I came across this video and it really made my day! It has been a pleasure watching your progress as an organist over the years. I had the pleasure of trying out the organ a few years ago and it was one of the most exciting experiences of my life from an organ standpoint. It is one of my favorite instruments! Hope the organ restoration continues. St. John's is lucky to have you!
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I'm smiling at the thought of hearing that magnificent beast at full throttle once again. I played it once with Alec Wyton -- a long time ago! Thanks for your nice video.
A very big thank you for sharing your time and talents. This great instrument blooms beautifully under your marvelous music and caress. Your playing instills uplift and majesty increasing wonder and worship and belief. May God bless you and your sacred work. Thank you again!
I love this Organ...THE most beautiful ..for many reasons...Thank you for this video!! LOVELY ...absolutely lovely. I have missed it....since the destructive fire..celebrating its return...I remember it in the Solstice Programs over the years....WARMTH is the one word I'd use to describe this organ. across the many registrations.....Total warmth...
Hey Dan I really enjoyed the video, and looking forward to seeing its progress with the organ work. I hope to visit sometime in the future and to play this fine organ! 😁
FWIW-- I fed the soundtrack of this video to a spectrum analyzer to measure the reverberation period of the cathedral. The ultimate chord of Adeste Fidelis was released 11:45-ish, and the General Cancel of the console was activated 7 seconds later at 11:51, even though the microphones were still catching reverb for another second or two even while the final words of the video were spoken one second later at 11:53. Microphones are weird in that they hear things we don't, and don't hear things we do, making good capture of an organ challenging, even in simple situations (which an acoustic like this isn't). My compliments on the recording, since there is a realistic perspective between what is said at the console and the sound of the organ. So good to hear Skinner strings, a Great diapason 8' that does a credible job of the Franck E major Chorale sans Hautbois.
Danial, I am impressed. Not only have you done a nice job of demonstrating the organ, the incredible reverb in that building but you are able to play without sheet music. The sign of an old school organist. Well Done, Sir. It is so rewarding to see someone who can play music, and not just puch keys. Wonderful demonstration. I am certain you are enxious to have the entire organ playing.
It should be noted the volume on this video comes in extremely low.As a result the volume on whatever device you’re listening on requires it to be turned up almost to its maximum.I was a bit apprehensive about doing this at first in case the glitch corrected itself.Thank you
Hi Daniel! It is a joy to see you so happy and enthusiastic demonstrating this marvellous organ! The rich palette of colours and characters is very convincing. All those strings, all different, all very refined and well tuned. I am afraid I never visited the USA but I would love to get a thorough impression of the organ one day. And the building by the way. Best regards, Rens from the Netherlands
This is my favorite organ in the world, and the state trumpet is my favorite stop. Are they planning to bring it back any time soon? Also, Daniel, you are a fabulous organist! I hope you can play a concert at my church some day. It's Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. We have a besutiful 191 rank Casavant that would excite you!
Thanks for your kind words! Funding is needed to do the work on the western facade that will allow the State Trumpet to return, and so the timing is uncertain. I’m anxious for the trumpet to return as soon as possible!
I think this presents a fantastic opportunity to do a “dueling organs” program or recording featuring both the Walker and the Aeolian Skinner! Inagine?!
Thank you for that wonderful demo; it's all very exciting to have 150A back in action. Like the (unbelievably) restored organ at Notre Dame de Paris, it will probably have never sounded better when all the work is complete.
I hope that your recital in February is going to be on RUclips. Looking forward to it. I hope all of the organ's voices are back by then. The situation at the west end my take more time, though. The Solo Tuba is a stupendous stop, and is quite able to be the supreme voice on this organ, when the State Trumpet is not in use. It's very nice to hear individual stops demonstrated, such as you did in this video. Thank you.
