Thanks for your continuing exploration of some great pipe organs in America! I don’t think congregations understand what’s been LOST by choosing guitars INSTEAD of these AMAZING instruments…THEY bring an ORCHESTRA to the worship experience‼️ A TRAGIC lose for an ENTIRE generation of worshippers!!
Margi Trujillo, My church is the same way, they have a pipe organ but they don't fully understand it or why it's there and it never gets used during church service, they only use a piano and a "praise team" which means the church board doesn't even understand what they're losing.
@@williammitchell1864Exactly what happened at First Baptist Church in the town where we are. In fact, the old lady who was the organist there passed away 5 years ago.
What a joy to listen to this video! -- the instrument as it stands today is indeed the monumental heart and soul project personally overseen by my late and dearly beloved teacher John Weissrock with whom I studied organ there privately back in 1998-2001. Part of the pipe organ was down for repairs back then and could not really be used for lessons. John owned a very large Viscount digital organ with an add-on Archive module at the time which he had installed in the left side of the loft back then for use as a back-up when the pipe organ was down. This instrument of his was connected to a very large and powerful battery of speaker cabinets, and, after I begged him to take me on as a student, I took my lessons from him on that. When the Schantz rebuild was finished the Viscount was no longer needed and removed. He told me there were about fifteen 18-inch Velodyne powered subs in the back of the loft at that time, not all of them were being used, and when John retired finally I was fortunate to be able to obtain one of these big subs from him. He was a very serene person and angelic in character, kind, patient, generous, tactful, a powerhouse of technique, and a great, great teacher. I learned, so much, from him, and he is greatly missed. May his memory continue in the hearts of all those who knew him, respected him, and loved him.
This is a wonderful interview and demonstration. Can't wait to play this organ again. I learned on this organ when it was the old Kimball and John Leicht was organist. I was 13 or 14 years old back in 1951 - 1952. John Weissrock was my friend from when he first arrived in Milwaukee until he walked on. Dean, You are most fortunate to be at this instrument. It's a gem, and You are a fine organist.
What a beautiful organ! Lots of eight foot stops, lots of celestes, lots of mutations, including a Septime and Neuvieme, bright, not shrill mixtures, and a good variety of chorus and solo reeds. Must be so much fun accompanying the liturgy on this instrument, so many different options for color.
The large Church of the Gesu in Philadelphia also started with a Kimball Pipe Organ. That church was built in 1888 and the organ was built in 1905 with 75 ranks of pipes. Unfortunately, it was removed in 1953 for a digital organ. The church still has it's 1898 Hook and Hastings which was recently restored.
Wow...I wish I could spend an afternoon playing this organ. Church of the Gesu folks have a great instrument to listen to each week. They certainly have an instrument that would draw folks into see it.
My nephew and his wife were married in this church quite a few years ago. The organ sounded phenomenal back then, and it's nice to see that it's been rebuilt and updated.
Really nice instrument and demonstration. If I could wish for one thing for the future, it would be to hear more of those unusual mutations when they're present, and different combinations of them. It is so unusual to have a Septieme and even more so to have a Neuvieme. Not the first time I hear an organist just adding the mutations on top of each other and then playing a few notes. Sure it is nice to hear that 'extended Cornet', but as he showed for a brief moment, there's so much fun stuff you can do with mutations! :)
A splendid organ of a kind I would like to see build here in Europe. Maybe it's time for US builders to cross the big lake sometimes (Fisk already did it). From the Dulciana to the chorus reeds, all is successful, from the oldest stops to the Schantz ones, all is beautiful.
At 51:44 can't recall its name (Respighi?) -- what's the well known piece being played during the walk through of the pipe chambers? Is it on CD for this organ?
These organ tours are just amazing to me! This one is wonderful, despite any technical difficulties that my exist. Have you done any organs in the metro Detroit area, or in Michigan? I know Detroit alone has many very beautiful churches and beautiful organs that would be interesting to see and hear. 🙂
Technical issues aside, the rudimentary playing coupled with the egregious pronunciation of the nomenclature, particularly of French names, is rather embarrassing.
@@joekmoch978 just ignore him. He's just a nitpick that looks for the tiniest things to bitch and moan about. I've rarely seen him comment anything on this channel that isn't a whine or gripe in some form or fashion.
Thanks for your continuing exploration of some great pipe organs in America! I don’t think congregations understand what’s been LOST by choosing guitars INSTEAD of these AMAZING instruments…THEY bring an ORCHESTRA to the worship experience‼️ A TRAGIC lose for an ENTIRE generation of worshippers!!
Margi Trujillo, My church is the same way, they have a pipe organ but they don't fully understand it or why it's there and it never gets used during church service, they only use a piano and a "praise team" which means the church board doesn't even understand what they're losing.
@@williammitchell1864Exactly what happened at First Baptist Church in the town where we are. In fact, the old lady who was the organist there passed away 5 years ago.
