pedals.
@ampicoab I couldn't help but notice the computer you're using for the organ's MIDI controller, looks to me, it's an old Mac Powerbook, running Mac OS 7.5. I'm a Mac user from way back, I got an old IMAC, the classic blue and white, w/the CRT, but it's down, so I'm on my PC. BTW, that's cute how you put the Nutcracker on the organ bench at the end of the video.
@appleeimac yes, the original blue and white Mac that looks like a small TV. I'm running Mac OS 10.4 the "Tiger"operating system. I had to re-install the OS, but the installer disk got stuck in the drive.Oh, if I could afford it, I'd get one of the new Imacs, with the Intel dual-core processor, running "Snow Leopard", then I'd have one computer, as the new Macs can run Windows, as well as Mac OS.
No, there is a little gnome who lives iniside there who has a little wand (he cant reach well) to open shut the shutters as needed. His cue comes from an electrified chair he sits on, when he gets zapped by the 220 Volts he opens the shutters.
No, the keys don't move when the player is used. They really don't need to move as the pipes are activated by electrical circuits. The keys create the circuits when depressed. The player does the same thing using different electrical contacts located in the player system, which are different than the key board contacts.
The short answer is yes. The pipes are all played with air pressure and the action that turns on each pipe is what is called electro/pneumatic. Small electric magnets activate the pneumatic valves. The concertola reads the rolls with a vacuum system. The smaller rolls in the console are read with a pressure system.
Some of the organ innards can be seen in a educational (boring) video called rebuilding the Aeolian duplex chest.
N0oB, the things you've seen with bells and cymbals are band organs or fairground organs, made to play along with rides, often carousels. Unlike these Aeolians which have lush sounds, toned down for home use, band organs have piccolos or fifes, brass or wooden horns (trumpets or trombones) and, in many cases, lots of strings (wooden violin pipes) and are intended to be LOUD. Look up David Wasson's home-built concert band organ "Trudy" on Google for a grand example. This Aeolian is magnificent!
Farodkhaledmossad, this is an antique (teens or twenties) Aeolian residence pipe organ. It has pipes, a metal "harp" (seen at the beginning) and a few drums and a cymbal. Where to buy one? That'll be tough, and expensive. N0oBOrgANist, while there ARE mechanical, automatic strings (Mills Violano Virtuoso or Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina) a pipe organ can, and usually does, have pipes that imitate string tones. Concert, theatre, and definately these residence organs have them.
It is very interesting, I didn't know there was some player pipe organs, the rolls look similar to a player piano. Do the rolls control everything, even the expression pedal and when to pull different stops ?
Yes, the pipe organ plays paper rolls very similar to those on a piano. In this example, the roll controls everything on the organ including stops and expression pedals. It is a fully automatic player called a "Duo Art Reproducing Pipe Organ Player". Older examples of player organs used a pinned "barrel" cylinder to play the notes. Player organs originated in the 1500's.
You can see strings in other videos. To see violins played by a machine, search for mbsi 8 and you will see many different examples. The violins are at about 6 minutes in the vid.
I am perplexwith the machine, is it a pipe organ or an orchestra its self? is it a residence site, so I can have mey Own private^"show"? Where do I can buy it?
hey.. well that are the dynamic flaps... you can turn down the volume up or down a little bit in pushing a pedal up or down (for loudness you open the flaps, for soft, gently passages you close the flap), so youre getting much more dynamic in the song ;)
The "Flaps" in the wall are called "Swell Shades". The pipes are in a chamber and these shades, as you can see in pictures from the ourside, are across the front of the chamber. These can control the volume of the pipes in that division. This is the Swell, upper manual on the console.
Wondering: are all these organ rolls strictly paper, or are they on something with a linen-based backing that will avoid tearing? I know that the rolls can be reproduced, but to lose an original roll without a copy--that would be a disaster! Thanks for posting.
The rolls are paper and are very fragile. Some of the rolls have been reproduced, but not the majority. In my case, I have copied the rolls into computer files that in turn play the organ. I only play the paper rolls "for show". In this video, the computer plays the organ and the roll is safe on the shelf.
