C'ville, yes, church people can be mean at times. One lady told me that I play the organ too loudly, (5 ranks and that is loud)? She always bitches about something so I told her this; (if you don't like the way I play for Sunday, then you get up here and do it)! That shut her up big time. Sometimes my favorite coupler is: organ bench to parking lot. lol
ORGANISTS- What kind of organs do you play?
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vinvac
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another great line to use when they complain the organ is to loud...
"why, can't you hear the gossip...." shuts them up everytime.
Morgan
"why, can't you hear the gossip...." shuts them up everytime.
Morgan
bobbyderegis
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HAHAHAHA! Love it, Morgan! I have to remember that one. My revenge is to play a very soft postlude. They are too scared to chatter and leave, so they sit and listen. C'ville, I remember reading about the Woodbury and Harris from Providence. We have W&H's magnum opus in Boston, 50+ ranks with pneumatic stop action and barker lever from 1898. It is glorious. Sure beats our Catastrovant.
Bobby in Boston
Bobby in Boston
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Barton Grand Theatre Pipe Organ
I'm not an organ player but do love the sound of some vintage organs. I took piano lessons as a kid for a few years. I haven't practiced in years so I'm really bad now. Selectomatic has posted a URL for the Grand Barton Theatre Pipe Organ and the Rialto Theatre in my hometown (Joliet, Ill.) has one as well with four keyboards. Click on the link and it will take you there.
Cheers! - Mike
I'm not an organ player but do love the sound of some vintage organs. I took piano lessons as a kid for a few years. I haven't practiced in years so I'm really bad now. Selectomatic has posted a URL for the Grand Barton Theatre Pipe Organ and the Rialto Theatre in my hometown (Joliet, Ill.) has one as well with four keyboards. Click on the link and it will take you there.
Cheers! - Mike
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I play...
a Hammond, an Allen, and a Conn. Personally I prefer the Allen and Conn.
a Hammond, an Allen, and a Conn. Personally I prefer the Allen and Conn.
HI all, Great to hear from so many of you about the organs that we play. I have met the grandson of Mr. Barton and he did tell me an interesting thing about his grandfather.
Mike,One of the best organs in Bloomington, IMO is the rebuilt organ from the organ clearing house in the new Lutheran church on the east side of town there. Our AGO chapter did an organ crawl there last spring and it sounded wonderful. Bye for now guys, Gary
Mike,One of the best organs in Bloomington, IMO is the rebuilt organ from the organ clearing house in the new Lutheran church on the east side of town there. Our AGO chapter did an organ crawl there last spring and it sounded wonderful. Bye for now guys, Gary
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Thanks Gary!
I'll have to check out that rebuilt organ at the Lutheran Church on the east side of town! Mike
I'll have to check out that rebuilt organ at the Lutheran Church on the east side of town! Mike
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Midmer455 is not only a member (as am I) of the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society (ACCHOS,) he is a board member. I'm pleasantly surprised to find him on here.
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Rodgers & Hammond here
I have a Rodgers Alexandria 800 and a Hammond RT-3 w/ 145 Leslie. Like the Hammond for gospel, show tunes, that sort of thing. When preparing for the Lutheran service, I go to the Rodgers.
I sub. in a few Lutheran churches in my area, most just have Allens
, one does have a pipe aug. Rodgers, it's a fun instrument.
A friend in Ft. Wayne has a 3 man Barton theatre organ in his home. It's a BLAST, Byron is quite the engineer, he rigged up a device from a player piano, hooked it to the Barton, put on a roll, choose your stops, set back and listen. He even connected a player piano to the organ, so if you choose the piano, it plays right along !!
Not the best organist there has ever been here, but sure can tell the difference between an 'organ-player' and 'organist'
So along with enjoying my washers, vacuums, mixers and fans, I love to set at the console of the organ, pass a few hours
Best Regards all
Al
I have a Rodgers Alexandria 800 and a Hammond RT-3 w/ 145 Leslie. Like the Hammond for gospel, show tunes, that sort of thing. When preparing for the Lutheran service, I go to the Rodgers.
