KC Symphony Tests the New Casavant Organ in Helzberg Hall 

You have good taste :)

interessant from organist of norf Italy

well... it got power! I have to cure my sudden hearing loss... i like it.

PointyTailofSatan wtf are you talking about?? They ARE top tier! Please stop.

Leo Wanenchak YOU did not put a Casavant in any church. Casavant did. And your church paid for it. Stop with the nonsense.

Oh it was used.

@@Durufle68 Negative... I listened again and closely and Dr. Jan Kraybill DID NOT use the 32' Reed in this demonstration.

Reeds stops are never wooden built, always in metal !

Martial MORIN While I agree that they should be made of metal, I am unaware of any inverted pyramidal flue pipes.

Not true. Wooden resonators are quite common for bass reed pipes. Particularly in the 16' or 32' octave.

I take lessons on a Casavant and the 16' and 32' Bombardes are wood, plus my organ teacher told me that wood bombardes sound much better than metal bombardes, so they should be made out of wood instead.

Reed resonators never made of wood? Tell that to Skinner!

You think a serious person would use the internal mic?

Shining Armor Ha, right! BUT several have used the Zoom digital recorder which does a very respectable job.

And you can determine this with certainty based on a RU-vid video soundtrack...hmmm...

Yes. I was there for the dedication of the instrument, as well as on several other occasions, including a masterclass... I've also discussed it with the curator and some other organ builders I know, that have seen and heard the demonstration of the instrument. Several signed a pinned letter to Casavant regarding this. I am from Kansas City, and have followed this instrument closely from early on in its planning and construction stages. Have you heard it in person?

Do you like the organs built by Klais?

+tvnfc17 Might be the recording, rather than the organ.

32' stops are almost always a letdown in recordings.

Casavant is probably the greatest baroque organ builder in the world today (founded in 1879!), but because they are based in what is effectively a backwater (Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada), they often get overlooked. I have played two small Casavants in Toronto, and I would take them in a heartbeat over an other builders organ twice the size.

Randy Man

how many concert hall organs has reuter built? check casavants web site and count theirs. They are VERY experienced and have longevity and 4000 organs built. hard to compare reuters that i have heard to casavants I have known.

Omg. Such ignorance. Reuter is NOTHING compared to Casavant.

PointyTailofSatan please. They are not overlooked. Casavant is world famous and has a 4-year waiting list!

Not hideous at all. Very visually stimulating. How about the Disney concert hall?

Henry Hunt not a copy. Please. Not even close. Casavant always makes creative visuals, depending on the order. Take a look at Disney again. Totally difderent.

I actually picked up on a hidden "K" for Kansas in the pipe Facade. I think your ears are fooling your eyes. The diapasons are more engineered than Casavant's typical French sound.

Not trying to imitate, but making their own contribution.

Jim Morgan Wrong. It's nothing like Disney Hall.

architecturally yes, but sounds amazing.

Mark Stacey I love the modern design; it reminds me of the organ in the Disney Concert Hall.

Mark Stacey shut up. It's gorgeous.

Not even ugly architecturally... visually interesting. But the proof is in the sound!