Check out “ The Pethricks “ , they live in France but found out several pipe organs were being away from churches in England. Since they bought an older convent building they decided to get one and took a team of family and friends to dismantle the organ and then mostly two inexperienced men reassembled the whole thing in the convent . The church has been deconsecrated but they wanted to save the organ. There are videos through the dissemble and them figuring out how to put it back together. One of them can play an organ a little. Thought you might be interested.🙋🏼♀️
I just discovered Anna this month and I'm crushed that I missed this. I wish I could have known about this concert, I definitely would have gone. Hopefully next year.
I had the pleasure of attending Anna's debut at the WDCH, she was an amazing performer live, and remained supercharged in the after show meeting the audience. She changed the program after discovering the capabilities of the venue's organ, it was a real treat.
Thank you for sharing. I got to see her in a packed cathedral in Pittsburgh which affected the acoustics so she didn't play one of the scheduled pieces. I saw pictures of the AC hall and was hoping to hear more.
I was there and it was an absolutely amazing concert. Anna is incredibly talented. Great program, yes, I agree that a Bach piece would have been a welcome addition, but the performance and music were stunning and very moving. The sound was incredible. Not only the full organ (yes, we heard the 64-foot diaphone and the ophicleide) but also the softer and gentler sounds, a single flute on Glass's Mad Rush. I had my picture taken with Anna at the reception. She is very gracious and upbeat. A truly memorable evening.
Not sure. Out of respect for the “no recording” printed in the program, I didn’t record anything but small excerpts. But I saw microphones there and Michael barone from pipe dreams. So I’m confident that will be a thing in the future. You should contact the boardwalk organ people and ask. Scott Banks is the guy. He’s a good guy.
It was a magical evening. Ms Lapwood had a marvelous program and the expression on her face, caught between the many console cameras, revealed the revelry in her performance. Followed her on to Princeton.
Thank you for a wonderful video! We are so glad you came and enjoyed the event. This is by far the largest event we have done as an organization and we learned a great deal from it. We look forward to many more in the future!
Glad you enjoyed it! You folks did a fine job with cocktail hour, recital, and after party. I always enjoy a visit to boardwalk hall esp when the organs are involved. I go back to the McGirk (sp.) days of the 1990s. I’ve played the organ before the renovation. I hope to visit this summer and maybe have a chance to play again. I also hope you folks have more events like this. 👍
To my memory, this was front, center, mezzanine. They were pretty good seats. But I think the site lines in this room are exceptional no matter where you’re seated. So I think you’re good to go.
Your video represents the hopes of all organist❤ Excellent work dude! Please make many more videos. Your contribution is big time! By doing your thing, you will only have respect and admiration👍❤️
I watched your video for 9 minutes and I couldn't keep going due to a couple of critiques I have for how you might improve the quality of your videos. First, the double narration is incredibly distracting! It's like having two people talking to you at once. Please consider muting the video audio when you do a voice over so we don't have to hear two of you speaking at once and figure out which words go to which narrative. Second there was a LOT of wind in the microphone while you were outside and not only did it make it difficult to decipher your narration the constant noise was a bit frustrating to try and listen through. Otherwise I enjoyed this video very much and keep up the good work!
I appreciate your thoughts. I am still very amateur at this filmmaking stuff. I’m sorry you didn’t get to enjoy it due to my amateurish skills. How many videos have you made? Judging by the 13,000+ views this video has received it seems like a topic people are interested in and will tolerate a little bit of wind noise. Thank you again for the constructive criticism I will keep it under advisement
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Yeah I think you will find that any stop of that name is a “resultant”. Meaning that when the player selects that stop and plays a note on the pedal, the P5 above pitch is added, thus creating a resultant 64’. So it is not a true 64’. Many smaller instruments do this with a soft 16’ stop to imitate a 32’ Check it out terhardt.userweb.mwn.de/ter/top/acbass.html
That's true in the same sense that it's true that Boardwalk Hall has a 128 foot stop. They are both resultants, which you get by playing a note and the note a fifth above. But an actual, full-length 64 foot stop is something that can only be found in two organs in the world, Boardwalk Hall and Sydney Town Hall.
