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That tiny portable reed organ is not just a rare find, but a special acoustic gift. I cant wait to hear it sound out in a church. The donor was a delightful guy, and he himself deserves mention as a preservationist. Thanks, Ben!

I would suppose someone loved that mini-organ dearly, once, and it was preserved so cafefully because it was so valued. Now, because of your generous donor, your instrument will be loved by thousands, as it becomes well traveled, and we all get to hear it. Thank-you, Ben! 🎶🥰🎵🎶 Thank you, too Mr. Ray. Your gift to Ben turned out to be a gift to all of us!!! 🎶☮️🎵🎶

Thanks Mr Ray for sharing your organ with Ben and the world. Ben i understand your joyful excitement! I smiled and laughed during your video. Thanks!

Glorious things of thee are spoken; Love divine all loves excelling to the tune of Blaenwern. The portable harmonium is a thrilling new dimension to Ben's channel. George Herbert would love it! Never a week should pass without our being thankful to Ben for sharing his keyboard skills with us, his devoted KZfaq family.

Love Mr. Ray, his hospitality and laugh. Love the clocks and the one that randomly went "coo -coo" while Ben was visiting. And Ray's final, subtle laugh as he retreated back inside his front door.

I have rarely seen anyone look so pleased as you looked on finding that instrument. A cat with a saver of milk! How wonderful to think the old girl has a new lease of life in such loving hands. Enjoy!

What a happy story! I am sure the original makers of your little reed organ would be looking down from heaven and smiling when you play it.

Incidentally, Ben M. is one of the FEW young people who know how to properly read poetry!😊

Asking if Ben M. plays is like asking if birds fly, if fish swim, or if the sun shines!😊 Such a wonderful find, and just the right organist to cherish that beautiful little reed organ!

Ray: “Do you play?” Ben: 😎

I'm in awe at your luck! Certainly deserved! A harmonium powered by a cheese and pickle sandwich!

Love what you are doing! Glad to see a younger generation keeping history and church music alive.

"Do you play?" How wonderfully naive, and precious! Congrats on your new acquisition. My mum had one very similar to this when I was little; sadly a fish bowl on top of it was slowly leaking and by the time it was discovered, the organ was ruined.... As always, Ben, your videos are a weekly tonic of calm, and reflection on the glory of God, and the music the Faith has inspired. Thank you for time you take to make and edit them; they are balm for the soul...

That little organ has the most beautiful sound. Love it!

I served a church as pastor that had access to a folding reed organ that was used for field services by the US Army. It provided accompaniment for our outdoor Easter sunrise services for many years.

I think you need a cart with soft inflatable tires to move your precious portable organ. 👍

As a teenage church chorister back in the 1950s used to cart one of these around the wards of geriatric hospital every week. Later figured out how to tune a reed organ - a waste of time if the reeds had accumulated a century's detritus. Drew the brass reeds out with a dentist's pick and then soaked them in hot Caustic Soda - best done outdoors.

I'm so happy for you in acquiring this little organ. I'm an experienced reed organ restorer, and I think you have a rather unusual little organ. Here in the Untied States, most portable organs like this one have two sets of reeds...one 8' pitch and one 4' pitch, and are usually a 49 note keyboard. Usually, the 8' is open all the time and a knee control opens the 4'. Sometimes there are little knobs on the right and left key cheek that will open the bass and treble 4' separately, so it could be used as a Solo. The left knee control opens a swell flap to increase the volume. I've never heard of a Piccolo stop on a portable organ....and it sounds like maybe a 2' pitch. Am I right ? The Flute sounds like the usual 4' pitch to me. Again..am I correct? I've restored several of these small organs but I've never run across one like yours. I think you maybe have a very unique little organ and it sounds really great with it's rich sounds. Great job in presenting this video.

Oh Ben how lovely that the gent in Kent gave you this organ now waiting for you to play it good luck 😊

That is probably the nicest sounding reed organ I have ever heard. What a wonderful find that came right to you.

Obviously talented and so well spoken. Quintessential British Gent. Good stuff.

We had Love Divine All Loves Excelling as the first hymn of our wedding in May this year. With a full strength choir and a mighty organ, I could not even sing a word, that's how moving it was! Thank you for playing, what a fine instrument that is

What a treasure!! Can't believe it was sitting in a corner and they tried to sell it for firewood - what a horrifying thought! Safe with you now and we can look forward to hearing you play it in some of those fabulous old village churches❤

Absolutely magical, Ben. What an adventure, what a perfect find. Just goes to show - good people really do make good things happen.

This little reed organ is an excellent addition to any home or church! Keep up the great videos!

It is hilarious the way you taped a big 'MATON' on the front of your hymn book. 😂👍

What a gift! And apparently in such amazing playing condition. You couldn't have asked for better.

Congratulations on your organ acquisition! I always look forward to your videos..

That it was found in Chatham is interesting. Perhaps it was a ship padre's organ. Or a missionary organ.

Someone should make those again. Especially like the one you have the collapses like it does. It's a treasure!

