2018 Schoenstein Organ - St John's Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Brent Johnson talks with Joseph Arndt, Music Director and Organist of St. John's Episcopal Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma about the 2018 Schoenstein organ.
Schoenstein color wheel: schoenstein.com/articles/Scho...
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@matthewhorton7374 3 жыл бұрын

Wow the painting on the facade pipes is amazing

@matthieubazile3350 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice organ! Shoenstein has to be, perhaps, one of my favorite organ builders.

@claysibert Жыл бұрын

Their voicing is top notch. Absolutely beautiful instruments!

@stepheneggert7388 3 жыл бұрын

What a nice pipe organ..sounds awesome..great craftsmanship..clean..alot of organ .. for a nice space...I enjoyed listening..as well..miss the church organ sounds that are real..ty for bringing this to the public..Brent..

@markaustin4370 3 жыл бұрын

The voicing is so on! Everything exactly on speech. Wow. If EMS was alive today I think he would be building organs like this.

@praestant8 3 жыл бұрын

Some might say over voiced. Its rather presumptuous to say that what Bethards (or rather his voicers) does is what Skinner would do.

@DavidKrautscheid 3 жыл бұрын

@@praestant8 then they never heard a really good voiced theatre organ. that beats everything in classical organs.no classical organ has ever voiced anbuilded pipes like midmer losh morton compron barton wurlitzer kimball especially kimball has made some of the best sounding pipes ever in the world but wurlitzer aswell but my top favourite is midmer losh cause the organ at atlantic city in the broadwalk hall is build like no other and its voiced like no other

@louisglen1653 3 жыл бұрын

A great organ for accompanying choirs, soloists and leading congregational singing!

@markaustin4370 3 жыл бұрын

So nice to hear upperwork that relates to the foundations!

@bobareebop 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect acoustics and reverb in this room.

@markcooke729 3 жыл бұрын

With the pews filled, the acoustic will be far too dry to suit the organ sadly - organs need a good acoustic to allow it to 'bloom' - that's why they always sound better in a resonant building. A dry acoustic also shows up any flaws in the organist's performance, and even the best organists have "off days"!

@jamespkuzman 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful organ, and proof that providing an assortment of 8’ stops does not equate to a dull, boring sound. Clearly the organist not only deeply appreciates this instrument, but also understands the design and tonal philosophy and knows how to get the most out of it. Hearing and playing a Schoenstein is on my list.

@claysibert Жыл бұрын

Same for me. Playing a Schoenstein is on my bucket list, as well as a Ruffatti.

@brandontuomikoski9282 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice instrument. It would be amazing to see the Wanamaker or midmer losh organs featured some day!

@jakedarmstadter6943 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@hautboisdamour2199 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice instrument and presentation, thank you!

@williamjeffrey40 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful pipe organ, with a stunning facade

@EElgar1857 3 жыл бұрын

An interesting organ, and a fine demo!

@alexandrusimo899 3 жыл бұрын

Me seeing the pipes in the thumbnail: Woaaahh prettyyyy

@stephenstich3565 3 жыл бұрын

David Boysel of San Francisco, "the artist" mentioned, did a superb job!

@jakedarmstadter6943 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I very very strongly recommend if you are ever in the Richmond Virginia area to go check out the Casavant at Richmonds First Baptist Church, folks there are very nice and they would surely let you record a video on their organ! Sadly the principal organist there just died but I’d be happy to show you around the organ!

@mattheww2797 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous sound, the 1960's organs are so brutal compared to this

@StoreeDenson 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. As a request can you do the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help which is in Oklahoma.

@kennypierson9760 3 жыл бұрын

I've played it several times before. trust me, it's nothing special. screamey mixtures, buzzy, kazoo like reeds....

@05Forenza 2 жыл бұрын

44:30 Jean Langlais has got to be my favorite composer of all time. The grandeur of the dissonance is spectacular.

@georgejenista9487 3 жыл бұрын

So what's the instrument up in the rear gallery??

@TheProsaicCult Ай бұрын

perfectly balanced. big is not always better. in this room 29 ranks is big enough.

@cple1 3 жыл бұрын

What about the Gallery organ?

@bobh5087 3 жыл бұрын

A great tour. But you forgot to demonstrate the Pedal Reed stops.... 🤔

@OrganMediaFoundation 3 жыл бұрын

We heard them all in the manuals. There were no independent pedal reeds.

@bobh5087 3 жыл бұрын

@@OrganMediaFoundation I knew that, as I'd had a look at the stoplist before watching the video. But we didn't get to *really hear them* in anything more than a very perfunctory, lightning-fast way. Thanks for your reply. It appears to be a beautifully-made, elegant-sounding instrument. 👍

@praestant8 3 жыл бұрын

No, Skinner did not place the independent pedal reed in a box. Borrowed pedal stops, which is entirely what this instrument consists of, doesn't count.

@thebog11 3 жыл бұрын

This instrument actually has two independent pedal ranks. I've looked at a few Schoenstein stoplists, and their pedal divisions do consist of a lot of borrows instead of a mostly independent division. It has two independent principal ranks that go down to 16', which is an interesting design choice on a 38 rank organ - I don't think I've ever seen that on an instrument of this size that wasn't early 20th century orchestral. Also two independent reed ranks that go down to 16' - this is not a large church, and I haven't watched the entire video, so I'm interested to see how much chamber space they have and how they fit the whole thing in there.

@shiningarmor2838 3 жыл бұрын

The "Color Wheel" is a really cool idea, I don't know why I haven't seen it before.

@praestant8 3 жыл бұрын

It is a gimmick.

@shiningarmor2838 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it is, but it is an enjoyable one.

@thebog11 3 жыл бұрын

@@praestant8 What do you mean?

@pravoslavn 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely church, altar and organ. Protect what you have been given from the next generation of "revisionists" who would come and desecrate and secularize the "worship space." Be Well, Cheers from Pennsylvania.