I sub. in a few Lutheran churches in my area, most just have Allens
, one does have a pipe aug. Rodgers, it's a fun instrument. A friend in Ft. Wayne has a 3 man Barton theatre organ in his home. It's a BLAST, Byron is quite the engineer, he rigged up a device from a player piano, hooked it to the Barton, put on a roll, choose your stops, set back and listen. He even connected a player piano to the organ, so if you choose the piano, it plays right along !!
Not the best organist there has ever been here, but sure can tell the difference between an 'organ-player' and 'organist'
So along with enjoying my washers, vacuums, mixers and fans, I love to set at the console of the organ, pass a few hours
Best Regards all
Al
Re: Organs that we have.
Hi guys it's been awhile but I to play the organ and my favorite is and always has been a Hammond. Right now I have a small Hammond spinet but the bass pedals wont play. I have owned a Hammond before which had alot more on it but had to give it up. Then I had a Conn which was a nice organ but limited on stops but it did serve me pretty well until lighting hit near the house and then it wouldn't play after that. The Hammond that I have now was given to me by a friend of mine as he didn't have room for it anymore. I too have played for church in my time and grew up on a Hammond c3 church organ, loved that organ. Also, have played on a Rogers organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Lexington Ky. At the Berean Bible Church in Lexington, Ne. they have a Wurlitzer which the former organist and myself don't like very much. I would like to put a Hammond c3 in that church with a Leslie of course. I also, played for a small Baptist church Crosswoads Baptist church, where they had a small Wurlitzer which was a piece of junk and should have been replaced along time ago. But I did put my Hammond in the church for awhile and everybody said that it had such better sound and when I put the Wurlitzer back in they couldn't believe the difference. Some friends of mine that I worked with While I was in Ky. went to a Baptist church on the other side of Lexington and had a Yamaha organ which they liked but then they purchased a Hammond and they said that what a difference between the Yamaha and the Hammond was like night and day. Well guess I've rattled on long enough so will close for now. Danf.
Hi guys it's been awhile but I to play the organ and my favorite is and always has been a Hammond. Right now I have a small Hammond spinet but the bass pedals wont play. I have owned a Hammond before which had alot more on it but had to give it up. Then I had a Conn which was a nice organ but limited on stops but it did serve me pretty well until lighting hit near the house and then it wouldn't play after that. The Hammond that I have now was given to me by a friend of mine as he didn't have room for it anymore. I too have played for church in my time and grew up on a Hammond c3 church organ, loved that organ. Also, have played on a Rogers organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Lexington Ky. At the Berean Bible Church in Lexington, Ne. they have a Wurlitzer which the former organist and myself don't like very much. I would like to put a Hammond c3 in that church with a Leslie of course. I also, played for a small Baptist church Crosswoads Baptist church, where they had a small Wurlitzer which was a piece of junk and should have been replaced along time ago. But I did put my Hammond in the church for awhile and everybody said that it had such better sound and when I put the Wurlitzer back in they couldn't believe the difference. Some friends of mine that I worked with While I was in Ky. went to a Baptist church on the other side of Lexington and had a Yamaha organ which they liked but then they purchased a Hammond and they said that what a difference between the Yamaha and the Hammond was like night and day. Well guess I've rattled on long enough so will close for now. Danf.
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AACHOS
(No, no need to say Gesundheit - I was not sneezing!)
Chris, I too am a charter member of AACHOS. I met Stephen Smith when he first began doing research on the Midmer-Losh organ at Atlantic City. We've been chums ever since, and of course when the AACHOS was founded I became a member. What a dream come true it would be for that organ to be restored to its full glory!
For those who don't know, the world's largest pipe organ, indeed the world's largest musical instrument, is located at the huge Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
As Midmer455 noted, the organ is comprised of approximately 33,000 pipes -- the largest pipe, made of wood, is 64 feet tall and 3 ft. square at the top! It has 455 "ranks" or "sets" of pipes, which makes it easily ten times larger than a good-sized church organ of 45 ranks!
