Praise God with whom all blessings flow

A video I took of Thomas Helms at a Pedal Pipes and Pizza. He is absolutely brilliant with tonal selection. He is also very kind and takes time out to talk to you and explain any questions that we had about the instrument. He also is the builder of the organ in this video.

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[AggieMaestro]

Is this a Wicks organ?

[jpwsml]

Thank God no! It is a Helms organ,. That is Thomas Helms playing it.

[wurlitzer3]

So what's wrong with a Wicks organ? Some of their recent instruments are quite fine.

[jpwsml]

Well, they charge about 3 times too mutch for their work, which is ok but deffinitely not the best. Their good organs but not at their prices. Their consoles tend to be problematic too.

[wurlitzer3]

We bought a 20 rank Wicks in 1998 for $11,000, had it rebuilt by Wicks (including the console) and added 11 ranks of mixed parentage some of which we already had. The total cost from Wicks was $124,000. It was installed in 1999. I call that a damned good price for 30 ranks (we discarded a Dolcan from the original spec). Adding in the organ's cost, dismantling and moving it (got a great price from Organ Clearing House), and carpentry we still came in at $150,000. See it at Wicks site. op. 3850.

[jpwsml]

That's great but as an organ tech the ones I've worked on have had some real problems with them. I'm talking from personal experience. If your happy with yours then cudos to Wicks! :D

[oohryry]

I have always hated pipe organs until now. Finally, someone that can make it sound to my liking.

[jpwsml]

Absolutely!

[AggieMaestro]

Oh okay. I've never heard of Helms' Organs. I'll do some research. ;-)

[jpwsml]

I don't know of any cd's, you could find a contact to ask him, he is the music director at St Pauls in Pensacola Fl.