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Much thanks

Hi @fred. Wow, that's a huge question. There have been many famous organists who have sat at the console from the 1904 worlds fair at St Louis. Including the French virtuoso Alexandra Gilmore including the French virtuoso Alexandra Gilmore and Edwin Lemare. From the time that it was installed in the Wanamaker Store, some of the following names can be noted; Dr Irvin Morgan, Dr J Lewis Browne, Marcel Dupre, Mary Vogt, Charles Courboin (Who also had an influence over the expansion of the grand court organ), Marco Enrico Bossi, Nadia Boulanger, Alfred Hollins, Louis Vierne, Fernando Germani, G.D. Cunningham, Virgil Fox, Carlo Curley, Keith Chapman, Peter Richard Conti, Rudy Lucenti, Michael stairs, and others…And I’m sure I’ve missed quite a few. I commend the book “Music in the Marketplace” published by the friends are the Wanamaker organs press, which will give you a lot more very interesting detail about Instruments and players. www.store.wanamakerorgan.com/books/music-in-the-marketplace-a-wanamaker-organ-history

Merci pour votre gentillesse. Je suis désolé de dire qu'en ce moment je suis très occupé avec beaucoup de travail différent et comme c'était une improvisation, je n'ai pas la musique pour cela. Continuez à écouter et essayez de copier ce que je fais. Encore toutes mes excuses.

@ColAdamson Bonjour monsieur. Ce n'est pas grave . Je vais essayer de me débrouiller. Merci beaucoup et bonne continuation.

@@jean-yves9924 Regardez les notes que je joue sur la vidéo - cela vous aidera.

@@Organplayer1947 much thanks.

Thank you the multi talented McCaffery family 🙂

Thank you Christian.

Thank you so much David. That’s touching praise from someone of your brilliance. Absolutely love your work. My wife and I had 4 hours looking through the Wanamaker organ a few years back. My instrument is the closest thing I could build to emulate it. Cheers. Col.

@@b43xoit all sounds are digital pipe organ, the pipe length of 32 feet. My instrument can have a total of 8 x 32 feet length pipe ranks or 7 x 32 feet and one 64 foot length.

@@sharpengrind956 thank you for your kindness.

Thanks Jasminne

@@AdamPilbeam85 cheers Adam. Much thanks.

Thanks for your very kind comments. All 4 computers, the Ahlborn Galanti Organ module, the 2 Yamaha keyboards all go into a large sound desk and one output is recorded. This is the main sound we hear. I do mix in a very slight 'ambient' sound - hence you can hear the mechanical coupler noise at times as well as page turns.

Much thanks for your kindness

Thank you for your kindness. I'm running multiple computers plus 2 Yamaha keyboards and an Ahlborn Galanti midi module. Depending on the organs loaded I can have up to 7 32' pedal stops, or 6 with a 64' . It's a real joy to play. Of course i can load up 6 manuals of theatre organ instead of the classical pipe organs. Cheers. From Australia

@@ColAdamson ARE WE HEARING A RECORDING PLAYED THROUGH AN AUDIO SPEAKER SYSTEM, IF SO !!!WOW!!!

@@edonmusic8209 Thanks for your very kind comments. All 4 computers, the Ahlborn Galanti Organ module, the 2 Yamaha keyboards all go into a large sound desk and one output is recorded. This is the main sound we hear. I do mix in a very slight 'ambient' sound - hence you can hear the mechanical coupler noise at times as well as page turns

PS the sound desk outputs to 2 very large speakers in the room, so i am surrounded by sound. 😊

@@50AHenry thanks Graham. Looking forward to it.

@@johnferguson4089 thank you John

Much thanks John

There's not a lot of room down there.

Thanks heaps Taylor. This is such a lovely lively piece.

Thank you so much Taylor. Much appreciated.

@@robertwilson75 thank you so so much Robert. You don't realise how much this means to me. I am in tears of thankfulness to God. Virgil was indeed a huge influence on me as a young man growing up on the other side of the world. I purchased as many of his records as I could and my dad also had some. I've built my organ in the orchestral / symphonic style (as close as the Wanamaker organ as I can get), which I know Virgil loved. Thank you again so much. I'm very touched by your kindness.

I have owned, since a boy, a phonograph record of Virgil Fox playing pieces like this, I could be listening to it now. The registration, the superb phrasing and technique are on a par with my old record. This was magic and I thank you for your work in producing this video.

@@JamesEncliffe thank you so much James. Ironically, although I've listened to hours of Virgil Fox playing, I can't recall hearing him play this piece. His technique must've rubbed off on me. Cheers. Col.

You are right! He recorded “To Spring“ but not this one, so thanks again for keeping his spirit alive.

@@henriperdieus7355 i have apsr 500... the second manual of the organ plays this via a mechanism which obedience made, and a psr 8000 which is the 6th manual of the organ and the midi runs from the psr 500, through the ahlborn galanti to this.

@@JohnCavicchio thanks John.

Thank you kindly!

Much thanks. I've been building it for over 30 years. It's got a lot of mechanical components to it. The bones of it are an Estey grand reed organ. Thanks again.

Thank you Adam- that's very kind. I notice you life resorting old things, and might see my organ shell is a 100+year old Estey reed organ.

Thanks Phillip

Thanks Taylor - There's a lot of voicing / blending, considering I'm harnessing so many different instruments together. You do a great job at this. Love your work.

Hi. Yes, you may certainly use it. Thanks for asking.

Thanks!

Hi Gary. Much thanks for your comments. The Original instrument was a 2 manual Estey Model E with full pedal board. It has undergone so many rebuilds and additions, it is difficult to describe. For many years I had built another Estey Reed organ into it (tuning each stop of the new to the old) - so I was playing 3 manuals of Estey and 2 Yamaha Keyboards - some of which is is this video - At the time I also had a 32' reed pedal stop - using weights on the end of the reeds so they beat an octave lower. There is more detail at ruclips.net/video/gvBW8ODn09s/видео.html - There is a bit of a slide show of the instrument at 6:42 on ruclips.net/video/Jsjys2iWT_E/видео.html if you are interested. Cheers. Col

Wow! Col, you are so creative.@@ColAdamson

That's very kind. Thanks Bruce.

Thanks Bruce

Yes, there is a lot to learn on a large instrument

Anna has already visited, toured and played the Wanamaker. It was such an honor to be that tour guide.

@@dylandavidshaw thanks Dylan. Love your work!

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Much thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you so much John.