The attached photo is of one of the huge sets of metal pipes -- but bear in mind, as enormous as these are, they are only half as large as the largest ones! (For size reference, note the man standing at the lower-left corner of the photo!!)
(No, no need to say Gesundheit - I was not sneezing!)
Chris, I too am a charter member of AACHOS. I met Stephen Smith when he first began doing research on the Midmer-Losh organ at Atlantic City. We've been chums ever since, and of course when the AACHOS was founded I became a member. What a dream come true it would be for that organ to be restored to its full glory!
For those who don't know, the world's largest pipe organ, indeed the world's largest musical instrument, is located at the huge Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
As Midmer455 noted, the organ is comprised of approximately 33,000 pipes -- the largest pipe, made of wood, is 64 feet tall and 3 ft. square at the top! It has 455 "ranks" or "sets" of pipes, which makes it easily ten times larger than a good-sized church organ of 45 ranks!
The attached photo is of one of the huge sets of metal pipes -- but bear in mind, as enormous as these are, they are only half as large as the largest ones! (For size reference, note the man standing at the lower-left corner of the photo!!)
size queen~
Well, my organs are much smaller. I have a Hammond S-6 which I have modified to play through a Leslie Tallboy, and just this week I picked up a Lowery C-300 which is a 1972 4 channel organ with full bass pedal board. I played it last night in a southern rock/ blues band setting and it sounded groovy.
I'll post photos soon.
At least my Hammond, which is one of their smallest, is attached to the largest Leslie loudspeaker ever, and the sound exceeds expectations.
Oh ya, and the Lowery was free~ and works great.
B
Well, my organs are much smaller. I have a Hammond S-6 which I have modified to play through a Leslie Tallboy, and just this week I picked up a Lowery C-300 which is a 1972 4 channel organ with full bass pedal board. I played it last night in a southern rock/ blues band setting and it sounded groovy.
I'll post photos soon.
At least my Hammond, which is one of their smallest, is attached to the largest Leslie loudspeaker ever, and the sound exceeds expectations.
Oh ya, and the Lowery was free~ and works great.
B
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Holy crap!
those pipes are huge! I would hate to be standing next to them while the organ was being played! On a side note (no pun intended) Charlie(maggie-hamilton) I miss seeing you on the vacuumland forums. I post there (vintageroyal611) and you were always helping people out with their vacuum problems. Sorry to get off subject here. Oh yeah I almost forgot, My organ instructor has a really craptastic baldwin organ and an absolutely magnificent Yamaha baby grand piano.
those pipes are huge! I would hate to be standing next to them while the organ was being played! On a side note (no pun intended) Charlie(maggie-hamilton) I miss seeing you on the vacuumland forums. I post there (vintageroyal611) and you were always helping people out with their vacuum problems. Sorry to get off subject here. Oh yeah I almost forgot, My organ instructor has a really craptastic baldwin organ and an absolutely magnificent Yamaha baby grand piano.
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that there are no words to describe the sensation of standing next to those humongous Diapason pipes when they are playing. (I have never been to Atlantic City myself, so I have never heard them live, only in recordings.) The sound from those pipes is not LOUD, but very, very low.
Think of the average piano keyboard -- the lowest key is an "A." Most large pipe organs continue that octave on down to the C below, in other words, C below the lowest C on the piano. The pipe that produces that tone is 32 feet long.
The largest pipe in that huge set above plays that tone, 32-foot C. Those pipes are remarkable not so much for their length, as there are many 32-foot stops in pipe organs, but for their massive scale -- their proportion of width to height. In that regard, they surely have no equal anywhere else in the world! As you can see, they are more than wide enough for a man to slide down inside, with room to spare!
32-foot C is such a low tone that the human ear can't actually hear it, but you sure can FEEL it. It's a pulsating, throbbing sound. It provides a trembling underpinning that just rumbles away under full organ, yet can also be used under soft choruses of shimmering strings (Yes, Chris, I hear you panting and sighing, haha!) -- again, because it's not a LOUD sound.
