So true! And I think we are fortunate today that money was tight in the early 1950s, and G. Donald Harrison couldn't throw out as much of the organ as he might have liked! Just my opinion, of course.
This is just amazing. The organ is spectacular. The reredos now being removed, the current configuration is much more inspiring with a full uninterrupted view of the ambulatory behind the great Table of the Lord. What an wonderful video to share. EM Skinner knew what he was doing. What a gem!
Samuel Nelson Not when this Organ was built. The company name didn’t change until 1919 when Arthur Hudson Marks bought the company and reorganize it into the Skinner Organ Company.
What a treat it was to hear this magnificent instrument and see footage that is nearly 100 years old. Any idea what text they were using with Regent Square?
The three of these 1920s era videos Ive watched seem like the sheer sound level and dynamics of the organ and voices were overmodulating the mic and recording equipment leading to distortion big time, but it was a case of they recorded and had to develop the film and then discover the sound was terrible and no do-over. I remember doing audio tape casettes years ago and if the sound level needle hit the "red zone" on the sound level meter on newer/better devices the recording would come out sounding like it was dragged over a gravel road. I have cassette tapes from the 1970s and 1980s I transferred to digital mp3, some were very bad with bleed-thru from the opposide side of the tape being heard faintly in reverse, and some sounding "rocky" and noisy, so maybe some of the distortion in these videos is from age of the film.
Wow. Skinner built superlative instruments. Always a treat to hear an original example. These vintage clips golden.
So true! And I think we are fortunate today that money was tight in the early 1950s,
and G. Donald Harrison couldn't throw out as much of the organ as he might have liked! Just my opinion, of course.
This is just amazing. The organ is spectacular. The reredos now being removed, the current configuration is much more inspiring with a full uninterrupted view of the ambulatory behind the great Table of the Lord. What an wonderful video to share. EM Skinner knew what he was doing. What a gem!
1927 was the year of the first “talkie” movie. It is amazing that those same resources were used to record this service!
Love the old altar!!!
O yes! Why they destroyed the marvellous originally altar??
@@canticus7068 They removed it because they wanted something more bigger and better but somehow that didn't go to plan also they wanted more space.
Why they took it down?
Awesome in many ways
Great to hear it. Technically would be Skinner Organ Company.
Samuel Nelson Not when this Organ was built. The company name didn’t change until 1919 when Arthur Hudson Marks bought the company and reorganize it into the Skinner Organ Company.
What a treat it was to hear this magnificent instrument and see footage that is nearly 100 years old. Any idea what text they were using with Regent Square?
This was recorded in December so it's probably Angels from the Realms of Glory.
@@whs1325 The Text is "Christ is made the sure foundation" set to Regent Square.
AT THE END THE ORGAN SOUND IS TRULY PARAMOUNT.-
The three of these 1920s era videos Ive watched seem like the sheer sound level and dynamics of the organ and voices were overmodulating the mic and recording equipment leading to distortion big time, but it was a case of they recorded and had to develop the film and then discover the sound was terrible and no do-over.
I remember doing audio tape casettes years ago and if the sound level needle hit the "red zone" on the sound level meter on newer/better devices the recording would come out sounding like it was dragged over a gravel road. I have cassette tapes from the 1970s and 1980s I transferred to digital mp3, some were very bad with bleed-thru from the opposide side of the tape being heard faintly in reverse, and some sounding "rocky" and noisy, so maybe some of the distortion in these videos is from age of the film.
This is 27 years before the 1954 AS rebuild by GDH.
The nave was not built
When Bishop Manning was in office