HubNut handles an organ! How do they work? 

Is there no end to this man's talent just when you think you know someone he's pulls this out the bag 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

This took me by surprise! As a semi retired professional musician the organ has been good to me, I've earned a few quid playing them over the years. Mechanically they are amazing things and certainly deserve the moniker of the king of instruments. The sense of power you can get from a big 'un and sometimes the bass can shake your very being. Very enjoyable..

I’ve always had a tremendous fondness of pipe organs (despite being raised entirely atheist and thus not frequenting churches). Absolutely love it. Very nice to see you sharing this particular appreciation as well as the car stuff.

"Oop! That one just got me right in the ear." " ' She made me deaf, you know.' " Next up, Carly as Esmerelda, while Ian climbs nimbly through the pipes. I do love a good pipe organ. Our local theater originally had a pipe organ from the early part of the 20th century but was sold. Recently, a pipe organ was repurchased and reinstalled, so we have that going for us. Btw, this is the theater from the original The Blob movie. Wouldn't that be fun to explore.

The sound of a pipe is magical and makes every hair on my body stand up.

'In the garden of eden' by Iron Butterfly, I was expecting. Lol.

I bet you pulled out all of the stops to get to play with this magnificent organ. When I was a church choir boy, one of the highlights was when our choir master gave an impromptu recital on our magnificent church organ He was a fabulous organist.

Loved it ! Im not religious but a church does have that amazing feel to it. Amazing to see behind the scenes

Thanks Ian and Miss Hubnut. I love church organs and the sound they make. Philip played beautifully

I have always loved the Tocarta, the organ was in my opinion one of the most refined instruments Bach had to compose for at the time.

Wow! Goosebumps and 🥲 ! Love the organ playing in a church! Sadly i had an accident allmost 7 years ago at my work! I was exposed to I very loud noise! As loud as an fighterplane taking of but then in an inclosed space! Now I suffer from tinnitus and can’t comprehend the surround noises in churches any more! So sadly i can’t attend concerts or church services any more! But this video brought me so much joy! So a big thanks too you both! And for a non musician you play very wel! 🙏🫶 pardon my bad english! Because Dutch! 🇳🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I bet Philip has another pair of socks like that at home 😂 very nicely played, you didn't do bad either Ian 😛

What a wonderful video by Hubnut. This video provided me with happy memories of my late Uncle who sadly passed away last November who was a Organist/ Piano player. Great Video as always.

Oh that Toccata ripped right through me, brilliant !

What a brilliant video Ian, real tingling in the spine. I had no idea how an organ works, this was so special 😊

My.. that is a big organ and you play it so well!

OK Ian & Carly, you HAD to know what you were doing when you made THAT the title! 😮😅😂😂😂

Beutiful playing by Philip the organist and I'm pleased to see a fellow odd sock wearer. Another great video from Hubnut.

Nice one, pulling out all the stops 😉

That's a lovely sounding organ. Some properly low harmonics there that 99% of speakers couldn't replicate. Always wanted to try the organ in the Albert Hall where the pipes apparently go under the choir stalls.

The Toccata and Fugue in D minor at the end was what pipe organs are made for. Absolutely magnificent, well played.

A most refreshing change, most enjoyable.

My dad was an organist and used to love visiting churches in this country and in the continent trying out various organs. HubNut is in good company here... So far as tuning an organ, I think I'll stick to tuning and renovating pianos, which are smaller and a good deal less complicated..! As to the pedals, you have to alternate between heel and toe as you play up and down the scales. Thanks for the unexpected and enjoyable video Ian.

Yay! All the way through that I was thinking about a bit of Bach! *BIG GRIN*

I've always loved old churches . And the music that is played has got the church to sound off just beautiful

Flippin'eck you are too modest. You gave us a lovely run through the instrument. What a wonderful thing to play and experience.

Utterly fantastic. No 🐊 crocodiles 🐊 like in the rescuers playing. I loved the organ when I went to Sunday school. Plus The Organist Entertains. Even base ball music.

...pulling out all the stops to entertain us - wonderful

What a fascianting video certainly puts our Casio Keyboard to shame in our church building, what a fascinating machine the Pipe organ and a marvolous looking church, well played Ian and what a with Phillip playing at the end.

Ian you NEED one - just check out the next boot sale in your area

Classic car owning, former cathedral lay vicar, current ordained vicar - this video is much appreciated 😃

Fantastic Ian, thankyou! As expected, an organist shows us how heel & toeing really should be done!

Great rendition of The Prodigy! What an instrument, I had no idea how complex they were, thanks for the insight 👍🏾

It’s the phantom of the HubNut 😆 Very much enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing this.