THEN imagine a piano that goes down another octave yet, to two Cs below the lowest C, and you get the idea of the profound tones that the 64-foot octave of pipes in that organ makes. I have heard other 64-foot stops, and the effect is absolutely incredible. Again, you don't hear it but you sure feel it!
btw there is one piano that actually has a keyboard that goes down to 32-foot C -- the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand, an 11-foot-long concert grand with 97 keys instead of the usual 88. That low octave is quite a sound!
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In other news, I just got back from a noon concert at the First Congregational Church here in L.A., home of one of the largest church organs in the world. I accompanied my friend, legendary musician Bob Mitchell, and also met "athanasius80" of this list, with whom I've struck up a new acquaintanceship due to our mutual interest in pipe organs.
Chris had one of his friends along as well, who is a film buff and very involved in the Los Angeles Conservancy scene. After the recital, we all met for lunch at a little hole-in-the-wall Chinese Restaurant called "The Golden Hen" near Bob's house that is, well, humble in appearance to say the least, but has fabulous food.
"A Good Time Was Had By All"
p.s. The organ at First Congregational has a 64-foot stop but it's electronic. However, at that low pitch, you would never know that unless you saw the (massive) speaker cabinets for it!
p.p.s.: Thanks to "hooverboy1" for your kind remarks about vacuumland. I am on hiatus from that list for a while. I am not away permanently; I plan to resume being active there after the VCCC meeting in September. I just had to take a "time out" from there for a while.
that there are no words to describe the sensation of standing next to those humongous Diapason pipes when they are playing. (I have never been to Atlantic City myself, so I have never heard them live, only in recordings.) The sound from those pipes is not LOUD, but very, very low.
Think of the average piano keyboard -- the lowest key is an "A." Most large pipe organs continue that octave on down to the C below, in other words, C below the lowest C on the piano. The pipe that produces that tone is 32 feet long.
The largest pipe in that huge set above plays that tone, 32-foot C. Those pipes are remarkable not so much for their length, as there are many 32-foot stops in pipe organs, but for their massive scale -- their proportion of width to height. In that regard, they surely have no equal anywhere else in the world! As you can see, they are more than wide enough for a man to slide down inside, with room to spare!
32-foot C is such a low tone that the human ear can't actually hear it, but you sure can FEEL it. It's a pulsating, throbbing sound. It provides a trembling underpinning that just rumbles away under full organ, yet can also be used under soft choruses of shimmering strings (Yes, Chris, I hear you panting and sighing, haha!) -- again, because it's not a LOUD sound.
THEN imagine a piano that goes down another octave yet, to two Cs below the lowest C, and you get the idea of the profound tones that the 64-foot octave of pipes in that organ makes. I have heard other 64-foot stops, and the effect is absolutely incredible. Again, you don't hear it but you sure feel it!
btw there is one piano that actually has a keyboard that goes down to 32-foot C -- the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand, an 11-foot-long concert grand with 97 keys instead of the usual 88. That low octave is quite a sound!
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In other news, I just got back from a noon concert at the First Congregational Church here in L.A., home of one of the largest church organs in the world. I accompanied my friend, legendary musician Bob Mitchell, and also met "athanasius80" of this list, with whom I've struck up a new acquaintanceship due to our mutual interest in pipe organs.
Chris had one of his friends along as well, who is a film buff and very involved in the Los Angeles Conservancy scene. After the recital, we all met for lunch at a little hole-in-the-wall Chinese Restaurant called "The Golden Hen" near Bob's house that is, well, humble in appearance to say the least, but has fabulous food.
"A Good Time Was Had By All"
p.s. The organ at First Congregational has a 64-foot stop but it's electronic. However, at that low pitch, you would never know that unless you saw the (massive) speaker cabinets for it!
p.p.s.: Thanks to "hooverboy1" for your kind remarks about vacuumland. I am on hiatus from that list for a while. I am not away permanently; I plan to resume being active there after the VCCC meeting in September. I just had to take a "time out" from there for a while.
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