and two full-time employees lmao

Don’t forget about drummers. We use a key.

LOL

Original gangster

I read "The Wanker's Organ". And it is ! People seem to have an orgasm at seeing so many keys and switches. Just like the number of screens and buttons on a BMW only for a different crowd.

Well, an organ is LITERALLY the size of the entire building. That's no joke, the pipes hidden behind the walls have so powerful sound, the air is travelling to farthest points of the building to the pipes. Most of you may know, a pipe organ is mostly used in churches. And there's a reason why pipe organ is called the king of musical instruments. It can literally play thousands of voices at once. This is so powerful.

Not all will understand or care about the how sounds are achieved.,.lots of care and maintenance for Macy's.

Carillon Players: "Yeah, But can the whole Town hear you play?"

@@TheSinkingTitanic2 ROTFL

Very true J Cortese, citizens of Philadelphia can be pleased to have the world's most biggest organ. If you love organ music and should you be in Philadelphia, this is one feature you wouldn't like to miss.

Yeah, that was funny. :)

Badly Drawn Turtle I just noticed that as well!! 😂😂😂😂. I laughed way too hard at that lol

But I thought "third foot" was the indian name for the Shi Tzu.

It's almost as if they edited it that way

If they are "octopus", it goes without saying that they have a third foot. The series has to go up to eight OCTO. You have to revise your Latin.

Right? Cockpits are rather simple compared to 6 keyboards and so many stops. I couldn't even handle one.

Morrov PL No, me either. Amazing 4-limb skill. I’m a drummer too and thought that was complicated. No, not compared to that organ.

@@randyporter3491 Instruments are very complex and in depth compared to what is essentially stick and rudder with computers glued in. Mad respect to people who mastered them.

Morrov PL That’s very true. The changes in avionics since I started flying is drastic. It’s more of a video game world now. In fact, the gamers and simulator pilots transition easily to the new technology. They just have to learn the flying skills

​@@randyporter3491 Right, even in little GA aircraft you get these giant G1000s, making it all so much easier. I'm doing my modular right after I graduate from uni in 2 years, and I chose an old C150, so I can learn to fly without a huge GPS unit staring into my face...

Does Kerbal Space Program works?

Have you ever built a level 3 sentry?

it does seem to take multiple people to play the thing. One pilot and one engineer.

Even Bach sometimes had an assistant to change the stops. (Not counting the poor apprentice pumping the bellows,)

Team Fortress 2???? I was building level 3 sentries in Team Fortress 1 while you guys could barely walk.

For forward propulsion?

.. hehe

omg! lmfao! thanks for that laugh.

the neighbor kid has a macy's in his civic? O.o

You mean pipes?

Somos Numero Uno And with retail giving way to online shopping, and Macy's closing stores across the country, there's no certainty that their shareholders will continue to accept the six-figure annual cost of staff and maintenance required for this monster. Who know? It might be seven figures.

a jet fighter less, ONE day of war in a country the USA does not need and there would be plenty money there...

Somos Numero Uno We are number one but it's Bernie Sanders and it's Spanish...

It is a private organization and donations from private citizens that is paying for the restoration of the organ. It is a historic landmark and as such can not - at least in theory - be destroyed. Even is Macy's closes as a retail store, the organ would either have to be moved or preserved where it is. Macy's, in any case, does not pay for the maintenance of the organ,

Thank you for pointing that out. I had the same concern as "John Techwriter" when I heard about the association with Macy's. History is important here in Philadelphia - even the late Ravi Shankar said he liked that about us. He contrasted us with Manhattanites, but they're not alone. Try telling a Chicagoan that we used to agree not to build above Billy Penn's hat, [the statue atop City Hall], and watch their jaw drop. (They still can't figure out why we hang onto a cracked bell.)

You know what they say about organs with big consoles

Shining Armor I know what they say about MY organ!

+Frabbledabble ok, that one was good

They say "keep it in your pants"

They said my organ wasn't big enough.

I am glad I know about this now.

I'm so jealous. Must be wonderful to hear.

When I lived in Philly back in the 70s and 80s dropping in at Wannamaker's when the organ was being played was a moving experience.

