George Wright Selection

Some tunes from George Wright with couple of photos from Atlantic City's Boardwalk Organ, more for the tunes than the pictures really,hope you enjoy

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• Theatre
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[RonRizzy]

Did you add a touch of digital reverb to this? Almost sounds like it.

[jameskinmond1980]

The music in this is George Wright but not playing this organ. He may well have played this organ, but the music is of various Wurlitzers he played during his long career. Still it matters not as you obviously appreciated the mausic in this video.

Thanks for posting your thoughts.

[449GO]

the manuals are all at the normal heights you would find on any other organs. The 7th manual is just at eye level, and its easy to reach.

An experiment was carried out, in the 50s, when most of the organ was working. Everything was coupled to the great, when everything was on, the ice cracked in the hall, the organ could be heard and felt outside, on the boardwalk, nearly 1000ft away from the organ console!

[Terrance0012]

i want one in my bedroom

[NewtonOR]

Thanks for this. More, more, more!!!!!

[bleh151]

THATS A BIG ORGAN!!!!!!!!!

[scoobydoorocks10]

@Terrance0012 I Do Too! But, alas, there is not enough room. *sigh*

[jimamia77]

When it comes to ice, this organ better hope the polar ice caps don't brake and melt unless it can play submarine!

[scoobydoorocks10]

some of the best theatre organ music i have ever heard. i think he had some fun with the 2nd one- i sure did!

[jgraif]

the "ophicleide" (a powerful reed) on the atlantic city organ is louder than most locomotive horns. just a thought!!

[jgraif]

@jangioul i am glad you enjoyed the theatre organ. however, if you really were in the music hall, you did not hear george wright. if you really heard george wright, you were not in the music hall but in the new york paramount. does that jog your memory?

[furrypeanut1]

@kegginstructure The 64' rank is a Diaphone-Dulzian. originally planned as a Dulzian rank, they had to switch to Diaphone pipes to fill the last few notes. Since the diaphone imitates a reed stop, you cant tell the transition. and it isnt actually heard. what's heard is the beating of the tuned reed, no actual musical value is of the rank. simply to add effect. it's at 4 hz i believe, or 8. the human hearing range can detect as low as 20 but thats about it.

[kegginstructure]

If I recall correctly, the Atlantic City organ has the widest acoustic range of any organ ever made, with pipe ranks ranging from a 64' Bombarde that goes nearly subsonic unless you have unusually good deep-range hearing. It also has a 1/2' Flageolet that goes supersonic near the top end of the keyboard. The Bombarde is so deep that most folks feel it before they hear it - if they EVER hear it.

[afn2]

@777vlw

Sounds definitely like THE STRIPPER by David Rose, but I thought that was a 50s song, not from the 20s. Has the same chords and melody / rhythm!