It's a nice composition, typical British light music, played on a very nice little town hall organ. Must be one of the smaller town hall organs in the UK.
A theatre organ is, of course, a pipe organ... Ayr Town halls organ was built by Lewis & Co in 1904, no Tibia ranks at all... The Specification is as follows Pedal 16ft Great Bas 16ft Violon 16ft Sub Bass 8ft Octave 8ft Flute Bass Choir 8ft Leiblich Gedact 8ft Dulciana 4ft Flauto Traverso 2ft Piccolo Harmonique Great 16ft Double Open Diapason 8ft Open Diapason No.1 8ft Open Diapason No.2 8ft Flute Harmonique 4ft Octave 2 2/3 Octave Quint 2ft Super Octave 8ft Trumpet Swell 16ft Bourdon 8ft Geigen Principal 8ft Rohrflote 8ft Viole de Gambe 8ft Voix Celestes 4ft Octave III Mixture 8ft Horn 8ft Oboe 8ft Clarinet
@@OrganMusicYT interesting. I assumed tibias were needed to be a Theatre Organ but obviously it's just where the organ is housed... Like a church organ will always be a church organ if housed in a church. Never thought of it that way. So is tibia a special add-on that are just signatures of specific organ builders like Wurlitzer?
@@foodyak I can see where you are coming from in that it's where the instrument is housed. However, the tonal buildup in a theatre organ is completely different from what you would find in a normal pipe organ. There's also unification to boot, you can get about 140 stops from a 13 rank specification on a theatre organ. Whereas with a straight-up classical organ, you'll get 13 stops from 13 ranks (excluding mixtures). The Tibia is the backbone of a theatre pipe organ, it's the glue that holds everything together, generally speaking, rather like the Diapason is the backbone of a straight pipe organ. You'd be hard-pressed to find a true theatre organ without a Tibia Clausa (There are many other kinds of Tibias). There is an in-depth website called Theatre Organ Fact Finder. I suggest you give it a visit, I think you'll find it very helpful - www.toff.org.uk/
Jeeez, this is gorgeous!
It's a nice composition, typical British light music, played on a very nice little town hall organ. Must be one of the smaller town hall organs in the UK.
Ford Kiernan brought me here.
Ayr one of my favorite places.
One of my favourite tunes beautifully played. I would love to find the sheet music for this.
Blackpool style on a Church organ? I've never heard that before, Sounds excellent though! Thanks for posting!
It's not really "Blackpool Style" in any way at all, just a light orchestral piece played on a concert organ. Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice!
Love it. Sounds more like a theatre organ than a pipe organ. Does it have tibia ranks?
A theatre organ is, of course, a pipe organ...
Ayr Town halls organ was built by Lewis & Co in 1904, no Tibia ranks at all...
The Specification is as follows
Pedal
16ft Great Bas
16ft Violon
16ft Sub Bass
8ft Octave
8ft Flute Bass
Choir
8ft Leiblich Gedact
8ft Dulciana
4ft Flauto Traverso
2ft Piccolo Harmonique
Great
16ft Double Open Diapason
8ft Open Diapason No.1
8ft Open Diapason No.2
8ft Flute Harmonique
4ft Octave
2 2/3 Octave Quint
2ft Super Octave
8ft Trumpet
Swell
16ft Bourdon
8ft Geigen Principal
8ft Rohrflote
8ft Viole de Gambe
8ft Voix Celestes
4ft Octave
III Mixture
8ft Horn
8ft Oboe
8ft Clarinet
@@OrganMusicYT interesting. I assumed tibias were needed to be a Theatre Organ but obviously it's just where the organ is housed... Like a church organ will always be a church organ if housed in a church. Never thought of it that way. So is tibia a special add-on that are just signatures of specific organ builders like Wurlitzer?
@@foodyak
I can see where you are coming from in that it's where the instrument is housed. However, the tonal buildup in a theatre organ is completely different from what you would find in a normal pipe organ.
There's also unification to boot, you can get about 140 stops from a 13 rank specification on a theatre organ. Whereas with a straight-up classical organ, you'll get 13 stops from 13 ranks (excluding mixtures).
The Tibia is the backbone of a theatre pipe organ, it's the glue that holds everything together, generally speaking, rather like the Diapason is the backbone of a straight pipe organ. You'd be hard-pressed to find a true theatre organ without a Tibia Clausa (There are many other kinds of Tibias).
There is an in-depth website called Theatre Organ Fact Finder. I suggest you give it a visit, I think you'll find it very helpful - www.toff.org.uk/
@@OrganMusicYT thanks for the info! That website is a gold mine.