Church really got power in and around the history

Moo Kitty The 1909 cost was just the start, John Wanamaker actually set up a pipe organ manufacturing company in the store and it grew exponentially. Today a New pipe organ for a church costs appx $25,000 per rank. However an organ of such such scale has many large scale ranks, particularly in the pedal, which can surpass $100,000 per rank. It is no hyperbole to say a new instrument to replace this would be over $50,000,000.

@@zorokagami What does a chucrch have to do with this?

lol the fact that a 1 pound four string violin costs twice as much is sad

And that was only for a fraction of the current instrument. And, the whole thing put the organ builder out of business because of the cost of making it and shipping it via rail to the St. Louis World's Fair.

kiqw it's still in the middle of restoration. They have a KZfaq channel with occasional updates.

what there's an other organ . bigger. than this . 🤔

The organ at the Atlantic City Convention Hall is slightly larger but not fully functional yet due to storm damage(leaking room many years a go) and lack of maintenance. It is now undergoing a multi-year restoration project. Once completed it will be again the world largest pipe organ. As an example, This organ at Macys has six manuals and around 30,000 pipes whereas the organ in in Atlantic City organ hs seven manual (two of which are larger the standard 61 note organ manuals) and has about 35, 000 apes. I understand that Mr. Conte neede to promote the organ at Macys but hegas played the Atlantic City organ and there is one or two You Tube videos of him doing that.

@@kiqw I don't know how many apes this organ has; are they really necessary? Must cost a fortune in bananas...

@@kiqw the organ at Atlantic City is the world’s largest based on number of pipes, however the Wanamaker Organ is the world’s largest pipe organ based on number of ranks and physical mass weight.

Yes

Jusgentleman 1256 or the most epic version of The Baby Elephant Walk

Daydream Believer? yeah, I guess that'd be cool.

I'd prefer In a Gadda da Vida from Iron Butterfly. Or something nice from Uriah Heep. I'd wish Jon Lord could play it today.

Imagine playing Ganondorf's inner castle theme from Ocarina of Time on that beauty.

what a masterpiece. and lets just hope no penny-pinching chair pusher gets the idea to silent that. and replace it with a, cheaper to maintain, electronic tin can.

I'm all for devising an initiative to create tools/methods to maintain the organ easier and in turn cheaper.

Brad Penrod where can i get this vst plugin?

the lavish scale of the construction of the organ bankrupt its builder

No sé porque razón tu comentario me aparece en un video en inglés sobre un órgano gigante, khe xd

@@Daniela-yi3xn él dijó que si estás en Philadelphia, debes visitar el orgáno porque es increíble. Lo siento, no hablo español perfecto, pero espero que te ayudé un poco.

Just imagine tuning that instrument 😅

I play with organ shoes not used for walking so no grit wears the pedals. I like it better than socks only.

Modern shoes are often too wide for playing the pedals. You can buy special organ shoes, or jazz dancing shoes with small heels, which are cheaper.

Toby Vance I used to have a pair of soft leather, thinly soled ankle boots that were my favorite for pedaling. They got ratty looking over the years and I purchased organ shoes. I still like my boots better. ❤️🎶🎵

Most of us can't play in socks unless in dire circumstances. For me, my Achilles tendon starts hurting. The loafers the one guy was wearing could be dedicated to organ playing; another organist friend of mine does that.

Oh shut up you dimwit.

@@brucekaren6693 why you gotta be so rude

@@jakedarmstadter6943 Bruce “Karen”

@@georgehaas7292 lmao I didn’t even notice that

@@jakedarmstadter6943 By the way, I think I have seen your account elsewhere on KZfaq. Small world huh? Also, is that you with Peter in the picture?

Dust is a great enemy in all pipe organs, for both pipes and mechanisms. Keeping it clean is preventive medicine to keep it from relapsing.

Considering the size and power of this organ - just activate all the stops, play some big chords at maximum volume, and there won't be any dust within 3 or 4 miles, I reckon.

Technically this guy would say he plays a department store

@@shawnpl0x everyone assume that organs are only built in churches, I watched one before this with this same comment too, and it also was not in a church, it was in a German concert hall.

@@shawnpl0x yeah I just came from that comment section. We have a joke thief 😂

All including nërv sistem

No, but it can process external audio through it's pipes.

It doesn't have 1V/Oct CV in/out? Pathetic. A toy. Not even worth it. Back to the drawing board.

@Carter Mattoon No, it's for playing audio games.