Interesting to find that out. Of course my next question would be how do you get them transferred from paper to your computer? Is it a long, drawn-out process with a scanner?
Wow! Amazing video! A stunning Aeolian. The sounds are just thrilling, especially at this quality of restoration. Helps one imagine showering one's guests with beautiful music after a dinner party. Where was this originally installed, and how many ranks?
Fine demonstration selection and excellent job of showing pipe room, roll changer, MIDI computer and other things not often seen in most YouTube mechanical music videos. Thanks.....
@ampicoab I enjoy this video of Opus 1280 playing "Waltz of the Flowers", especially at this time of Christmas. This is one of my favorite You Tube videos. I love the ending of the video where you placed the Nutcracker on the organ bench. I think that is cute! Well, I wish you Merry Christmas, happy holidays, whatever..keep up the good work!
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@ampicoab Thank you so much for sharing this with us... This organ is fantastic and I'm sure you know you've done an incredibly good thing by preserving it the way you have. A few questions if I may: What are the little ties on the pipes for? Looks like string or something? How are the pipes secured to the toe board so they do not fall over? Would it be possible for you to give us a video tour of the blower room, some detail on the jackbox, and perhaps show the swell engine while it's running?
1motoxkid 5 months ago
@1motoxkid I'll answer the easy questions. Short pipes are held vertical in their toe holes by "rack boards". The rack board is about 6" above the toe board and is mounted to the toe board. Each pipe goes through its rack board hole which holds the pipe securely. Taller pipes cannot be supported that way and have racking behind the pipes and much higher over the toe board. Those pipes are tied to the racking structure for support. The ties are strings or cloth strips.
ampicoab 4 months ago
@1motoxkid As to showing "behind the scenes" operations of the more mechanical stuff, that will require another video shoot and some good music. I spend about two hours total time per finished video minute on the organ videos, so it will be another major project. Maybe this winter.
ampicoab 4 months ago
@ampicoab I certainly hope you do. This organ is magnificent and again I thank you so much for sharing it with everyone. Whereabouts is it located, if I may? Can folks visit with it?
1motoxkid 4 months ago
@1motoxkid Your comments are appreciated. I was curious how you knew about the "jackbox" yet were not familiar with normal pipe racking. ??
More information about this organ, including location is on my web site. That site is on my channel page in my info box.
Various groups and individuals do visit my collection.
ampicoab 4 months ago
@ampicoab I'm no expert. I know what a jackbox is, a toe board is, what a rank and manual is but there are intricacies I'm not familiar with. I'll visit the website. Thanks!
1motoxkid 4 months ago
FANTASTIC
MANTLEBERG 5 months ago
But what is the disposition or where can I find it?
keyboardjeff 7 months ago in playlist Organ
These machines are fantastic
767373jae 7 months ago
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The one that loaded this up on the internet needs to be worshiped!
767373jae 7 months ago
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767373jae 7 months ago
I think its azaming how the roll get loaded into the system, does it cue music?
A video on how that works would be great.
73volvo145 7 months ago
Wow!! Amazing!! But can you also play this organ normally?? If you don't want it to play "itself" ?? :D
Principal16 8 months ago
How many ranks is this? were Aeolian organs like this used in movie theatres etc as this has all the features of wurlitzer organs like percussion etc and tibia etc.was this built before hope jones invented the mighty wurlitzer? if so it was the precursor of the theatre organ as we know it!
ANDREWLEONARDSMITH 9 months ago
If you want to install a pipe organ in your living room, it is easy to do. First, win the lottery and get your half-million dollars. Next find an architect and organ installer.
birdwing98 9 months ago
This pipe organ has such a worm nice sound!
keyboardjeff 10 months ago
Nice.
steeeeevve 10 months ago
That was just TOO COOL! I love the pipe organ. Wish I had one.
ChucklesKeys 11 months ago
Without the flaw of the Human Hand....
This is quite an impressive setup. It was quite enjoyable to listen to.