Awesome to hear that this organ is back, Dan. Love the strings on it, and the reeds as well. Have subscribed to your channel here. I’m from Ontario Canada here
I watch your Masses online and I know this has in been a rough 5 years and I am glad you are back where you supposed to be Playing this Magnificent Aeolian Skinner Pipe Organ, but Most of My family are from London or Wales and they were members of the Salisbury Cathedral and the Wells Cathedral, and if my memory serves me correctly Dr..Zaros has Directed at the Salisbury Cathedral. But from one Organist to another "We all thrive to Soli Deo Gloria" and I am a Church Organist Myself so where I play we have on Christmas Eve, We Have two Low Masses at 6:30pm and 9:00pm and then we a High Mass with the Holy Eucharist at 11:00PM-12:30AM With Adult Choristers and we have another High Mass With Holy Eucharist at 9:00AM Christmas Day, I just lo start out with quiet flute Stops and then I build to where I use the Full Resources of the Pipe Organ. Well Daniel Ficarri Keep up the Awesome work! " May God Bless Your Day" and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of in the Music Department :) The last time I went to a Organ Recital it was with Great Pleasure to have the Former Organist Of Washington National Cathedral, Mr. Scott Detra and even though I never knew Who he was or if I had Seen him at past AGO Conventions but after his Concert, I said Job Well done and he said Thank you Corey and I have never meant him in person, but interesting enough he know who I was. Now May The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost be with you and remain in you at all times.
Would be interested to know the organ companies which installed the original instrument, the upgrade, and the newest refurbishing. The sound is magnificent. The reverb is amazing.
Sure thing! The organ was originally built by Ernest M. Skinner Company in 1910, then rebuilt and enlarged by Aeolian-Skinner in 1954. The Cathedral suffered two fires - one in 2001, and another in 2019. Both times, the organ was restored by Quimby Pipe Organs under the supervision of Doug Hunt, the Cathedral’s Curator.
@ I wondered if it might be a Skinner organ. We have two Skinner builds in our town that I know of, Huntington, WV. One in our Jewish temple, and one in a Lutheran church. They seem to always be highly regarded. Others in town are by Moller, Austin and Schantz.
Wonderful demo. As others have said, it was great to demonstrate the organ by playing music, instead of the usual "waffling". The instrument sounds hugely impressive, especially in that building. I visited NYC in DEC '73 and was fortunate to meet Fred Swann @ Riverside church and hear the organ. I dropped in to St. John's too but no one was playing there. I live in Australia.
I recall being there June 2011 for AAM, Dorothy Papadakos, organist. Thanks ever so much for the musical tour. I am hoping for an encore mooosical tour all the better to hear you. I hope you get a better "tv monitor" which looks like the the one one of your predecessors used. It's also got to be a challenge with you up in the heavens and the choir on terra firma. I always love your improvisations and use them as an "online" tutorial. Bestestissimo during Advent and the time to come.
Very cool! And yes, I hope to share more of the instrument in the coming weeks and months. Our humble monitor is certainly outdated, but it still gets the job done! 😉 A happy Advent to you, too.
The speakers on my computer only go down to around 60Hz. So that's 2 octaves missing from what I'm hearing. I have a good idea what it would have sounded like with speakers that could do the lower two octaves justice. Lovely sounding stops. Very smooth gradations. Sounds like it is a very satisfying instrument to play.
Absolutely wonderful demonstration of one of America’s finest instruments. Being a Bostonian, we are also blessed with a number of Mr. Skinner’s incredible musical masterpieces here, as well. I trust you will provide us with more material to showcase your considerable musical talents, and it’s my hope to come and visit you in the near future. Happiest of holidays to you.
Thank you, and happy holidays to you, too! Yes, we will do everything we can do make sure this instrument is heard well and often! Come visit us anytime.
Well, we've always been lucky that money was limited, when the organ was rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner. If G D. Harrison had had his way, there would be very little left of Ernest Skinner's work.
Great and Swell to see it back! Is the Walker toaster staying in the nave? It seemed to be pretty useful. Might be worth having the option to couple it to the real organ for accompanying hymnody...
Funding is needed to do the work on the western facade that will allow the State Trumpet to be reinstalled, and so I imagine it will be some time before the trumpet can return, unless a sizable donation is made towards that work.
Nice! Awesome to hear you play it! However, I was there for a service about a year ago and heard someone play the organ from a console on the main floor. Was that not the main organ? It definitely sounded like it.
Thank you! That was our Walker digital organ, which was in use following the April 2019 fire until the end of November 2024. There is just one console currently for the Great Organ, situated in the gallery above the choir stalls on the south side.
