The new organ of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Springfield, Illinois 

The acoustic is certainly generous to this instrument!

Congratulations on the new organ! And, thank you, Mark Gifford, for giving us a tour of this wonderful instrument!

Mucho congrats on this fine sounding (and looking) organ!! The congregation will be blessed for years with this organ...Thanks for the wonderful video re. this organ.....

This is most enjoyable to see and hear. I love the Aeolian-Skinner style console appointments. Those drawknobs and the EM Skinner s-curve keycheeks. It just wreaks of class! Congratulations. One thing is missing. The instrument needs 32' registers in the Pedal Division. Think how a Double open Wood might roll around in that marvelous room and an EM Skinner type Contra Bombarde (Tuba Profunda). Let Robert walker Technical Company do it for you - no one does it better. And put them on thumb or toe pistons if necessary, but don't miss that for your parishioners. The psycho/physical effect of the low frequencies on our beings in worship can never be overestimated. You would also need a quiet 32' that would fit nicely with strings, flute celestes and vox humana. (slush chorus). What could be more delicious?! Don't miss it. Those sounds are worth their weight in gold.

You are blessed to have that job. The ORGAN IS POWERFUL! I would like to visit

Wonderful video, gorgeous organ! CONGRATULATIONS !!

We built a lovely little Reuter 30 years ago at St Matthew Indianapolis. Dr Oswald Ragatz was our consultant and Franklin Mitchell did the tonal finishing, so between Ozzie's smarts and Franklin's genius, it's a little gem. I hope that you enjoy your new installation as much as I enjoyed ours.

Most interesting, and a stunning pipe organ.

What a lovely acoustic space you have there! Classic dimensions. Lots of hard surfaces. Five + seconds of reverb. A worthy organ is long overdue there, and I congratulate you. I hope your music program there is up to the same standard.

That is beautiful

Smart Pastor and ORGANIST.....they used wisdom

i so much enjoyed hearing the instrument, and i loved viewing the nave and hearing the wonderful acoustic. there is no other feeling of excitement and stir---maybe just one---much better than the opening salvo of a prelude or voluntary by the mighty organ. beautiful aesthetics in so many ways. ya'll are very fortunate. it is nice to hear a musician speak of his first love and his position in the service of the Lord...and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you...let all bitterness, and wrath and anger, clamour and evil-speaking be put away from you, with all malice. i know that you most likely are familiar with this old anthem, i sure would love hearing your choir and the cathedral organ, as a musical offering sometime in the future. best to you and yours.

If there is any American organ company that has suffered from being underrated, it is Reuter. It is time they came into their own. For my own input, I wish organ builders would realize the advantage of using Pittman chests with direct electric primaries. Dennis Unks at Organ supply did this for me in the late 1980's. There have been absolutely no issues with this construction for over 40 years.

Towards the end, when the padre says "While we allow for other expression of music and instruments..." I can see him half smiling and having this slight Vietnam veteran ptsd like moment where crowds of crazed grimacing nuns and deacons are dancing to the tune of guitars and tambourines...

The organist's mannerisms and voice remind me a great deal of the late Virgil Fox!

I shall never forget taking a tour of the Tabernacle organ in Salt Lake City and seeing a WurliTzer pressure regulator in the mostly Skinner organ feeding the tuba mirabilis rank so it has a decent tremulant. Something sorely lacking in most church organs.

I would love to see this instrument and maybe get to play!

Would have been an nice addition to have the organist perform showing how the building is filled with sound

Thanks much for the interesting presentation. I just couldn't understand why not more than a mere 5 ranks of the old Wicks organ was retained, since romantic pipework is nowadays most sought after. was it in such bad condition? Anyway, a great Instrument, congrats. Would love to hear a stop demonstration.

@ 8:25, look lik a rank of diaphones. Any 32' ranks yet, or maybe soon coming? Beautiful, organized (no pun intended) layout in the pipe chambers. Can easily see where this instrument is your pride and joy!

Is it still intact and working?

Mark Gifford what is the name brand of the ORGAN, and how many ranks. Where is the inauguration program.

Wish I have Pastor Chris House mailing address or email address can someone get that for me?

What type of piano is that ?

long video and no music from the organ.

the elbow on the keyboard......

i commented and then read the comments. i noticed the comments re: acoustics. i just wondered if any musicians, architects, building engineers, or committee chairs have ever experienced the ridiculously poor acoustics of churches, especially those in which congregational singing and musical programs are regularly presented. it is amazing when i hear the poor acoustics of new buildings and public worship spaces. sometimes it seems these designs are intentionally designed to impede the very sound that congregationalist and more desire. when such conditions occur, it is even more amazing when massive financial resources have to be appropriated for sound systems, humidity/enviornmental stablization devices or building redesign, in order to effectively deal with acoustic inadequacy/failure. it is vital to have a decent acoustic component in the nave, the parish hall, commons, or the garden columbarium. any thoughts?

Can a person go deaf from listening to a large instrument like that?

Registration? Demonstration? Disappointed, sorry.

WAYYYY too much talk. Let the organ speak for itself.

It is not necessary to say "just" all the time.

Too much talk and too little Organ Music....organ enthusiasts go to recitals to HEAR ...

Too much talk.

The new organ looks ugly.

All these videos on the organs are the same. Blah blah blah. Those who listen to these videos already know how an organ works. Differences and particularities are interesting, to make them heard too. But the side "I show you my tips ... ... we do not care royally"!