Thanks for sharing
Zylstra555 11 months ago
If I Wanted to install a Pipe organ in my living room, how would you suggest I do that? In other words, where do a start, and how do I go from there?
ndpfc 11 months ago
Do you have an email address?
If so, Please tell me what it is, so I can email you a file for you to try on that organ with your MIDI program.
trainguy456 1 year ago
cool I love it
sol1234lion 1 year ago
1:40
I finally know where that sound is from. It's always baffled me.
kasteman1 1 year ago
A most unique sound!
kasha1932 1 year ago
Is this organ in your living room ?????????...
onlymario21 1 year ago
@onlymario21 The organ lives in its own music room.
ampicoab 1 year ago 7
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The iPod of 1901! There is NO reason to show a computer trying to keep up!
767373jae 1 year ago
@767373jae Sorry, the computer is not trying. It IS running the show!
ampicoab 1 year ago
The iPod of 1901!
767373jae 1 year ago 14
awesome!!!
klayymann 1 year ago
what program do you se on you mac?
appleeimac 1 year ago
@appleeimac Stuff like desktop publishing, such as AppleWorks, which I use to do wordprocessing, cartoons, etc. I'm using my Dell PC right now, since the Mac is down. However, I'd like to be able to download MIDI files for my Yamaha YGP-535 88-note keyboard, to play on that, 'til I can learn to play it. Right now, I just play the songs that are in it, such as The Maple Leaf Rag, just by pushing a few buttons
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
@appleeimac Excuse me, were you talking to ampicoab? Sorry, if I interrupted.
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
@DonaldFranklin67 yes its ok
appleeimac 1 year ago
@appleeimac Sorry about the late response. The program used is Master Tracks Pro. I have a very old version of it that runs on the older computers, as seen in the video. I also use the latest version on the newer iMacs.
ampicoab 1 year ago
Wonderful stuff. Fantastic integration of old and new automatic music playing. The organ is in fine voice too and your video is well shot in showing some of the visible actions of the organ.
craigkeller1966 1 year ago
Hey, remember me?
I'm the one who asked about some interesting features about the organ.
Anyway, do you have some MIDIs that have a connection to Luigi's mansion(the video game)?
If so, can you upload a few videos where this organ plays them ?
trainguy456 1 year ago
organ grinder resturant
anglerfly 1 year ago
Wow what a machine.
What brand is it and what year was it made?
If this in your house or a church?
Check out my player pianos videos as well, nothing like this but good :)
Turkeydoodlers 2 years ago
i don't quite understand the purpose of the automatic vent fins in the wall...... anyone care to enlighten me?
immuki 2 years ago
Those, dear lad, are the swell shades, they allwo the organist/organ to be louder/softer without changing registration
Fozzymaple 2 years ago
Amazing!!. Must be more if one can be there to enjoy it.
oscar1363 2 years ago
Thanks to the technicians who preserved this marvellous instrument. I had always heard about these instruments, but this is my first experience hearing one play. It's truly a revelation. The voicing & tuning are splendid. Bravo! More please!
speedstick77 2 years ago
This is astounding and so fascinating!! I must read up on this remarkable concept.
The music is lovely and I thank you for sharing this super post.
Corrie121 2 years ago
What a wonderful adaptation of the orchestral score. It renders the piece so nicely...its a pleasure to hear and see. So beautifully refined with early technology. Hope to hear more.
captainmarvel58 2 years ago
What are the organ parts at 1:35 and 4:36? Can you identify Them for me?
trainguy456 2 years ago
At 1:35 you see the Harp. At 4:36 the "Jackbox" is seen. The Jackbox reacts to the coding perforations on the roll. The Jacks toggle the stops and expression stages on and off. Also controlled are couplers for Echo, Harp, and chimes.
Good questions!
1ampico 2 years ago
Would love to hear this thing in person. Rather amazing. I worked on reproducing pianos years ago and can appreciate how involved this thing must be. Thanks!