Ben, you are providing a remarkable and invaluable service. I always look forward to your videos on Sundays. God bless you and your work. Salutations from the US.

_"Do you play...?_ what a precious question ☺️🤗

Do you play? Ben: Hold my beer.

As always, warmest greetings from Ireland! 🇮🇪☘️ Yet again a wonderful sharing by your goodself. This gift from your generous donor is now being enjoyed by so many thanks as ever to your generous heart.

How easy for moving about, so well designed. You should keep a book, if you don’t already, registering all your organ transplants.

What a wonderful little instrument! I am so glad that it has been saved and that you now have it to make beautiful music on in beautiful places.

LOL! Love that about the hymnal! My NEH is ex Canterbury Cathedral!... After they turfed those wonderful books for newer red ... I think Hymns Ancient and Modern? ... my then teacher offered the rather battered, falling apart green NEH to me, as I was without a decent hymnal at the time. I carefully patched it up and quietly chuckle every time I find a hymn with decades of Canterbury pencil notes hastily scribbled next to staves or verses! It's my treasure now 😊 You are a treasure, Ben! Never give up ... please 🙏🏻

My late organist friend told me that he did his National Service with the Sappers in Germany, acting as organist to the Chaplain, and using a portable 'Field Organ', probably like this one. Other comments mention Army use, and I'm sure many such instruments will have been sold off, maybe even in Chatham. Back in Civvies, my friend served as organist for our local church for a further sixty years, and recalled that he had never had a more appreciative congregation than his fellow soldiers at the height of the Cold War!

Your new small wooden box appears to hold wonderful potential within it. Now that it has fallen into your appreciative custody I think it would benefit from some light restoration so that its appearance is aligned with its musical charm.

God bless Ray! ❤

Another interesting thing about using the neat little portable reed organ in organ-less churches is that it will be a consistent test comparison of the different church's acoustics.

Unrelated to organs, but I used to collect old clocks, sometimes having them refurbished and refinished. I had several in my bedroom. Today, I don't think I could stand the clicking, but I really enjoyed it back then. I enjoy your posts. Thanks

"Do you play" - made my morning. Thank you.

It’s not the size of the organ that matters, it’s….ummmm…😂😂😂 but in all seriousness, what a beautiful sound and what a wonderful find! Small but mighty! ❤

Speaking of Organ donors...my Dad recently suggested I apply for an organ donor card...he's a man after my own heart haha

Thank you again. One church you might like to play in is at Itchen Stoke near Alresford, Hampshire. It has no organ as far as I know but is a stunning building under the redundant churches organization, your new pump organ from Kent might liven things up ! Wonderful videos and very meaningful.

Can you imagine how many organs like this one may be in England has you have a great history of keeping and maintaining things for decades and decades; and your buildings for centuries.

"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" played to a tune I've never heard before. Beautiful, as always. Congratulations on the adoption of your new "babe!"

A special video! That little harmonium was a real find & it still sounds amazing, played by you, of course! Can't wait to watch where you travel to next!

"Do you play?" 😁 Tom Pinch (in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit) would call this "the sweetest little organ."

A transportable organ, how exciting! it sounds beautiful, I can't wait to hear it in an ancient church setting. Sedding your organ donor a million and one kisses for his priceless donation 😊🙏

Ben, this channel is wonderful. It should be a mainstream TV programme. On a similar basis to Winter Walks on BBC 4, it induces a superb ‘mindfulness’. Thankyou.

What a lovely little organ! I can't wait to hear it in a church setting.

What a find, sent by God to you 🎉❣️

I suggest putting swivel heavy duty caster wheels on the harmonium "legs". I also suggest a waterproof outdoor cover for it when your rainy season arrives; such as a luggage cover or a patio furniture cover for small tables. And you might also find some lashing straps if you're going to move it again on a cart/dolly.

Please put a blanket between the organ and cart for safekeeping

WOW, that mans house looks exactly like mine ! I too am a Clock Collector and restorer, with many clocks all round my home - just like him. I also have not one, but two similar Organs to that one. One is a Mason and Hamlyn, and one is almost identical, but has no visible name on it. Mine have no stops though, but fold up in the same way. I found one in a junk shop in Padstow, and one here in High Barnet in an Antiques 'Emporium' - many years ago. You have inspired me to get them out of my loft and finish restoring them. Thanks Ben for this brilliant video. Take care 🙂

Ben, in America our daily work commute takes that long. 😛

Interesting. Our Episcopal Hymnal uses Austria for "Glorious things of thee are spoken" and Hyfrydol (my favorite) for "Love divine, all loves excelling."

Thank you for all your hard work and excellent video production! I don't go to churches for service, but the preservation of those buildings and organs is near and dear to my heart. Love from Germany!

What a wonderful organ and so compact to carry with you. I can feel your happiness in some ways. I like old furniture and all sorts of stuff that others think is junk.

For an instant, I thought you were having a transplant. What a neat little organ. Just beautiful. It looks like someone is a fisherman (waders).

What a lovely instrument. I love how if you play a reed organ loud enough, it distorts like a tube amp.

