At 2:26 I was amazed to see a string celeste extend the rest of the way down the registers! One will never see this very often, but the effect so very well worth the costs and the construction effort of a completed rank.
In memory of Yale alum, Hugh Allen Wilson. He funded an elaborate combination system that allow many memory levels. This enables students and others to have their combinations stored and saves much valuable time of having to reset pistons before every practice session. The beauty of the new system is that it did not eliminate or interfere with the original Skinner system which allows the best of both worlds.
Great to hear the master at work. The Grand Court organ at Wanamaker's is in a class all it's own but after that, this instrument has very few equals in the quality and availability of orchestral color. The Woolsey Skinner and the Wanamaker organ are both on my bucket list of must see's.
I had the honor of having Mr. Murray as my organist for my seminary senior chapel service at Yale Divinity School. He was a blessing and it was an honor to work with him.
It's all the sounds from the many stops selected + the great acoustics of the room+ being filmed are working against the young guy playing. I would start using only a few stops, let the young guy play the same chords over and over again gradually getting used to the sounds of the stops being added all the while telling the young guy to relax his shoulders.
Um he did not say the trombone stop is unique to woolsey hall, he said adding the trombone completes the sound of the great portion of the organ resulting the in organ's signature sound that is associated with woolsey hall.
@@jamaicanpianistcomposer No he did not say what you said he did. He said that "when they hear that (meaning the trombone), they know its Woolsey Hall and not someplace else." So he is effectively saying that sound (Trombone) is unique to Woolsey Hall. That is simply not true because I have heard that sound elsewhere.
Regardless of solo reed or ensemble the sound is unique. Do other pipe organs have big reeds? Yes. Do they sound exactly like Woolsey? No. Probably the biggest reason is the room. Organs are customized to the space. You can take this organ and put it anywhere in the world and it will not sound the same because no space is exactly like Woolsey Hall. There are other reasons, but they are too numerous for a RUclips comment. Love it or hate it, for those who have heard this organ live there really is nothing like it.
@@jackriser5766 And my point is that you could say that about many organs. I.E There is nothing more unique about Woolsey than the uniqueness of the Hazel Wright organ for example. The guy in the video is implying there is a unique uniqueness about Woolsey - and there isn't.
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Thank you for the first half of this video. I enjoyed the demonstration of the strings. They're gorgeous!
At 2:26 I was amazed to see a string celeste extend the rest of the way down the registers! One will never see this very often, but the effect so very well worth the costs and the construction effort of a completed rank.
In memory of Yale alum, Hugh Allen Wilson. He funded an elaborate combination system that allow many memory levels. This enables students and others to have their combinations stored and saves much valuable time of having to reset pistons before every practice session. The beauty of the new system is that it did not eliminate or interfere with the original Skinner system which allows the best of both worlds.
Great to hear the master at work. The Grand Court organ at Wanamaker's is in a class all it's own but after that, this instrument has very few equals in the quality and availability of orchestral color. The Woolsey Skinner and the Wanamaker organ are both on my bucket list of must see's.
I had the honor of having Mr. Murray as my organist for my seminary senior chapel service at Yale Divinity School. He was a blessing and it was an honor to work with him.
I bet that was a great experience. I actually study with a former student of Mr. Murray.
I watch the end over and over again
how does this EM Skinner compare with the EM Skinner at Rockefeller Center on University of Chicago?
This guys knows his organ! Thanks for the insights. But can he play Tico Tico? Love. moi
Some Cathedrals don't have a pipe organ of that magnitude. Really magnificent
To play this organ, you really need to treat the organ like it is your personal ORCHESTRA and you need the mindest of the orchestra CONDUCTOR!
Love skinner organs the sounds are second to none..they can sing..I bet u can eat off there walk boards at Yale..if I'm right. Well cared for I bet.
It's all the sounds from the many stops selected + the great acoustics of the room+ being filmed are working against the young guy playing. I would start using only a few stops, let the young guy play the same chords over and over again gradually getting used to the sounds of the stops being added all the while telling the young guy to relax his shoulders.
Show the pipes! Good lord!
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Umm that trombone stop is not unique to woolsey hall. Sorry.
Um he did not say the trombone stop is unique to woolsey hall, he said adding the trombone completes the sound of the great portion of the organ resulting the in organ's signature sound that is associated with woolsey hall.
@@jamaicanpianistcomposer No he did not say what you said he did. He said that "when they hear that (meaning the trombone), they know its Woolsey Hall and not someplace else." So he is effectively saying that sound (Trombone) is unique to Woolsey Hall. That is simply not true because I have heard that sound elsewhere.
Regardless of solo reed or ensemble the sound is unique. Do other pipe organs have big reeds? Yes. Do they sound exactly like Woolsey? No. Probably the biggest reason is the room. Organs are customized to the space. You can take this organ and put it anywhere in the world and it will not sound the same because no space is exactly like Woolsey Hall. There are other reasons, but they are too numerous for a RUclips comment. Love it or hate it, for those who have heard this organ live there really is nothing like it.
@@jackriser5766 And my point is that you could say that about many organs. I.E There is nothing more unique about Woolsey than the uniqueness of the Hazel Wright organ for example. The guy in the video is implying there is a unique uniqueness about Woolsey - and there isn't.
@@mannfan12woolsey is unique, each organ is different. Woolsey has its own signature sound.