EthylMerts 2 years ago
Absolutely lives up to it's reputation as a mechanical masterpiece. Such engenuity is genius. Oldseadog37
jev1937 2 years ago
A PC, music roll and pipe organ combine to produce fine music. The blending of three distinct technologies really works here.
bostonblakie 2 years ago
FANTASTIC
JMRBAQ 2 years ago
Where is this wonderful instrument? Is it in a private home? or church?
hindsight1820 2 years ago
Where can I find a downloadable version of this video's music???
trainguy456 2 years ago
A very impressive roll played organ. I am always fascinated how this early and crude recording system worked so well and did it way before midi came on the scene.
kdegru 2 years ago
Crude ????
mikado54mark 2 years ago
Crude only in the sense that the punched paper roll was a true digital encoding scheme without the use of modern electronics.
kdegru 2 years ago
paper rolls do not use digital encoding. There are archtypically analog... a long note=a longer hole. A higher note=a hole further to the right, lower=a hole further to the left.
mddaddybear 2 years ago
What you say makes sense but it still seems digital to me. Note on = hole or logical 1 and note off = absense of hole or logical 0. Just a different perspective I guess.
kdegru 2 years ago
Yes, hole-note on ... that would be digital; but there are DIFFERENT SIZE holes... a big HOLE means "not on, and hold it for just as long as this hole.... If you were to spread out the roll, you could actually tell which tune was being played by the arrangement of the holes... this is analog. if it were digital, all you would see was 00100100011000100100011100010001... and you could not "see" the melody.
mddaddybear 2 years ago
Interesting discussion, but confusing because of a "typo" error.
"not on, and hold it..." has a much different meaning than "note on, and hold it..."
The control holes operate differently than the notes. The first occurrence is "on" the next occurrence is "off" for the stops and couplers. This means looking a the paper after the composition begins won't tell if the stop is off or on unless all previous holes have been counted for that specific function. An odd number would be "on".
ampicoab 2 years ago
@ampicoab I noticed in the video, what looks likes ranks of wooden pipes, that have like handles or plungers on top. I gather that these must be bombarde' pipes, tell me, am I correct. I was in the Eastern Mass. Chapter of the American Theater Organ Society (EMCATOS) and someone there, told me that the name, Bombarde' means these pipes bombard the listeners with sound. BTW, you did a fine job of restoring the player pipe organ!
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
@DonaldFranklin67 The wooden pipes with "handles" are actually "stopped" pipes. The handle is for tuning by changing the position of the stopper. When a pipe is "stopped", it plays as if it were twice as long. Thus the stopped pipes that are actually 8 feet long, sound as if they were 16 feet. There are no Bombarde pipes in this organ. The stopped pipes that you see are either the Bourdon, Stopped Diapason, or Flute D'amour.
ampicoab 1 year ago
@ampicoab I got another question for you. some of the pipes look they have, what look like sliders of some kind at the top of them. Do they have something to do with tuning, or "voiceing" the pipes? BTW, I saw videos of Aeolian player organs, which are of an earlier vintage, one of which was playing the "Triumphal March". There was a girl, at the organ console, with a gloved hand, manually, monitoring the tension on the paper roll as the organ was playing.
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
@ampicoab This is an addendum to my last comment. since they allow you to use so many characters per comment. I saw a girl, with a gloved hand, at the organ console,monitoring the tension on the paper roll, as the organ was playing, the owner(s) of this Aeolian organ, should do as you did, add a MIDI controller, make MIDI files from the paper rolls, etc., this player organ is an earlier vintage than yours. I believe late 1800's
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
yes, you could, only you would need to insert a line-feed into the code at the interval of the "range of the code", e.g. for an 88-note player, after every 88th bit.
What you then would end up with is nothing less then a digital representation of the paper-roll (just imagine you printed the code out and looked at it, there would be 1's for every "O" in the Paper ;-))
theorganguy 2 years ago
@mddaddybear "00100100011000100100011100010001" is binary base-2 not digital.
lazzer408 1 year ago
This should be connected to the Blue Danube Waltz!
cyndie26 2 years ago 2
wonderful, thank you
IMAGEofLIGHT 2 years ago
Absolutely beautiful, like WOW 1
bobpanama 2 years ago
Chingonsisimo!
eduardoestalino 2 years ago
Someone is an expert technician and tuner. I have read about the instrument, but never heard one before. What a wonderful surprise.
speedstick77 2 years ago
wow!
