Mighty Wurlitzer organ at Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, New York City HD

Mighty Wurlitzer organ at Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, New York City. Filmed with Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 / DMC-ZS3 in HD

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[organflick]

is this before the Christmas show??

[IainH124A]

It is before the Christmas Spectacular

[HarborGuy]

As usual New Yorkers are being rude........by talking during a performance.

[dlanodsknib]

Thanks for posting! It's wonderful to see both the main AND the slave console in operation at the same time and photographed so clearly. This I think is the only dual consoled wurlitzer organ left I think.

[djf7]

This recording came over quite nice compared to others in terms of picking up the bass. I was here this past christmas and I ran up to the 3rd mezzanine just to hear the opening. It truly has to be heard live, like any other pipe organ to hear (and feel) the rich and diverse sounds. Case in point is at the 0:29 mark, where the organist hits low D on the pedal and the seismographic rumbling it produces.

[ziggyboi1995]

What song are they playing?

[flyurway]

@MeinnameistDreck No kidding! You have this huge instrument playing with both consoles going and everyone is yacking away like they're at some playground as if oblivious to what they're there for. What is the matter with people? Why are they even there if all they want to do is shoot the shit? Am I missing something?

[bigappleplayer92]

@HarborGuy as usual, ignorance is bliss. More than half of the crowd there is from out of state. Get over yourself

[TheOrganiston9th]

@StuartLou No, it is NOT over... listen to the grand and brilliant organ fare offered here. With all the talking and noise and all, even in this short and noisy clip one still appreciates the beautiful use of chord structures ad interesting progressions... a style of music known ONLY on the organ - and STILL IS TODAY!

[MeinnameistDreck]

Would be nice if the people around the camera would shut the hell up...

[jwb1077]

There are many young theater organists coming along and being trained in University organ programs. Some in their early 20's are touring internationally. The national American Theater Organ Society sponsors introductory opportunities for young musicians at camps every year and scholarships. It will not be the musicians that are a dying breed. Maybe just people that don't know the facts.

[jwb1077]

There is one other dual console originally installed Wurlitzer, a 4/20, at the Paramount theater downtown Denver, Colorado. It is kept in perfect condition by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Theater Organ Society. Still played by the house organist from the 1940's, Bob Castle. Come hear it!

[manga12]

well its by far the largest single organ, and will do much the same stuff a theater organ will even if its not one in the strictest sense, the Midmer is the biggest and most powerful in terms of wind pressure. so what is the differance in a classic, a theater, and a civic organ fill me in please.