A nice typical early twentieth century Harrison and Harrison instrument. Yes tubular pneumatic actions can be very slow but Harrison's typically had their actions on heavier wind pressures to combat this. ( you talking about the Royal Albert Hall organ, when Harrison's rebuilt the organ in the late 60's or early seventies, I can't now remember when it was, they put most of the action wind pressures up to I think it was 15" and having been involved with a London borough Bi annual schools music festival, and turning the pages for the organist who was a friend the actions were shall we say somewhat noisy due to the pressures they were working on. And at that time 1986, the organs winding system was leaking like a sieve) I make these comment not only as an organ enthusiast, but as a former organ builder. I think when Mander's rebuilt the Albert Hall they may well have made those action pressures a bit lower but I'm not sure. This Whitby organ is beautiful, and my iPad does not do it justice at all. I will watch it through my TV later to hear it properly. I've only just found your channel and have subscribed immediately

Certainly a good one, there is a similar organ much nearer to me at St Wilfrid's Harrogate, which happens to be my favourite church in Harrogate, although atm it is in need of repear. There is a similar organ nearer to you at St Mary's Richmond (not Surrey, the one in Yorkshire). Maybe they'll let you there.

Certainly a powerful organ for its size! Thanks for another nice organ!

Undisputably a gem, and yes, properly maintained tubular pneumatic actions can be quite good.

Good to hear an organ of that vintage in such good condition. Harrison loved his "Harmonics" Gt mixture, way ahead of its time. The action seems to be working beautifully, but those tremulants... not for me!! Beautifully voiced and a credit to the people keeping it running. Thank you for posting.

Lovely organ!

Nice to see a church that is trying to keep the organ in good condition. I bet you would like to spend a few days testing out this instrument. Nice video.

Wonderful instrument - I was allowed to practice on it when I lived in Whitby for a few months over 40 years ago. If you want a "Solo Trumpet" on the Choir, use "Reeds on Choir" to transfer the Great Trombas to the Choir - a usual feature for H&H. Today with electro-pneumatic action the drawstops would be duplicated. The one in St Editha's, Tamworth is more-or-less a duplicate.

Been to Whitby loads of times but never gained access to this Church. Superb organ. Just a small pity that the Swell doesn’t have a 2 Foot stop.

Thought Opecliede 16 was basically a contrabass saxophone, but it is like a 16 foot tuba, trombone and double trumpet

that makes me wonder what attitude the village church (Elvington holy trinity btw) has its only a small one but looks like it could give an attitude off makes me want to go to leeds minster on a friday to attend an organ consort if there doing them just to see what theres sounds like

Fabulous! 😂

Harrison and Harrison organs are great. At St Edith’s in Tamworth it has a 16ft Ophicleide it is extremely loud.

As the organ has been restored in recent years, and is tubular pneumatic throughout, I wonder what metal (or plastic maybe) the tubes are made of? I believe in years gone by, the tubes were made of lead !! Anyway, nice video great organ

I think you need T shirts that say "tuning stop". I wait for you to say it in every video!

Certainly a big sound, I had to switch to my Sony headphones to do it justice.

When demonstrating a Harmonic Flute, especially one at 8ft pitch, do remember that it will generally only be harmonic in the treble - a harmonic pipe is double length, with a hole at the nominal speaking length, and so it is quite common for it to only be harmonic from C25 up (can't speak for the H&H examples), so do make sure to get up the top! With an undulating pair of strings, it's normal that the Celeste is tuned sharp to the rest of the division. Oh, and Quintaton is of German origin and is more properly spelled Quintatön (note the umlaut over the O) and pronounced Quinta-tone (with the O pronounced quite far back in the mouth, half swallowed, rather than the more forward English O).

Fantastic organ! Oh to have a day to play around with all the possible stop combinations Btw, how do you capture audio for these organs? Am I correct in assuming your audio comes from at the console?

I’m not sure I like this one. It’s quite alarming 🙉. When you had to shout to be heard over the Small Diapason 😲 Even the string stops were a bit in-yer-face. I’d prefer a bit more dynamic variety.