@@DanielFicarri Thanks for the explanation! It’s amazing what technology can do, but nothing beats the real thing… it’s like going from my Yamaha Clavinova to a Steinway! 🙂
Lovely organ with great sound - the video would be improved though if we could hear you better when you're talking! You might like to get a small "clip mic" (the kind that newsreaders on TV often use, set close to the collar or the like) to make your voice come through better, it's really faint here. :)
We hope the Walker organ will soon move to Synod Hall, an alternate worship space on the campus where there is currently no playable instrument. Synod does have a 1913 E. M. Skinner organ, but unfortunately it needs a full restoration.
@@DanielFicarri I'd have thought the Walker too useful in the nave to lose. 150A never got down the nave all that well, from what I'm told, so having sound there to support congregational singing would be most valuable, even if controlled from 150A's console. The Synod Hall Skinner is basically a half-decent Swell plus a handful of other ranks giving the illusion of a three-manual organ, really needs a radical rethink and enlargement to give it new independent departments.
@RichardHarrold1991 Thanks for your comment! The Great Organ was actually designed to have a Nave division, and the current console is already set up for it. If funds became available to complete that division, it really would be wonderful! But thankfully, the sound of the instrument does reach the Nave fairly well!
Thank you so much! I am counting over 5 seconds of reverb... that organ just fills the cathedral space so well! Can't wait for the west wall to be repaired and get those state trumpets back... Easter?
The reverb is quite a thrill (something like 9-10 seconds)! Funds are limited, and so I imagine it will be some time before the State Trumpet can return, unless a sizable donation is made towards that work.
@RichardHarrold1991 The 32' Ophicleide pipes are in the chamber, but it would be extremely expensive to do the work needed for the pipes to be tunable and reactivated, unfortunately.
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I'm smiling at the thought of hearing that magnificent beast at full throttle once again. I played it once with Alec Wyton -- a long time ago! Thanks for your nice video.
I came across this video and it really made my day! It has been a pleasure watching your progress as an organist over the years. I had the pleasure of trying out the organ a few years ago and it was one of the most exciting experiences of my life from an organ standpoint. It is one of my favorite instruments! Hope the organ restoration continues. St. John's is lucky to have you!
Thanks for your kind comment! I feel very lucky to spend time playing this instrument. 🙂
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I'm smiling at the thought of hearing that magnificent beast at full throttle once again. I played it once with Alec Wyton -- a long time ago! Thanks for your nice video.
Thanks for your kind comment! Hope you can hear the organ in person again before long!
A very big thank you for sharing your time and talents. This great instrument blooms beautifully under your marvelous music and caress. Your playing instills uplift and majesty increasing wonder and worship and belief. May God bless you and your sacred work. Thank you again!
Thank you for your kind words!
I love this Organ...THE most beautiful ..for many reasons...Thank you for this video!! LOVELY ...absolutely lovely. I have missed it....since the destructive fire..celebrating its return...I remember it in the Solstice Programs over the years....WARMTH is the one word I'd use to describe this organ. across the many registrations.....Total warmth...
I agree with you - such a warm, inviting sound! Thanks for your comment!
Danny, it’s great to hear you playing this beautiful organ. You have such a gift! Enjoy your time playing
So great to hear from you! Thanks very much, and Merry Christmas! Sending lots of love. ❤️
Dan, you are an excellent organist. Thank you for the demo.
Thank you!
Hey Dan I really enjoyed the video, and looking forward to seeing its progress with the organ work.
I hope to visit sometime in the future and to play this fine organ! 😁
Thank you! And yes, I hope you can visit!
@@DanielFicarri fingers crossed :)
Even in demo-mode, both Daniel and the revived instrument are a delight to hear! Field trip to NYC in mid-February for the recital? Brrrrrrr. 🥶
Thank you! Merry Christmas! 🎄
I'm enjoying you as much as the I'm enjoying the organ - THANK YOU !
@@matthewprovost5938 Very kind! Thank you!
Thanks Daniel. It's always a joy to hear individual stops. So glad the instrument is almost back to 100%.
FWIW-- I fed the soundtrack of this video to a spectrum analyzer to measure the reverberation period of the cathedral. The ultimate chord of Adeste Fidelis was released 11:45-ish, and the General Cancel of the console was activated 7 seconds later at 11:51, even though the microphones were still catching reverb for another second or two even while the final words of the video were spoken one second later at 11:53. Microphones are weird in that they hear things we don't, and don't hear things we do, making good capture of an organ challenging, even in simple situations (which an acoustic like this isn't). My compliments on the recording, since there is a realistic perspective between what is said at the console and the sound of the organ. So good to hear Skinner strings, a Great diapason 8' that does a credible job of the Franck E major Chorale sans Hautbois.
