This is the official page about the Pipe Organs at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. We feature videos about the largest pipe organ in the world - the 7 manual/449 rank/33,112 pipe organ in the main arena built by the Midmer-Losh company from 1929-1932 and the 1930 W. W. Kimball pipe organ with 4 manuals/55 ranks in the Adrian Phillips Theatre.
To learn more information about these incredible instruments and to donate towards their restoration please visit www.boardwalkorgans.org
Official RU-vid page operated by the Historic Organ Restoration Committee (H.O.R.C.), the entity responsible for the restoration of the world's largest pipe organ Midmer-Losh 5550 and its companion Kimball 7073 Historic Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ This site is operated by the Historic Organ Restoration Committee (H.O.R.C.), a 501c3 non-profit organization, and the sole entity responsible for the restoration and public idenity of these instruments
This is just amazing! A number of years ago, our church installed a pretty good sized pipe organ. My #2 son was about 12 years old and the kid who would figure out how anything worked. He was very bright and was well behaved, so I arranged for him to shadow the guys who installed the organ. It truly was a match made in heaven because the craftsman were eager to teach and my son was like a sponge, and could ask well thought out questions. Ot was a once in a lifetime experience ❤
As spectacular an engineering feat, and sonically magnificent this organ is, it doesn't match the architectural and artistic splendor of the great baroque pipe organs of Europe. Of course, many of those, having MANY thousands of pipes, also produce a magnificent, glorious sound. The great music of that era is still unsurpassed. One name is sufficient; J.S. Bach. For centuries, all pipe organs, from the smallest, to the great cathedral organs of Europe were completely manual with no electrical assistance. Great pipe organs---the largest instruments ever produced---are a tribute to man's ingenuity, creativity, and aspirations. Let them always be preserved and used. There is nothing like them.
He got the rythem in him to play that smooth. You have to think of it! Bohemain Rhapsody is one of the hardest songs itself to play on any instrument 😁
Thank you for this superbly recorded virtual tour. I enjoyed it tremendously. I'm a rusty pipe organ player from England, who went to school with Rick Wakeman, yes, the same one who played with YES and recorded an album called: "The Six Wives Of Henry VII".
I have noticed that a lot if not all previously recorded recitals especially recent recordings have been removed from both YT and FB pages what is the reason for that happening ? I had been recommending the channels to People that have never heard of the Midmer_losh or boardwalk hall Organs.
We’re not aware of anything being taken down from RU-vid but Facebook has been a major issue with ridiculous copyright claims and videos being taken down for no reason. It’s very frustrating but we’re trying to keep up with it!
Each one of those switches controls either 32 or 61 pipes. There are tens of thousands of pipes in that organ. Some are small enough to be used as straws others are big enough to fit your head inside.
Just imagine having the ability to play any tune you liked on an amazing music machine, like the massive instrument in this video, a fantastic experience.
My brother in law Mark McCreary was a pipe organ repairman until his passing a few years ago. Taking over the business from his father Mac. Good to see that others are still keeping these incredible mechanical wonders working. Mark told me that the apprenticeship for a pipe organ journeyman was 20 years. Incredibly complex pieces of equipment. Keep up the good work!
OK this is impossible … I’m an organ/piano player. I was born and live in Stafford, UK and my name is Josh. I came on YT to find an organ performance of Bohemian Rhapsody and I find Josh Stafford playing exactly that on the organ. 😮 Talk about a coincidence.
The sound of this organ gives me goosebumps! The lush sounds from 22:20 onward are incredible! The 2 manual and pedal pipe organ I build for myself will be a tiny bit smaller :))
i never knew the true size and magnitude of these things until today, i always thought they where just a more complicated piano with each pipe corresponding to a key, i thought the pipes you could see where the only ones but i now know that an organ is THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