What a joy to listen to this video! -- the instrument as it stands today is indeed the monumental heart and soul project personally overseen by my late and dearly beloved teacher John Weissrock with whom I studied organ there privately back in 1998-2001. Part of the pipe organ was down for repairs back then and could not really be used for lessons. John owned a very large Viscount digital organ with an add-on Archive module at the time which he had installed in the left side of the loft back then for use as a back-up when the pipe organ was down. This instrument of his was connected to a very large and powerful battery of speaker cabinets, and, after I begged him to take me on as a student, I took my lessons from him on that. When the Schantz rebuild was finished the Viscount was no longer needed and removed. He told me there were about fifteen 18-inch Velodyne powered subs in the back of the loft at that time, not all of them were being used, and when John retired finally I was fortunate to be able to obtain one of these big subs from him. He was a very serene person and angelic in character, kind, patient, generous, tactful, a powerhouse of technique, and a great, great teacher. I learned, so much, from him, and he is greatly missed. May his memory continue in the hearts of all those who knew him, respected him, and loved him.
This is a wonderful interview and demonstration. Can't wait to play this organ again. I learned on this organ when it was the old Kimball and John Leicht was organist. I was 13 or 14 years old back in 1951 - 1952. John Weissrock was my friend from when he first arrived in Milwaukee until he walked on. Dean, You are most fortunate to be at this instrument. It's a gem, and You are a fine organist.
What a beautiful organ! Lots of eight foot stops, lots of celestes, lots of mutations, including a Septime and Neuvieme, bright, not shrill mixtures, and a good variety of chorus and solo reeds. Must be so much fun accompanying the liturgy on this instrument, so many different options for color.
The voicing is so fine on that instrument, and the Schantz works marries in well. Splendid instrument.
This might be one of the finest organs around!
The large Church of the Gesu in Philadelphia also started with a Kimball Pipe Organ. That church was built in 1888 and the organ was built in 1905 with 75 ranks of pipes. Unfortunately, it was removed in 1953 for a digital organ. The church still has it's 1898 Hook and Hastings which was recently restored.
Wow...I wish I could spend an afternoon playing this organ. Church of the Gesu folks have a great instrument to listen to each week. They certainly have an instrument that would draw folks into see it.
A really beautiful pipe organ
What an organ..Remarkable! Impressive! Wish I were closer to hear in person
My nephew and his wife were married in this church quite a few years ago. The organ sounded phenomenal back then, and it's nice to see that it's been rebuilt and updated.
What year were you married at Gesu? My dad, Tom Schlueter, played trumpet for hundreds of weddings there over 30 years.
@@willschlueter2478 I think they were married back in 2006 or 2007.
Absolutely wonderful organ. And the acoustics too. Love it.
Right. This looks like a world-class organ.
Absolutely gorgeous instrument!
What a cool organ! Thank you for demonstrating. Considering all the different pipework, it blends amazingly well
Really nice instrument and demonstration. If I could wish for one thing for the future, it would be to hear more of those unusual mutations when they're present, and different combinations of them. It is so unusual to have a Septieme and even more so to have a Neuvieme. Not the first time I hear an organist just adding the mutations on top of each other and then playing a few notes. Sure it is nice to hear that 'extended Cornet', but as he showed for a brief moment, there's so much fun stuff you can do with mutations! :)
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If you could, please consider revisiting the Bedient organ from North Texas. It would be lovely to hear it
I love tue big rede like tue bombarde and tubas
I want those 32' Bombardes😁☺️😉
A splendid organ of a kind I would like to see build here in Europe. Maybe it's time for US builders to cross the big lake sometimes (Fisk already did it). From the Dulciana to the chorus reeds, all is successful, from the oldest stops to the Schantz ones, all is beautiful.
Interesting to see wooden flue pipes for the trebles of the French horn rank.
From what I now know about this organ, I like it!
A Willis tuba should be added.
At 51:44 can't recall its name (Respighi?) -- what's the well known piece being played during the walk through of the pipe chambers? Is it on CD for this organ?
Handel: LARGO (Ombra mai fu from Xerxes HWV 40)
The chimneyed flutes in the Great look like Schopp, with their domed caps.
These organ tours are just amazing to me! This one is wonderful, despite any technical difficulties that my exist. Have you done any organs in the metro Detroit area, or in Michigan? I know Detroit alone has many very beautiful churches and beautiful organs that would be interesting to see and hear. 🙂
What is the piece playing in background, whilst looking thru the instrument’s interior?
Is there any way that you can get a special microphone that would pick up the rumble of those low pipes your Like you’re 32 foot bass pipes
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So much pipe work in very cramped quarters !! Must be difficult for the tuners....
They should have retained the Orchestral Oboe. It would've complimented the strings.
Technical issues aside, the rudimentary playing coupled with the egregious pronunciation of the nomenclature, particularly of French names, is rather embarrassing.
Please provide videos which clearly exemplies "non-rudimentary" playing and includes correct pronunciations. Thank you
Pretty hard to get through an organ of this size in less than a couple hours if every stop gets 8 bars...
@@joekmoch978 just ignore him. He's just a nitpick that looks for the tiniest things to bitch and moan about. I've rarely seen him comment anything on this channel that isn't a whine or gripe in some form or fashion.
I don't think the playing was rudimentary, I think that's a rather harsh statement there.
Thoroughly unpleasant in every way,
Explain how it's unpleasant in "every" way?