I have learned so much from these videos the past few days that I have been on sick leave . They are truly a treat . I had no idea that organ were even still being made in the U.S.
Obviously not an overt promotion for Kegg; however, the whole installation displayed a meticulous attention to every detail that inspired confidence in the builder.
I learned about the pipe organ, but my lack of reading comprehension in English makes me mourn the lack of study. Thank you for teaching me various things.
This is such a beautiful installation. Congratulations to the parish! I know the video doesn't do it justice and that room has such amazing reverberance. I'd love to experience it in person someday.
My church is in desperate need of a new pipe organ. In fact, our cruddy old instrument just died tonight while I was in the middle of playing a service. Had to jump over to my Johannus One keyboard. So intrigued by Kegg! Thanks for sharing this!
How about getting an electronic organ console like that of Richard McVeigh in the UK with the appropriate speakers and controllers using the superb Hauptwerk software. Hauptwerk is based on recordings of every note and stop of the great organs in the UK and Europe. These items are not cheap but they are far less expensive than an equivalent mechanical pipe organ.
Wonderful video - and a treat to get the "tour" from the builder himself. My only thought is that I'd prefer to have the Zimbelstern control at the console rather than up in the chamber. I loved the pencil drawer! One fun thing approaching an unfamiliar pipe organ is how the one turns the thing on. This is yet one more unusual way to do it! :-)
Every Zimbelstern installation I've ever seen has the controls in the chamber. I only use ours once or twice a year, so it wouldn't be a huge deal - ours is digital.
@@thebog11 I've seen one or two at the console. My church (in my profile pic) has two Zimbelsterns. The main organ up front has one with six bells. The antiphonal in the gallery (where the console is) has a second five-bell one - which I discovered has a speed control on the side. It just depends on the builder, I guess. :)
We usually have the Zimbelstern controls on the console. This one was added at the end of the project and there wasn’t much real estate left on the console. There are 3 light dimmer controls under the left key desk and the control panel in a drawer on the right.
Absolutely fantastic, thank you so very much for making this film possible. I love all your production, especially the 2 videos from the Fox theatre which was absolutely fabulous, especially the chamber tour.Please, one question, who was the builder of the cymbalstern, just delightful. I’ve meet Charlie when he was in Bermuda a few years ago when we worked together on the Willis organ in Christchurch, Devonshire. Should you meet again please give him my kindest regards and many congratulation on this outstanding little organ, bravo! Thank you very much indeed for all that you do in promoting and supporting the pipe organ industry!!! Adrian Ridgeway in BERMUDA.
Re my tuning comment below --- funny thing: I inadvertently had the RU-vid playback speed at 1.5x. This was more than enough to affect the frequencies toward a surprisingly out of tune result. Played back at normal speed, the organ (of course!) sounds more than just fine! Sorry for the original query!
Very educational. Excellent voicing. I would love to learn about your recording technique and microphone placement especially in a sanctuary that appears to be circular.
For the demonstration, the microphones were placed very high and rather close to the organ. For the background music, or the mass at the end, the microphones were farther away on the other side of the room. We learned it was actually very easy to capture the organ from almost anywhere in the space.
Love the Gt Diapason and Sw Strings and flutes. Sw Tierce doesn't really come through on the recording.Ch Dulciana and Concert fl also lovely. Tuba is fabulous... Love the attack. ARS did a Willis tuba for me... always excellent work. Could use more pedal with full organ but that might be the limitations of the recording.
Beautiful organ! But I have a couple questions about the build: How long will the paper tubing in the first part of the video last? My gut reaction is that it could leak sooner than other materials, but I'm not sure. Also, it seems like the crawl to the great pipes behind the facade could get old for a tuner. That door looked pretty small! No hate towards Kegg, this is a fantastic instrument!
I'm really curious as to what kind of stop the 32' Harmonics in the pedal is? Is it a reed stop, and what does it sound like? Thank you! This video is really fun to watch, seeing how everything gets put in to it's right spot.
The Harmonics plays a cluster of 5 pipes for each of notes 1-12. It gives the illusion of a 32' reed. At note 13, it plays the 16' Trumpet, making a genuine 32' reed stop for notes 13-32. The pipes of the notes 1-12 are in an harmonic series to make this effect. The Harmonics pitches are all drawn from the 16' Bourdon. The pitches for low C are: 16' C-G-8'E-A#-4'D
I enjoyed both videos. But - why does this organ sound like it still needs to be tuned in certain areas? And, I'm not referring to the celestes. The unison relationships within some of the flu ranks need some attention. No?
He seemed to feel the need to keep his right foot on the expression pedal, even though it didn't seem to be required. Possibly unfamiliarity with the piece. Assuming that he was the one playing the Franck E Major Chorale, anyone who is capable of playing that piece is capable of playing pedals with both feet.
I believe that the Fugue in E minor by J.S. Bach (BWV 535). All of the background music for those videos was recorded in one rapid-fire marathon session shortly before the video was published.
Really enjoyed the organ, however I think it's extremely irresponsible to hold in-person church services at this stage of the pandemic. Some of the parishioners weren't even wearing masks. I'm surprised an usher didn't ask them to leave.