DoctorNeoCortex72 3 years ago
fantastic!
I really enjoyed it
KesavaAVP 3 years ago
Back in the early 80's there was a BBC program called, "Connections." It connected things in the past to the highest technology of today. The player technology used in these organs and pianos have been closely connected to space missions, guided missiles, and computers. They are the earliest storage devices. Often they were used to record a live event. They recently found some piano rolls of Scott Joplin which recorded him playing.
KE5RHD 3 years ago
What a lovely sounding Organ. I wish some of the ones I have played were in tune and and flutefull sounding as this old girl! Keep her well!
StreetSoundsDJ 3 years ago
this is just a marvelous machine! I always wondered how roll changers accurately and dependably found the leader- now I know! thanks for all your great videos- and stewardship of these treasures.
buzzbaybear 3 years ago
pretty amuzing,,nicly played music thanks for posting mate
cheers
ahmad
ahmedsadik1983 3 years ago
sorry just seen the previous message about the shutters controlling volume
sublimedub1983 3 years ago
this is really impressive! can ne1 tell me what the vents on the wall are for? and it's awsome how this plays both paper rolls and MIDI! was this an old organ modified to play MIDI or was it built quite recently with MIDI in mind? sorry as you can tell im pretty intrigued!
sublimedub1983 3 years ago
Yes, this is an old organ, built in 1914. It has the original electro-pneumatic action which makes it easy to attach MIDI input and output boards. The paper rolls are converted to MIDI files in my studio and these files play the organ. The paper is very fragile and often tears, so MIDI is the best way to play the organ.
Thousands of free MIDI files can be downloaded from the internet and played, too.
ampicoab 3 years ago
@ampicoab I got a Yamaha YGP-535 digital electronic piano, is it possible to download and/or get MIDI piano files for that. Yamaha wants big bucks for the piano solo files they got for the YPG-535 keyboard in the download section of their website.. These files they have, are familiar pieces of music I'd love to load into my keyboard. but they want $30-36.00 per download..Outrageous! I want to have nice music installed in it, to listen to it play, until I learn to play it myself.
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
@ampicoab BTW, I love this video, you took of the Aeolian player pipe organ. I enjoy the performance of "Waltz of the Flowers" from the "Nutcracker Suite". I put this video in my "Favorites" on YouTube, and played it a number of times on my computer and iPhone.
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
@sublimedub1983
I know this was a year ago you asked this question but still, The vents on the wall are for volume control.
mythril4 1 year ago
@sublimedub1983 The flexing panels are to allow volume differences to the audience.
767373jae 1 year ago
were the shutters opening and closing themselves for volume?
AKsib2 3 years ago
Yes, the shutters control the volume. In this example, the shutter movement is controlled by the roll, or MIDI file. When a person plays the organ, the shutters are controlled by a pedal called "expression shoe" or "expression pedal". These are different than the pedal notes. The organist usually uses the right foot on expression pedals.
ampicoab 3 years ago
@ampicoab I couldn't help but notice the computer you're using for the organ's MIDI controller, looks to me, it's an old Mac Powerbook, running Mac OS 7.5. I'm a Mac user from way back, I got an old IMAC, the classic blue and white, w/the CRT, but it's down, so I'm on my PC. BTW, that's cute how you put the Nutcracker on the organ bench at the end of the video.
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
@DonaldFranklin67 imac g3?
appleeimac 1 year ago
@appleeimac yes, the original blue and white Mac that looks like a small TV. I'm running Mac OS 10.4 the "Tiger"operating system. I had to re-install the OS, but the installer disk got stuck in the drive.Oh, if I could afford it, I'd get one of the new Imacs, with the Intel dual-core processor, running "Snow Leopard", then I'd have one computer, as the new Macs can run Windows, as well as Mac OS.