You think they’d let me take it home? I did incidentally, remove the foot rest from under my bench and replaced it with a black pipe one like this. My design is a little different. But it turned out pretty well. I’ll have to make an update video on that
Nice video and tour! I would recommend you mute your camera audio when you record voiceover, it is a very hard listening experience for the viewer to hear yourself speaking twice.
@@EdGattsek I did the tour of the organ in 2018. The 'portable' console was completely disconnected from anything and there was a bundle of control cables as thick as your leg coming out the back that looked like it had been cut through with a hacksaw. Having worked inside telephone exchanges it looked just like the cable wiring of some of those big old exchanges that used relay logic to switch and route telephone calls. Apparently the colour coding of the wires is the same as that used in exchanges. Old telephone technicians would be right at home. There was a plan to get the portable console up and running again. But it would be a big task. The whole project to renovate that organ and bring it back to full working order is a massive task. I liked the enthusiasm displayed by the largely volunteer cry who were restoring, repairing and in some cases recreating all the elements that comprise that massive device.
The front of that building is an art Deco jewel. The bas reliefs Are beautifully detailed and have with stood the test of time! Thank you for panning the front as few people really stop to appreciaperiod
This organ is going to be magnificent when it's fully restored. Until then the world's largest full functional organ is the Wanamaker Organ at Macy's in Philadelphia with 28,750 pipes in 464 ranks.
@@johnmanire3380 Did you ever see the Christmas illumination at Macy’s? Wonderful with the organ. An uncle lived at Rittenhouse Square and when we visited for the holidays we always went to hear the organ at Wanamaker’s. Great memories.
BTW, the lines on the north side of the building are what's left of Trump Plaza that was demolished. Trump Plaza was built right up against the north wall.
Very cool. I should have realized after making the video about the plaza destruction, of course it abutted right to the Convention Hall. I think another commenter may have indicated this as well. Thank you for watching my video. I plan to make another one this summer when I have an opportunity to spend a bit more time and have the opportunity to play it!
Back to the organ. I know nothing about organs per se'. But I can recognize game. And this is world-class game. Having heard this organ only a few blocks away from my house is kind of like growing up with Steven Hawking as your next door neighbor. Most everybody will have no idea how amazing that actually is until they dig into it. This (all caps) MARVEL of musical engineering is a superlative of a superlative. Nobody, nowhere, no how, can top this, ever. Nobody will ever build anything that can compare to this again. I learned recently that only 40% of the 33,400 pipes have been restored so far. This is truly mind boggling. Funded mainly by donations, restoration work has been progressing at an amazing rate. But when working with an instrument that is actually part of an entire building, it is hard to find words to adequately describe just how huge this instrument is. A an example: If one pipe were repaired/restored/cleaned/or tuned each day, it would take 91 years to complete the job. The dedicated team of restorationists and fans of this magnificent machine are to be commended. Truth be told...In a city that cannot figure out how to pave the main street that every visitor to the city arrives on, it is great testimony that Boardwalk Hall and the organ within is in as good of shape as it is. Overall Boardwalk Hall has a long way to go until it is restored to its original splendor. Especially the West Hall and the parking areas, but OMG both the Midmer-Losch and the Kimball organs shine like a brilliant sun over this dilapidated and neglected city.
After the demolition of Trump Plaza, the remaining hotel tower was at one time, a Holiday Inn. A Rainforest Cafe still occupies the North East corner of the structure. Boardwalk Hall is one of the most beautiful, well maintained, modern, and welcoming structures on the East Coast and resides right on the Atlantic City boardwalk. This building is magnificent in not only its architectural beauty, but also with its perfect blending of theatrical technology both old and new. The gigantic traditional fly house is a monument to traditional theatrical technology of the 1930's. And the state-of-the-art overhead truss system which was installed after a tragic accident on the Justin Timberlake/Christina Aguilera tour is a commitment to keeping up with the latest innovations in theatrical rigging. This modern overhead truss system uses hundreds of dynamic weight sensors to accurately display the weight of everything hanging from it in real time. Boardwalk Hall uses cutting edge technology to stay relevant, economical, and safe for all touring shows.
Ty for all of this info. Of course I recognize the renovation in that I see the changes in the building since my first visits in the mid1990s when the building and esp the organ was in such disrepair. I did it know all of the details and histories of the rigging.
