This instrument has the Wurlitzer Pianola/Player Piano Rolls player. Not many are still installed. What is so interesting is they emulate the player that “recorded” the roll.
Woulda-coulda be more enjoyable if video showed Jelani playing the console. Or at least the computers playing back what was recorded and saved. This is great for fans who love to see what a theater organ uses to play the music.
Jelani comes in very late at night sometimes and records. We aren't always around when he is in the building. If I'm in the building when he's practicing/recording, then I'll try to capture it on video. I feel the same way sometimes...when he records an amazing piece of music (which is pretty much everything he plays), I'm always wishing I would have been in the buidling. Sadly, I don't know when he is coming or going, so I'm not so lucky to see him most of the time.
Looks/sounds like it has some really good junk. Before anyone blows up on that comment, "junk" is the term organists often apply to organ sounds other than the standard pipes; things like drum elements, gongs, bells, marimbas, ... anything percussive. Or things non-melodic, such as sirens or air horns. And whatever voice was used around 5:35 plus, that was was LOW. We could hear the flutter, which means approaching sub-sonic on the fundamental pitch. Also around 8:40. Does anyone know if Carma Labs has published a voice list for this behemoth?
I've been talking to the organ builders about putting the entire list of voices together. Some are on a documenmt,. and some are literally just in their heads and not on paper. Eventually, when the voice list is fully updated, I will publish it. And as far as the 32-foot voice(s) you heard....It's very difficult to hear and capture when I'm literally 10 feet away from the 32 foot pipes. The sine wave is so large that it literally goes over me when I stand so close, you don't really hear the tone. You can only feel the rumble from the air movement. You need to be at least 50 feet away from the pipes to hear the tone....because then the sine wave can hit your ears instead of going over the top of you. Those crazy physics!
I'm taking the day to go back through a year of comments and ran across your comment. The organ is a MIDI instrument (musical instrument digital interface). In laymans terms: every "stop" tab that the organist sets and every keystroke he makes gets recorded into a computer. After playing the piece of music, the computer can play back the music (wind through pipes...no speakers) just like a player piano. Except the keyboards do not have the mechanism to activate the keys being depressed.....even though the actual "stop" tabs do have the mechanism built in. This way, we can play back a piece of music that an organist once played into the organ when the organist isn't present to play.
Any plans for real recordings?
Perhaps streaming on Spotify?
What a wonderful theater organ -- and in such an unexpected location! Wonderful preservation.
That is such an amazing "Franken-organ". It has been a delight to watch it grow over the years.
I would absolutely love to hear As The World Falls Down from theLabyrinth movie on this beast!!
Wonderful!!!!!
Marvelous arrangement!!!
This would be rad as an overture!
This instrument has the Wurlitzer Pianola/Player Piano Rolls player. Not many are still installed. What is so interesting is they emulate the player that “recorded” the roll.
It has a Moller Artiste player, but Jelani played this into the Uniflex.
Woulda-coulda be more enjoyable if video showed Jelani playing the console. Or at least the computers playing back what was recorded and saved. This is great for fans who love to see what a theater organ uses to play the music.
Jelani comes in very late at night sometimes and records. We aren't always around when he is in the building. If I'm in the building when he's practicing/recording, then I'll try to capture it on video. I feel the same way sometimes...when he records an amazing piece of music (which is pretty much everything he plays), I'm always wishing I would have been in the buidling. Sadly, I don't know when he is coming or going, so I'm not so lucky to see him most of the time.
Wonderful
Fantastic !!!
Would love to experience this in person. Are there any public concerts coming up?
Sunday February 26th, 2023.
@@scottmusic242 Thanks! We'll look into it! 🎵🎹
Fantast what an instrument
Looks/sounds like it has some really good junk. Before anyone blows up on that comment, "junk" is the term organists often apply to organ sounds other than the standard pipes; things like drum elements, gongs, bells, marimbas, ... anything percussive. Or things non-melodic, such as sirens or air horns. And whatever voice was used around 5:35 plus, that was was LOW. We could hear the flutter, which means approaching sub-sonic on the fundamental pitch. Also around 8:40. Does anyone know if Carma Labs has published a voice list for this behemoth?
I've been talking to the organ builders about putting the entire list of voices together. Some are on a documenmt,. and some are literally just in their heads and not on paper. Eventually, when the voice list is fully updated, I will publish it. And as far as the 32-foot voice(s) you heard....It's very difficult to hear and capture when I'm literally 10 feet away from the 32 foot pipes. The sine wave is so large that it literally goes over me when I stand so close, you don't really hear the tone. You can only feel the rumble from the air movement. You need to be at least 50 feet away from the pipes to hear the tone....because then the sine wave can hit your ears instead of going over the top of you. Those crazy physics!
No Body at the keyboard. Must be the Phantom.
I'm taking the day to go back through a year of comments and ran across your comment. The organ is a MIDI instrument (musical instrument digital interface). In laymans terms: every "stop" tab that the organist sets and every keystroke he makes gets recorded into a computer. After playing the piece of music, the computer can play back the music (wind through pipes...no speakers) just like a player piano. Except the keyboards do not have the mechanism to activate the keys being depressed.....even though the actual "stop" tabs do have the mechanism built in. This way, we can play back a piece of music that an organist once played into the organ when the organist isn't present to play.