The reverberation is quite astounding! Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for this FABULOUS demo Danny! You are amazing. So great to have this treasure back!
Thanks so much, John! We’re thrilled that the organ is back. Wishing you a happy (and sane) Christmas season!
@@DanielFicarri Same to you by friend!
Wow! The organ sounds amazing. Thank you so much for this wonderful demonstration!
Thank you! It's really an amazing instrument.
Danial, I am impressed. Not only have you done a nice job of demonstrating the organ, the incredible reverb in that building but you are able to play without sheet music. The sign of an old school organist. Well Done, Sir. It is so rewarding to see someone who can play music, and not just puch keys. Wonderful demonstration. I am certain you are enxious to have the entire organ playing.
Thank you! Yes, I am eager to share the rest of the instrument! 🙂
Wonderful! Would love to hear it in person. Greetings from London UK
@@michaelwhytock Thank you! I hope you can experience it in person sometime!
Take the train west from London to New York once in NY take the subway to church! PS that organ is a gem!
It should be noted the volume on this video comes in extremely low.As a result the volume on whatever device you’re listening on requires it to be turned up almost to its maximum.I was a bit apprehensive about doing this at first in case the glitch corrected itself.Thank you
Hi Daniel! It is a joy to see you so happy and enthusiastic demonstrating this marvellous organ! The rich palette of colours and characters is very convincing. All those strings, all different, all very refined and well tuned. I am afraid I never visited the USA but I would love to get a thorough impression of the organ one day. And the building by the way. Best regards, Rens from the Netherlands
Thanks for your kind comment! I also hope you can experience the instrument and space in person some day!
This is my favorite organ in the world, and the state trumpet is my favorite stop. Are they planning to bring it back any time soon? Also, Daniel, you are a fabulous organist! I hope you can play a concert at my church some day. It's Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. We have a besutiful 191 rank Casavant that would excite you!
Thanks for your kind words! Funding is needed to do the work on the western facade that will allow the State Trumpet to return, and so the timing is uncertain. I’m anxious for the trumpet to return as soon as possible!
I hope the state trumpet can be fully restored!
Me too!
I think this presents a fantastic opportunity to do a “dueling organs” program or recording featuring both the Walker and the Aeolian Skinner! Inagine?!
And given the date, it’s also a fantastic opportunity for a Christmas Carol!😉🎄
What an amazing pipe organ ! Thank you for sharing with us its sounds ! 😀
Thank you for that wonderful demo; it's all very exciting to have 150A back in action. Like the (unbelievably) restored organ at Notre Dame de Paris, it will probably have never sounded better when all the work is complete.
Thank you! And yes, it's wonderful to have the instrument in such good condition.
It's so wonderful to see the organ back.
I don't live in NYC anymore, but will be planning a trip, to come and hear you!
Come visit anytime!
Thank you, Daniel! Your enthusiasm brings this instrument alive. Best to you for a Happy Holiday season, and a magical future at the console. Bravo!
@@stepps511 Thank you! Happy holidays to you, too!
I hope that your recital in February is going to be on RUclips. Looking forward to it. I hope all of the organ's voices are back by then. The situation at the west end my take more time, though. The Solo Tuba is a stupendous stop, and is quite able to be the supreme voice on this organ, when the State Trumpet is not in use. It's very nice to hear individual stops demonstrated, such as you did in this video. Thank you.
Thank you! The Tuba should be ready very soon. 🙂 And I do hope to upload recordings from my February recital to RUclips!
@@DanielFicarri 🙂
Fabulous to get a glimpse of the progress. When do they anticipate full installation and regulation ?
We’re getting very close! Hopefully in a couple of months. 🙂
Awesome to hear that this organ is back, Dan. Love the strings on it, and the reeds as well. Have subscribed to your channel here. I’m from Ontario Canada here
Thank you! I hope to share more of the instrument before long!
Cool. Looking forward to that. This instrument is an Aeolian Skinner?
Yes! Aeolian-Skinner Op. 150-A!
Sounds great. Surprised it’s not a 5 manual instrument in such a large building.