They could probably add MIDI without too much effort. The keyboards uses electric signals to open the valves anyway, unlike mechanical organs which use the movement of the keys to mechanically open valves.

check out Rob Scallon's channel. This one doesn't, but the one in Chicago does.

Is there a list of people who have played that organ?

As in BWV565?

Sipho Ndhlovu I think you can order the carrying case from Amazon.

With this instrument, the gig comes to the instrument.

Sipho Ndhlovu Think about Johnny Cash' record "One Piece At A Time!"😁

You carry your next gig to it!

every sunday at 12 am?

Well that's why it's good this organ has a corporate sponsor. My great uncle was an organist in vaudeville theaters and built a pipe organ in his house as a hobby (the guts looked a lot like this one but much smaller). When he died, no one wanted the organ so his decades long hobby ended up scrapped.

Toby Vance What if Old Harry the janitor spills some fluid of some kind on it? That would be an "Oh Sh*t" moment!😳

Well, as the man said in the video, the organ was almost completely broken down and unplayable. Given enough time, it would have been forgotten entirely. Macy's not only helped bring attention to the instrument, but spent who knows how much money repairing it and even more on the employees whose sole job it is to keep it running. I don't care if it's supposed to draw customers into their store thus making them money, the fact that they thought to restore this thing is worth letting them slide on that fact. It would be awesome if more historical objects (art, instruments, whatever) could be preserved by some of these corporations that are worth billions. Yeah, it costs money, and sometimes a lot of it, but that stuff could be lost forever without help.

WORD. Well said.

Today’s generations, with their “give me”attitudes, will ultimately be the ruination of our society, and the demoRATS, with their unending greed for votes, are leading the way. Free healthcare, free housing, free everything, that we cannot afford will be the end of what is good today. I am 70 now, and maybe I should not care, because I will be dead and it will be todays youth that will suffer! And the worst thing is they do not care and will not listen!

Isaac Marion do you know the legend of “the brown note”?

eliot duhan It’s not a story the church would tell you...

don't forget to thank the assistant organist!

Organists are few and far between. Our church's organ sits silent because they can't find anyone to play it.

El Tigre that's sad. A huge and magnificent instrument, with no one to play it and let the sounds free.

There's a 2-disc recording of Keith playing during store hours (you can hear the cash registers in the background). His version of Pictures at an Exhibition is my favorite.

they should

Oh, such a grand idea!

"Those aren't mountains"

Jaden Smith "they're waves"

Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. COOPER.

Oh yeah that ending!!!!

You could get a pump Reed organ, those were actually designed to go in people's living rooms, lol

"...and fast", LOL

y11971alex the organ is now 100% functional but still needs a massive amount of tuning

Atlantic City is not even a third playable at this point. Far from 100% working.

The Midmer-Losh organ is only 35% restored. The Stage Left Chamber is currently being restored. Once that is done, 50% of the organ will have been restored. It's expected to be finished by 2023.

CorvetteCoonass 2023?!?!?!?!? nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

@@omnitone remember these things are MASSIVE. Absolutely massive. There is a good reason that people say playing an organ is playing a church or a building. The really good ones are just that massive.

that would be magnificent!

Christoper Anton that would be deafening!!

Danny Benthien They say it sounds horrible if you just pull all stops out without being selective about them. Also, all the quiter stops are just wasting air since they cannot be heard then.

By that point the organ might be starved for air despite 8 blowers.

Not if everything is tuned properly. But it WOULD be overwhelmingly loud. Of course, a lot of the softer ranks would be completely drowned out. This organ has a switchboard for which ranks are used multi-level tutti switches, to avoid both unnecessary loudness unless true "full organ" is what's wanted, and to avoid using soft stops that wouldn't be heard.

C Holmes

Dude, he has sooooo many other pieces that are equally as cool. Not to mention the hundreds of other cool pieces there are. Not saying toccata is bad, it’s just that there is so much more out there than it.

@@user-pz4um9hi1jNothing is equally as cool. Nothing comes even close. Dude.lol

@@mp3ste1 Go listen to his Fantasia in G Minor.

There is a Virgil Fox recording out there. I have the album from long ago, but burned a cd off the internet.

@@mp3ste1 Or 'We All Belive In One True God' Or the Pascalliga In C Minor.

You should see some older mechanical organs. The larger ones need someone to actually play the keys and 2 people to turn the sheet music and operate the stop knobs.