A wonderful instrument to be used for the Glory of God. New life given to sing again. 🎶

So glad that you did in fact NOT take one of his kidneys with that. LOL I agree, this is going to be perfect for you to take into some of the dear beautiful old buildings. If you use a trolley, I do strongly recommend four pneumatic tires, as the air can absorb some bumps along the paths without transferring their impact along to the reeds.

I think the Welsh hymn 'Rho im yr hedd" would sound great on this organ. Cheers Ben.👍

The Organ Harvester.....? 🎹 £25 is on your way for the Harmonium Dolly Cart Of Greatness fund. Cheers!

You are a true musician, Ben. The beard makes you more distinguished, clean shaven younger….

Dear Ben, The little 'interuption' showing you editing the video was in itself very interesting. That might be a short video in itself. Keep up the good work.

Gods day Ben. I’ve want to help you out for a bit now but don’t use pay pal. Then I saw you had Patreon. Joined today. Have a blessed day, my friend.

Thank you Ben, and Ray, for lightening our hearts! ❤

“Do you play?” Well yeah! What a hoot!

Simply, classic! Thank you so much for sharing with us all.

Hello, what a beautiful organ! I recognize the principle from an episode of the BBC's Repair Cafe. I think that was a harmonium. good luck with it! Greetings from Remke from the Netherlands.😊

This organ looks and sounds like a Bilhorn Folding Portable organ invented by an American evangelist Peter Phiilip Bilhorn in 1885 for use in his services. He and his brother established the Bilhorn Brother Organ Company in Chicago which sold the ingenious instruments through large stores in the US such as Sears Roebuck.

So kind of that interesting gentleman to just give you the organ because he knew it was going to a good home where it would be used. As for supporting your work I was under the impression that you were the organist in a parish in Salisbury. Is that no longer the case? The church would be foolish not to employ a man of your talents.

What an amazing little instrument! What a find! I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing you at more "friendless" churches.

Your donated organ is in really good condition. You played it very well too. Keep up the good work Ben!

Fabulous find, Ben. I can hardly wait to hear it played in some beautiful old English country churches. What a great new addition from a kind and generous donor. However, I believe you need an electric cart to get this up and down the pathways into the old churches.

That sounds so wonderful. I love these beautiful little reed organs. You can FEEL the music. I had a full sized one for many years, as well as several full sized modernish electric church organs. I always prefer the acoustic instruments. I loved playing any time I could. As I became a complete invalid I passed them on to others who can play and appreciate them. Thank you so much for bringing this beautiful music into my life.

Nice to see one of these instruments in such good order. Well done Ben

Love everything about this episode! Thank you to the generous donor and giving new life to a wonderful organ!❤ Looking forward to your next road trips!

SO glad you got that folding reed organ. I think they are much more expressive than an ordinary pipe organ. I have three harmoniums and when I switch to the piano I find myself pump pump pump with terrible results.

What a fabulous video, Ben. Lovely to see such a rare instrument finding a new lease of life in your capable hands. Thanks for playing two of my most favourite hymns too. Abbots Leigh (albeit to words of Church of God, elect and glorious) and Love Divine were both played at my wedding, and I regularly let them rip on my church pipe organ.

If you ever decide to organize a tour of some of the churches featured on your channel with you playing...count me in!

Lovely instrument! In NL we call this a harmonium. I learned to play music on my parents harmonium when I was young. Thanks for showing the hymn book as well. I was already wondering from which book people in England sing.

Your enthusiasm is infectious. Great find, great work ! Carry on good chap !

"Nice organ", if you'll pardon the expression. Great sound, so compact. You have just inspired me to look at another one (8th ?) to buy, next week !

Fantastic Ben look forward to hearing it in a church Thanks for your posts 😊

You made that harmonium reed organ sound good. They can be ghastly. Have to say I prefer what you do in St Martin’s . Only give that up to be in Salisbury Cathedral. Be good to have you do a recital there.

Delightful program, as always, thanks. The transportable reed organ sounds great ( with you playing it).:

You could make money playing it for tips in a restaurant where they serve (wait for it) organ meats. Could you compose a piece called "For Love of Steak and Kidney Pie?"

What a great sound and I'm so glad you found each other! ❤

This is exciting! Wonderful sound from this small instrument. Thank you, Ben!

Ben I often see interesting thing in your videos that have nothing to do with your videos all add to the overall entertainment thank you

Beautiful, beautiful--from "Abide with Me" to "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling." (Though we United Methodists in the United States sing the latter two to different tunes :) Could you possibly play the tune Silver Street, the tune British Methodists use for the hymn "And Are We Yet Alive?" It's Methodist Conference time!

In the American Episcopal Church, we normally sing another Welsh tune, Hyphrydol, to accompany Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.

You could have played the hymn tune *Bemerton* It’s a simple four liner but lovely suspensions in the alto line.

Congratulations on one of the best click bate titles ever, Ben. For a moment I seriously believed you had some big backstory you had never shared. You got me good and proper!