reed organ harmonium tutorial

Here is a sampling of the various stops on an american reed organ...sorry for all of the wrong notes that I played :)

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Music

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• harmonium
• reed
• organ
• stopknob
• romantic
• victorian

[ofacteur]

At 1:11 I started playing the Lachrimae pavan. There are tons of settings of it, but I like the Sweelinck version most :)

Is it a larger Dominion? They are very similar to the Clough in sound!

[Zylstra555]

I would love to see this video again with the ability to hear you so I can know what you are trying to tell us about.

Thanks for the sampling, I am currently in the process of restoring my reed organ -- my hands are covered in dried shellac! It's terribly messy.

[ofacteur]

The sound isnt working? Sorry the quality is SO BAD, I dont have a decent device to record-

[lostnyc2]

I dont play my reed organ often because I have a pipe organ, I find the reed organs designed for shorter people in the 1880's, my knees hit the underside of the keydesk and the height of the keys are not optimal in relation to sitting height. That is one reason the AGO came up with specific standards for pipe organ consoles and pedalboards all the builders stuck with once adopted. Gone are the flat pedalboards in favor of radiating/concave, and all the measurements are specified in the guide.

[ofacteur]

Many reputable pipe organ builders make flat pedalboards now in order to have an instrument that allows a more historic feel (and also a more elegant presentation)and oftentimes they are fusions of flat pedalboards with sharps of radiating lengths for ease of playing. This is helpful for anyone who wishes to be conversant as an organist but especially if one wants to play instruments in Europe :)

[ofacteur]

I am 6ft2 and have no problems with reed organ keyboard height. Keep in mind you should be seated high, but not cramped to the keyboard to give you optimum leverage (minimized effort).

[because88]

I believe you play part of Locke's 'Consort of Power Parts' (first suite) at around 1:27. Where did you find the the music, if you don't mind me asking? Or are you adapting from viol score? Nevertheles, thank you for the video (I have a Canadian Dominion reed organ coming next week! - just to play the small part as you did in video would be humongously satisfying).

[JmaJeremy514]

beautiful instrument, you are very talented!

[guillo1978q]

que bonito instrumento, alguien sabe si los siguen fabricando y si se puede comprar uno nuevo? cuánto costará?

[guillo1978q]

que bonito instrumento, alguien sabe si los siguen fabricando y si se puede comprar uno nuevo?

[guillo1978q]

que bonito instrumento

[hindsight1820]

You know, Bach had 21 children because his organ had no stops!

[AngelOfDeath373]

This is a great video! I love the sound of this instrument. I currently have my eye on an american reed organ like this... Its at a thrift store for only $75 so not that bad a deal. However, I'm not sure that it works sadly.

[Zylstra555]

@ofacteur Apoligize for my dual comments as well, when I clicked "Post" nothing appeared to happen but apparently it did...

I myself am having that problem. I am a piano and organ player. I took a vocal recording mic and placed it in front of m piano and then later used Audacity to amplify it and remove the static, the recording wasn't a miracle but it was better than nothing. Unfortunately for the organ, being as the pipes are in so many different locations, it picks up nothing at all.