Amazing. Beautiful voices in a massive singing acoustic. So impressed you play all that off-book
Thanks for listening!
I watch your Masses online and I know this has in been a rough 5 years and I am glad you are back where you supposed to be Playing this Magnificent Aeolian Skinner Pipe Organ, but Most of My family are from London or Wales and they were members of the Salisbury Cathedral and the Wells Cathedral, and if my memory serves me correctly Dr..Zaros has Directed at the Salisbury Cathedral. But from one Organist to another "We all thrive to Soli Deo Gloria" and I am a Church Organist Myself so where I play we have on Christmas Eve, We Have two Low Masses at 6:30pm and 9:00pm and then we a High Mass with the Holy Eucharist at 11:00PM-12:30AM With Adult Choristers and we have another High Mass With Holy Eucharist at 9:00AM Christmas Day, I just lo start out with quiet flute Stops and then I build to where I use the Full Resources of the Pipe Organ. Well Daniel Ficarri Keep up the Awesome work! " May God Bless Your Day" and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of in the Music Department :) The last time I went to a Organ Recital it was with Great Pleasure to have the Former Organist Of Washington National Cathedral, Mr. Scott Detra and even though I never knew Who he was or if I had Seen him at past AGO Conventions but after his Concert, I said Job Well done and he said Thank you Corey and I have never meant him in person, but interesting enough he know who I was. Now May The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost be with you and remain in you at all times.
Thank you, and best wishes for your Christmas services!
Beautiful! Thank you Daniel! :)
Would be interested to know the organ companies which installed the original instrument, the upgrade, and the newest refurbishing. The sound is magnificent. The reverb is amazing.
Sure thing! The organ was originally built by Ernest M. Skinner Company in 1910, then rebuilt and enlarged by Aeolian-Skinner in 1954. The Cathedral suffered two fires - one in 2001, and another in 2019. Both times, the organ was restored by Quimby Pipe Organs under the supervision of Doug Hunt, the Cathedral’s Curator.
@ I wondered if it might be a Skinner organ. We have two Skinner builds in our town that I know of, Huntington, WV. One in our Jewish temple, and one in a Lutheran church. They seem to always be highly regarded. Others in town are by Moller, Austin and Schantz.
Thanks for a wonderful demo Dan.
Oh, this is fantastic! I was literally just a couple of days ago, wondering what the status was on the reinstallation
Wonderful demo. As others have said, it was great to demonstrate the organ by playing music, instead of the usual "waffling".
The instrument sounds hugely impressive, especially in that building. I visited NYC in DEC '73 and was fortunate to meet Fred Swann @ Riverside church and hear the organ. I dropped in to St. John's too but no one was playing there. I live in Australia.
Thank you! I hope you can hear it in person some day!
I recall being there June 2011 for AAM, Dorothy Papadakos, organist. Thanks ever so much for the musical tour. I am hoping for an encore mooosical tour all the better to hear you. I hope you get a better "tv monitor" which looks like the the one one of your predecessors used. It's also got to be a challenge with you up in the heavens and the choir on terra firma. I always love your improvisations and use them as an "online" tutorial. Bestestissimo during Advent and the time to come.
Very cool! And yes, I hope to share more of the instrument in the coming weeks and months. Our humble monitor is certainly outdated, but it still gets the job done! 😉 A happy Advent to you, too.
The speakers on my computer only go down to around 60Hz. So that's 2 octaves missing from what I'm hearing. I have a good idea what it would have sounded like with speakers that could do the lower two octaves justice. Lovely sounding stops. Very smooth gradations. Sounds like it is a very satisfying instrument to play.
It sure is! Thanks for watching!
This is probably my favorite organ in the world due to the reverberation time.
Absolutely wonderful demonstration of one of America’s finest instruments. Being a Bostonian, we are also blessed with a number of Mr. Skinner’s incredible musical masterpieces here, as well. I trust you will provide us with more material to showcase your considerable musical talents, and it’s my hope to come and visit you in the near future. Happiest of holidays to you.
Thank you, and happy holidays to you, too! Yes, we will do everything we can do make sure this instrument is heard well and often! Come visit us anytime.
Well, we've always been lucky that money was limited, when the organ was rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner.
If G D. Harrison had had his way, there would be very little left of Ernest Skinner's work.