Next stop on the HubNut Music Instrument tour, the Carillon in Bournville, Birmingham. That really sounds epic!

what a fantastic sound that organ makes and in that space with those acoustics its glorious - even better in the hands of a professional (sorry Ian)

Amazing bit of machinery.

Love this, thank you! The only down side was realising how much base I can no longer hear. I'm sure I'd feel it though. Love the Stained glass too!

That has evoked memories of me as a 10yr old choirboy in the early 1970’s! I could natter for hours, but not here or now. Thanks once again for another excellent video!

Brilliant video love a church and an organ well done.

There's a ferry down at Newhaven Harbour that just got out the way for you! 😄

Glorious stuff, Ian !

Absaloutly brilliant video Ian miss hubnut ❤👍 waw I knew you were brilliant Ian but you've surpassed your self brilliant

I used to be a church organ builder years ago. Mostly tuning and restoration type work. Some new jobs, from beginning to end, can take well over a year. I've spent 2 years on one job. I believe the organ in the Albert Hall in London, took nearly 4 years to complete. Even after that , it will still need regular tuning and maintenance.

Ian you are truly an amazing soul. More than automotive and rail, you remember to advocate for the emotionally ill and together with your amazing Miss you light up our lives with now with history and music. We sould all have cake in your honor. Carry on honorable sir

What a grand sound…wonderful. Thank you😁

Soo good more of this please

I loved how your base hand was trying to do the job your feet were doing. It's like a reflex thing. I love the nsughty electronic note. Sounded very hitch hikers guide to the galaxy esque.

HubNut slumped over his organ. Never thought i would ever have a chance to say that 🤣 and quite the musician 👍

Ooh, that's very special. Magical! 😊 The complexity of the music and the instrument is really something! Thanks for sharing 👍

Fantastic! I wish you still had your antique one! 😍

I remember being shown the organ in old St Pauls in Wellington NZ when it was under refurbishment. They were replacing all those little actuator sticks and replacing all the seals in the air system.

What a wonderful change from cars. A friend of mine used to play by ear, sadly I could never master the keyboard. He had a Harmonium in his flat which, although smaller, gave that organ feeling. Great video, took me back. Thank you.

The organ is such a fascinatingly musical instrument and the church organs are lovely things to see.

That was excellent, thank you.

another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍

I was waiting for Toccata! and Fugue The BEST organ piece EVER written! ❤

Hence the term 'pulling out all the stops'

Part of my mispent youth was being forced to learn the organ. I wish I hadn’t been forced. I’d probably still play. I used to have lessons on Chichester Cathedral’s organ which was always tense as it wasn’t exactly subtle when you ballsed it up. What was tricky was when you played using the pipes at the beginning of the naive. There was a delay from pressing the key to the sound emerging.

Ian, without doubt that is the best video you have ever made. We’ve been watching you more or less since you started as Classic Hub, and have been lucky enough to have met you a few times too. Your excitement in this video is so genuine, and a testament in why you have such an avid audience. Thank you so much, Janet & Simon.

Marvellous, love a pipe organ but never seen inside one loved this.

The bach always sends shivers down my spine. Was in st.davids Pembrokeshire once and organist played this stopped me in my tracks had to sit down and listen wonderful noise.

What a trill to have a go at this church organ. Very compliant, but you did not let your self down.

This is absolutely awesome. A very interesting marvellous piece of work.

Sounding good! Always wanted to have a try on a pipe organ. Fascinating to see how it works. Great vid thank you.

This was fabulous Ian. Well worth watching to the end.

Great content 👍

I'm with you Ian. Pipe and wurltzer organs fascinate me. Looks like a lot of multitasking but what a result. They sound so good in a church. Beautiful ending too. The last organ I witnessed was the self playing fairground one at Grampian Transport Museum on Monday. Always makes me smile. You should visit. Take Bob and Miss Hubnut to Scotland.

Thanks so much for this what an instrument to master! And the Tocata and Fugue was just the icing on the cake. Now where can I buy one?

You gotta love a good Organ in a Hubnuts hands 😂, stunning Ian 😉

Brilliant! Pipe Organs are a truly amazing instrument. As the video started I had Toccata in d minor in my head so to hear it played at the end was wonderful. 😁👍

Nice one Ian. These machines are so mechanically complicated and must be a real challenge to maintain (probably not an ideal short term HunNut project). I does make me wonder how the designer held all that information in just the one head! OK I'm sure he may have had a little help from some others but it still is not only a work of art but a wonderful instrument as well. Many thanks for sharing.

Ian, I'm IMPRESSED! Nice one, as a fellow musician I feel the excitement hehe We had a big one in my Pugin Church, got permission for my brother to play it and he rocked the place, particularly with his Goodbye To Yellowbrick Road! 😃

Thank you kindly, that was an amazing review. My family (Albert Keates) used to build these monsters.