DonaldFranklin67 1 year ago
No, there is a little gnome who lives iniside there who has a little wand (he cant reach well) to open shut the shutters as needed. His cue comes from an electrified chair he sits on, when he gets zapped by the 220 Volts he opens the shutters.
lostnyc2 3 years ago 2
ok is a beautiful " music " but is by a " computer " ! :(
Lapingay 3 years ago
One of the best examples of the workings of a pipe organ I've ever seen. Good for the youth to see. Pictue being worth 1000s of words.
edonmusic 3 years ago
This is an absolutely glorious combination of old and new technology. What a beautiful instrument, nad it's been given such loving care.
278371 3 years ago
Do the keys physically move like a Disklavier when the roll system is used?
GrandMasterIV 3 years ago
No, the keys don't move when the player is used. They really don't need to move as the pipes are activated by electrical circuits. The keys create the circuits when depressed. The player does the same thing using different electrical contacts located in the player system, which are different than the key board contacts.
Good question.
ampicoab 3 years ago
Mi piacerebbe tantissimo avere una casa con dentro un organo a canne.....
il massimo.......
etnovasintomnia 3 years ago
I find it fascinating that someone would take the time to "thumbs-down" every positive comment on this wonderful video.
Well fooey on you, cause I've just reversed them!
Karlfalcon 3 years ago
You did what now?
Cheesetubes 3 years ago
This is a most wonderfull machine, brilliant video, thanks for putting on.
GAVIOLITOM 3 years ago
A MAY Zing! Wonderful video of a wonderful instrument. Thanks!
clydesight 3 years ago
Wonderful!
Organgrinder010 3 years ago
Wow,this is very cool!!Great video!
topper2142 3 years ago 2
I didn't expect this kind of sound from this device.... damn!
So tell me something, is it a big device?
jjmalcak 3 years ago
It is about the size of a small to medium church organ. When it was moved, a 26' truck was packed, floor to ceiling.
ampicoab 3 years ago
Does Every Thing Run Off Of Vacuum And Air pressure?
amswanson1256 3 years ago
The short answer is yes. The pipes are all played with air pressure and the action that turns on each pipe is what is called electro/pneumatic. Small electric magnets activate the pneumatic valves. The concertola reads the rolls with a vacuum system. The smaller rolls in the console are read with a pressure system.
Some of the organ innards can be seen in a educational (boring) video called rebuilding the Aeolian duplex chest.
ampicoab 3 years ago
N0oB, the things you've seen with bells and cymbals are band organs or fairground organs, made to play along with rides, often carousels. Unlike these Aeolians which have lush sounds, toned down for home use, band organs have piccolos or fifes, brass or wooden horns (trumpets or trombones) and, in many cases, lots of strings (wooden violin pipes) and are intended to be LOUD. Look up David Wasson's home-built concert band organ "Trudy" on Google for a grand example. This Aeolian is magnificent!
JonasClark 3 years ago
Farodkhaledmossad, this is an antique (teens or twenties) Aeolian residence pipe organ. It has pipes, a metal "harp" (seen at the beginning) and a few drums and a cymbal. Where to buy one? That'll be tough, and expensive. N0oBOrgANist, while there ARE mechanical, automatic strings (Mills Violano Virtuoso or Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina) a pipe organ can, and usually does, have pipes that imitate string tones. Concert, theatre, and definately these residence organs have them.
JonasClark 3 years ago
absolutely wonderful totaly mesmerising thanks.
cuntholio 3 years ago
Beautiful instrument.