@@EElgar1857 Don Harrison had great respect for the best of Skinner's work, he just corrected its deficiencies.
The powerfull ald loudfull Stare Trumpet en chamade has been reinstalled? Or is it still under restoration?
Thanks Dan! Sounds great
@@russelljosephweismann6303 Thank you!
Great and Swell to see it back! Is the Walker toaster staying in the nave? It seemed to be pretty useful. Might be worth having the option to couple it to the real organ for accompanying hymnody...
The State trumpet is one of the MOST powerful en chamade stops in the world, with almost 50" of wind!!
Nice! When will the state trumpets be back in service?
Funding is needed to do the work on the western facade that will allow the State Trumpet to be reinstalled, and so I imagine it will be some time before the trumpet can return, unless a sizable donation is made towards that work.
Amazing. The only downside is that can any of your Christmas presents beat having the organ back?😊
😉🎄 We’ll be getting the Ophicleide tuned for Christmas!
Nice! Awesome to hear you play it! However, I was there for a service about a year ago and heard someone play the organ from a console on the main floor. Was that not the main organ? It definitely sounded like it.
Thank you! That was our Walker digital organ, which was in use following the April 2019 fire until the end of November 2024. There is just one console currently for the Great Organ, situated in the gallery above the choir stalls on the south side.
@@DanielFicarri Thanks for the explanation! It’s amazing what technology can do, but nothing beats the real thing… it’s like going from my Yamaha Clavinova to a Steinway! 🙂
Those reeds DAMN IT those reeds , they proclaim wonderfully.
They sure do!
Lovely demo, thank you for posting these updates about the organ. Was the original instrument built by E. M. Skinner?
Thank you! Yes - it was originally built by Ernest M. Skinner Company in 1910, then rebuilt and enlarged by Aeolian-Skinner in 1954.
Sadly, the sound on the video is so low, I can hardly hear you.
I knew the chorale would come in sonner than later
Couldn't resist!
Couldn't hear you....
Lovely organ with great sound - the video would be improved though if we could hear you better when you're talking! You might like to get a small "clip mic" (the kind that newsreaders on TV often use, set close to the collar or the like) to make your voice come through better, it's really faint here. :)
Did you retire the Walker?
We hope the Walker organ will soon move to Synod Hall, an alternate worship space on the campus where there is currently no playable instrument. Synod does have a 1913 E. M. Skinner organ, but unfortunately it needs a full restoration.
@@DanielFicarri I'd have thought the Walker too useful in the nave to lose. 150A never got down the nave all that well, from what I'm told, so having sound there to support congregational singing would be most valuable, even if controlled from 150A's console. The Synod Hall Skinner is basically a half-decent Swell plus a handful of other ranks giving the illusion of a three-manual organ, really needs a radical rethink and enlargement to give it new independent departments.
@RichardHarrold1991 Thanks for your comment! The Great Organ was actually designed to have a Nave division, and the current console is already set up for it. If funds became available to complete that division, it really would be wonderful! But thankfully, the sound of the instrument does reach the Nave fairly well!
@@DanielFicarri how hard would it be to slave the Walker to the A-S?
Can’t hear your voice at all. Can that be fixed? A number of similar comments further down.
In my opinion, this i
Aeolian-Skinner is J Donald Harrison's masterpiece in organ building.
I agree!
Can't hear you at all
This is an interesting video but the volume of your voice is much too low. The organ sounds excellent.
Thank you so much! I am counting over 5 seconds of reverb... that organ just fills the cathedral space so well! Can't wait for the west wall to be repaired and get those state trumpets back... Easter?
The reverb is quite a thrill (something like 9-10 seconds)! Funds are limited, and so I imagine it will be some time before the State Trumpet can return, unless a sizable donation is made towards that work.
@@DanielFicarri what about the Skinner 32' Bombarde/Ophicleide, is that back or coming back?
@RichardHarrold1991 The 32' Ophicleide pipes are in the chamber, but it would be extremely expensive to do the work needed for the pipes to be tunable and reactivated, unfortunately.
@@DanielFicarri what's the problem? Surely having the organ out was the opportunity to do something about it?
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I'm smiling at the thought of hearing that magnificent beast at full throttle once again. I played it once with Alec Wyton -- a long time ago! Thanks for your nice video.