Fayette Opera House - Mason & Hamlin Reed Organ

[petterdiesel]

Generally reed organs are light weight! Not this one!LOL! Would so love to have a go at this organ!

[JerzyDude732]

Thanks for the upload. Great to know that the M & H was found and restored. It makes my Estey look tiny.

[harmoniumbauer]

Great!!!! Do you use at the end the 32' Double Bass?

[rodneyjantzi]

@harmoniumbauer - At the very end I pulled the 32' stop. I wanted it sooner, but I missed the opportunity. You can probably tell that I had issues with getting the full organ engaged (failed to latch first time) at the end, and there was now way I was going to not use the 32' even if it was on the last note and it was going to throw my timing off :)

[harmoniumbauer]

@rodneyjantzi Thanks for the kind answer! :)

[dibfranciss]

Wow ! Congratulations, Rodney !!

[Musique3579]

Wow, what a fantastic Organ and your playing is just so neat! (Bet it would take me 50 years to restore something of that magnitude.) :-)

[Voldemorty2001]

Yeah, I haint never seen no reed pumper with the rank of bass pedals. Got any more pics of her?

Also, begs the question, does it have a suction box? (did it always have one, or was there some kid stuck walking on a contraption?)

[rodneyjantzi]

@Voldemorty2001 - I have another pic near the end of one of my videos "Reeding101 Chapter 5".

It did not originally have a suction motor on it, it used a side pump handle that stuck out the side of the console for the bellows operarator. I would imagine it would have been a tough job to keep the air moving...

[ebach1]

great :)

[Garselo]

You may not have had time to bond with this organ but it still sounds good and although I have not played this piece I am very familiar with it.