HisXLNC 3 years ago
Splendid
Karlfalcon 3 years ago
It is very interesting, I didn't know there was some player pipe organs, the rolls look similar to a player piano. Do the rolls control everything, even the expression pedal and when to pull different stops ?
univhearse 3 years ago
Yes, the pipe organ plays paper rolls very similar to those on a piano. In this example, the roll controls everything on the organ including stops and expression pedals. It is a fully automatic player called a "Duo Art Reproducing Pipe Organ Player". Older examples of player organs used a pinned "barrel" cylinder to play the notes. Player organs originated in the 1500's.
ampicoab 3 years ago
ive seen organs with bells and symbals at carnivals and stuff but this is really cool. the only thing missing is the strings
n0oBOrgANist 3 years ago
You can see strings in other videos. To see violins played by a machine, search for mbsi 8 and you will see many different examples. The violins are at about 6 minutes in the vid.
ampicoab 3 years ago
I am perplexwith the machine, is it a pipe organ or an orchestra its self? is it a residence site, so I can have mey Own private^"show"? Where do I can buy it?
Is it new? old? Absolutely amazing.
Nice for you, that´s really fantastic.
farodkhaledmossad 3 years ago
Magnifique, voila un orgue qui fonctionne bien !
9703michel 4 years ago
hey.. well that are the dynamic flaps... you can turn down the volume up or down a little bit in pushing a pedal up or down (for loudness you open the flaps, for soft, gently passages you close the flap), so youre getting much more dynamic in the song ;)
bendasbrot 4 years ago
what do the flaps in the wall do? the ones that open and close
bazareed 4 years ago
The "Flaps" in the wall are called "Swell Shades". The pipes are in a chamber and these shades, as you can see in pictures from the ourside, are across the front of the chamber. These can control the volume of the pipes in that division. This is the Swell, upper manual on the console.
octave4 3 years ago
I forgot those even existed. Kind of neat to see tho.
GuitarLove462 4 years ago
Wondering: are all these organ rolls strictly paper, or are they on something with a linen-based backing that will avoid tearing? I know that the rolls can be reproduced, but to lose an original roll without a copy--that would be a disaster! Thanks for posting.
victoriaphibes 4 years ago
The rolls are paper and are very fragile. Some of the rolls have been reproduced, but not the majority. In my case, I have copied the rolls into computer files that in turn play the organ. I only play the paper rolls "for show". In this video, the computer plays the organ and the roll is safe on the shelf.
ampicoab 4 years ago
Interesting to find that out. Of course my next question would be how do you get them transferred from paper to your computer? Is it a long, drawn-out process with a scanner?
victoriaphibes 4 years ago
Man is a really gifted ape :D!!!!!!
Spermy77 4 years ago
Magnifique !!! et en plus la réalisation est pas mal du tout, on voit la tuyauterie, le mécanisme...... Bravo !
julorg 4 years ago
Beautiful! What an excellent recording. I only hope you have a large collection of rolls for this priceless instrument. Enjoy!
rhbookout 4 years ago
Thanks, and I do have about 1,500 organ rolls
ampicoab 4 years ago
Great sounding Aelion organ,
I've only head a two manual Aelion organ with player at mechanical music museum in Cornwall.
Ben :-)
musicmachinesuk 4 years ago
Wow! Amazing video! A stunning Aeolian. The sounds are just thrilling, especially at this quality of restoration. Helps one imagine showering one's guests with beautiful music after a dinner party. Where was this originally installed, and how many ranks?
JonasClark 4 years ago
Installed in 1914 in the Jay Gould house, 5th Avenue at 47th in New York. 34 ranks.
ampicoab 4 years ago
Its so neat to see these organs, especially in such great shape as this one.
cromorne 4 years ago
nice tune.can there be more of this player Pipe Organ?.and where is this player pipe organ?.
nicolaj0154 4 years ago
Excellent!
Kiddman32 4 years ago
Fine demonstration selection and excellent job of showing pipe room, roll changer, MIDI computer and other things not often seen in most YouTube mechanical music videos. Thanks.....
JimfromOH 4 years ago
One word. WOW!
jfbflash 4 years ago
Good job of capturing the dynamics, often missing in U-tube. Nice registration. Would like to see more.
ooaaiiee 4 years ago
Sorry, I missed the "N" in spelling Concertola
hupfeldpan 4 years ago
The cocertola ten roll changer, along with the music it plays on the Aeolian organ is a real pleasure to listen to.
SUPER VIDEO!
hupfeldpan 4 years ago