Aeolian Player Pipe Organ, Reborn
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All Comments (19)
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That is so cool! great work!
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must be nice to have money
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@ampicoab It would be nice if you could put works, such as the "Triumphal March" and the "Radetsky March" on MIDI files for the player pipe organ. I heard these works played on other pipe organ videos. Just a thought I had.
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looks like a pool???
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Great video - thanks.
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So fun to watch! Thanks!
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See, someone atleast is thinking ahead and extra installs a Pool close-by, so that the organ always has the right Humidity :-P
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I love Hugo Frey's instrumentals. They are very well-written with interesting chord changes.
Some, though not all, of them definitely qualify as "rags" although they weren't originally designated as such. Besides "Calicoco" another good one is his "Havanola" ("have another" fox trot), of which George Gershwin made an excellent piano roll!
He also wrote "Topsy", "Uncle Tom", "Money Blues", "Dodola" etc. and recorded many of his tunes with Joseph C. Smith's orchestra in the 'teens.
@ampicoab I found your website describing this project, i. e. Opus 1280, its history,etc.through a Google search I did. You did a fantastic job in rebuilding and restoring the Aeolian player pipe organ. Every so often, I look up. and watch the video of it playing "Waltz of The Flowers" from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite". This is one of my favorite YouTube videos. Great work!
DonaldFranklin67 3 months ago
@DonaldFranklin67 Thanks for the kind words. The abrupt ending of this video was caused by something YouTube did. When first posted, the ending included the final musical chords, but a year later, it got clipped.
ampicoab 3 months ago
Very entertaining, indeed! Cute tune---what is it? I second the call for more info as regards opus numbers, details, etc.
The time-lapse treatment is PERFECT for an overview video like this. (Although it never quite gets across just how HUGE an undertaking something like this is!)
WillardPugh 4 years ago
The tune is "Calicoco" Fox trot by Frey and was performed from Duo Art Roll 3187. I am sure it is an arranged roll. The organ is Aeolian Opus 1280 which was originally installed in the Helen Gould Shepard home, 47th and 5th ave., New York. As time allows, more details will show up on You Tube.
ampicoab 4 years ago