I’d love to know as well!! I was going to be in the Charlotte area for a few days back in the spring of 2023, and emailed the church’s Director of Music a good several months in advance. It was radio silence until like the week before I was to arrive and I received an email that “due to the great number of requests for access, which they weren’t able to grant(?), only the church’s organist is permitted access to the instrument.”
Though I am not the biggest fan of Moller organs, with their often harsh and unrefined tone, this instrument seems to have some good refined tones. It's sad to note that approximately a year and a half after the completion of this instrument, M. P. Moller went out of business. Twenty years earlier, the great Aeolian-Skinner firm suffered a similar fate (shortly after the building of their massive instrument at St. Bartholomew's in New York City). The demise of those two famous firms seems to bracket the end of the golden age of American organbuilding.
Great job! I have been out of the area for about 12 years now, but had a chance to record for the Charlotte Concert Band in that church. To me, the highlight was when a duet of organ and oboe based on the "Albinoni Adagio" was performed, things just worked. (I was a "one man band" doing the audio recording with a stereo ribbon mike about 5 rows back in the room, picking up the band, and handling 3 cameras in 3 locations. The church's fantastic sound reinforcement took care of the oboe solo. The organ is a fantastic instrument, and collects great performances. Mine from back in 2009..... ruclips.net/video/L51V9780pL8/видео.htmlsi=yHlsP3QnN1cE__JS
@@CameronOostdyk Good evening, this was recorded just a couple days ago. (Wednesday, January 15, 2025). I was in Charlotte to attend a funeral. The gentleman who is the curator of the instrument is a good friend and he took me to see and play it. It’s an amazing organ and it was such a thrill to play it.
Read the text of the Schiller poem for which this tune was composed by von Beethoven for his 9rh Symphony. It's so secular and this tune should NEVER have been used in any Christian hymnal. Would a hymn which used the tune of, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" or the "Blue Danube" waltz be appropriate? Of course, not. Then neither is this von Beethoven tune.
As a firm non-believer in any religion, I don't give a flying fornication about what's considered (by some) as inappropriate for the church organ. It's the king of instruments and should be allowed to sound any tune. But as you do seem to mind, I hope you'll include in your list of verboten tunes that common offertory 'Largo' from Händel's opera 'Xerxes', entirely secular in all aspects, and which supposedly portrays young Xerxes as indulging his senses - getting his rocks off to beauty - in the shade of a tree on a hot afternoon. Not exactly your Christ on a stick.
Martin Luther chose a well known drinking song for “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”. Don’t judge anything so quickly. It makes a beautiful hymn with different lyrics.
Such a beautiful sounding instrument, and to think only 15 minutes down the road from me!
Very nice, jubilant, and joyful!
Superlative performance and arrangement!! About three steps away from a Broadway musical overture.
Hi Tim, Greetings from Tom, formerly of the Ohmann theatre, now a denizen of Maine. Enjoyed your playing!
Absolutely amazing Tim
Gorgeous playing, Tim!
I would love to play this big beautiful pipe organ.
Fantastic performance 😊
Superb playing Mastro Schramm!
I'm not a professional, but amazing blend and organ pipe synchronation!
Grimace is an amazing organist
Wow!
I heard what sounded like a real 64' at the end. Was it just the "Fagotto Cornet V" and/or the 21-1/3'?
Hi, I’m not sure what was playing at that time. I really didn’t have any time to explore. I just hit a piston and ran with it.
Love that how did you gain access to this beauty
I’d love to know as well!!
I was going to be in the Charlotte area for a few days back in the spring of 2023, and emailed the church’s Director of Music a good several months in advance. It was radio silence until like the week before I was to arrive and I received an email that “due to the great number of requests for access, which they weren’t able to grant(?), only the church’s organist is permitted access to the instrument.”
Attende this church twice when visiting in Charlotte, both times they had a "Praise Band" playing instead of the organ. GRRR
Though I am not the biggest fan of Moller organs, with their often harsh and unrefined tone, this instrument seems to have some good refined tones. It's sad to note that approximately a year and a half after the completion of this instrument, M. P. Moller went out of business. Twenty years earlier, the great Aeolian-Skinner firm suffered a similar fate (shortly after the building of their massive instrument at St. Bartholomew's in New York City). The demise of those two famous firms seems to bracket the end of the golden age of American organbuilding.
Great job! I have been out of the area for about 12 years now, but had a chance to record for the Charlotte Concert Band in that church. To me, the highlight was when a duet of organ and oboe based on the "Albinoni Adagio" was performed, things just worked. (I was a "one man band" doing the audio recording with a stereo ribbon mike about 5 rows back in the room, picking up the band, and handling 3 cameras in 3 locations. The church's fantastic sound reinforcement took care of the oboe solo. The organ is a fantastic instrument, and collects great performances. Mine from back in 2009..... ruclips.net/video/L51V9780pL8/видео.htmlsi=yHlsP3QnN1cE__JS
Reminds me of the Wanamaker organ outside Philadelphia.
Is this a new install? Sounds awesome and Mr. Schramm presents it well. Thanks.
Moller went out of business in 1992. this was the largest organ they ever built.
It was the last organ they ever built. It was this organ that put them out of business.
When was this recorded?
@@CameronOostdyk Good evening, this was recorded just a couple days ago. (Wednesday, January 15, 2025). I was in Charlotte to attend a funeral. The gentleman who is the curator of the instrument is a good friend and he took me to see and play it. It’s an amazing organ and it was such a thrill to play it.
I am thrilled to hear Moller’s magnum opus sing again!
What a pity the camera was the wrong way!!!
Son intéressant car pas de réverbération par contre il me semble avoir bien peut de personnalite moi qui suis habitué a l’esthétique française....
Low F....205 ranks, no 64' reed? Nice, but low F needs it.
The organ has a 64' Fagotto Cornet IV which derives from the 32' Contra Fagotto
@@StoreeDenson Yeah... but it's just not effective...IMHO. Great playing, however...like Dan Miller.
Read the text of the Schiller poem for which this tune was composed by von Beethoven for his 9rh Symphony. It's so secular and this tune should NEVER have been used in any Christian hymnal. Would a hymn which used the tune of, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" or the "Blue Danube" waltz be appropriate? Of course, not. Then neither is this von Beethoven tune.
As a firm non-believer in any religion, I don't give a flying fornication about what's considered (by some) as inappropriate for the church organ. It's the king of instruments and should be allowed to sound any tune.
But as you do seem to mind, I hope you'll include in your list of verboten tunes that common offertory 'Largo' from Händel's opera 'Xerxes', entirely secular in all aspects, and which supposedly portrays young Xerxes as indulging his senses - getting his rocks off to beauty - in the shade of a tree on a hot afternoon. Not exactly your Christ on a stick.
Martin Luther chose a well known drinking song for “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”. Don’t judge anything so quickly. It makes a beautiful hymn with different lyrics.