Excellent, really enjoyed that, particuarly liked the fact that the organist wore odd socks. Respect.

How beautiful! Very interesting look inside the organ. In the Netherlands we had Rick van der Linden (from the pop group Ekseption), who could also play such an organ wonderfully.

Wonderful stuff Mr Hubnut! Thoroughly enjoyed that, and the end was an absolute treat, what masterful playing by Philip, incredible!

Love pipe organs and loved learning how they actually work. Also enjoyed you doing the Phantom of the Opera and Bach always love his music.

The 'Look Mum No Computer' channel mainly does musical instruments but occasionally features old cars, so this is like a mirror image. He recently rescued and repurposed a pipe organ - fascinating stuff.

My love of organ music can probably be traced back to my dad (a rock, heavy metal, prog rock and folk fan) played Tocatta from a recording of St Pauls Cathedral through his Leak 3080 speakers. It would have been the late 80s when I was about 5 or 6. I was in awe. Funnily enough, I'm going to watch an organ recital at Ormskirk Parish Church this Saturday (my first organ concert).

Nice one, Hubnotes. In the 90's I was the muscle for the bellows that provided airflow for such an organ, in the unitarian church of my city. Quite the workout and you had to work very closely with the artist performing, since you kinda had to know where she liked to push for a strong effect and where to just feed the organ without making it scream.

Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much for a really interesting video 😊 That organist is a genius, and you weren't bad either . Well done 👏

I really enjoyed that! More of this please. Music, architecture and of course cars. Many thanks, Richard.

Bravo. Love the sound of a pipe organ. I have had the pleasure many years ago of hearing The Heroes Organ in Kuffstein being played. An awesome instrument. Also used to enjoy listening to The Organist Entertains on Radio 2 until it was taken off air in 2018.

Just magic. Thank you so much Ian, Miss Hubnut and Phillip. Loved it.

Love it! They are such fascinating things, they sound amazing. I've always wanted to see the inner workings of one. Cheers Ian 😊

Always wanted to know what was behind one, how it actually works. Thanks for answering so many questions. Love to see Rick Wakeman play one.

Pulling out all the stops Ian, love the organ sound, owned a Korg Cx3, And a Hammond xk3 in the past, green onions just about mastered. Knew loads of little bits from other tunes, nice playing btw.

From memory, in the mid 80's there was a chap who started a bike and lawnmower repair 'shop' in a new Industrial unit on the site of the railway yard in Swaffham. As I spent my youth repairing my bike (and was fascinated with the machine he had to sharpen the blades of cylinder lawn mowers), my parents got to talking to him - we visited his home once, where he was building a small pipe organ in what had been a dining room ... yes even a small pipe organ is loud, especially in a normal sized room!

Absolutely brilliant video, enjoyed it from beginning to end. After having watched and listened to this video, I had the sudden urge to dig up 1970s prog rock records with lots of organs, Mellotrons and Moog synthesizers. The more bombastic the better 😅

Wow that's awesome Ian ❤

One doesn't have to go to a Church to hear a magnificent pipe organ, many of the public halls of a town or city hall have them and of course the one in the Royal Albert Hall, which now sounds as it was meant to thanks to the acoustic 'mushrooms' up in the dome.

Nice work, I need to find out how the compressor and the bellows interact. I was wondering if there would be a flashing light at the end...

Absolutely beautiful organ and sounds that match. Amazing skills to play these instruments. There’s a video on RU-vid that demonstrates how a 89 key Fair Ground organ works. Now those are amazing pieces of machinery and how they were invented the mind just boggles.

Someone's job many, many years ago would have been to get those bellows working in the days before compressors! Very interesting video!

What a wonderful and unexpected video to find on HubNotes! I was a church organist myself many years ago, and played the same Bach Toccata and Fugue that Philip gave us the opening of at a friend's wedding. Delighted to hear you've been able to realise this dream, Ian, both playing and exploring inside the workings of the instrument. Great stuff!

Very interesting and informative, thanks for sharing Ian, it's got Phantom of the Opera vibes to it. 😊👍

Mighty impressive!!

Lovely bit of Hubnutstein to finish. Glad you sorted your bourdons from your tibias.

Absolutely brilliant. I love the sound of an organ, especially the pipe organ and a big building like a church or cathedral makes it sound even better. I grew up listening to my parents music from the 60s and 70s and wondered what kind of keyboards they used back then because they sound very different. Turns out it was Hammond organs that they used and my favourite band is Deep Purple because of the Hammond organ they use. Smoke On The Water wouldn't be the same without it.