That is Choral number 3 in A Minor by Franck

It was an improvisation and I have not named it, though I might in the future write it out and fix it up a bit. It draws on elements from a few different hymn tunes, as well as Widor's Regina Coeli

47 ranks, ~2850 pipes

There is no name of the piece as it was improvised.

The organ was given by several patrons.

It was our honor and pleasure.

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I believe David had the Pedal Bourdon, the Swell strings in the left hand and several 8’ stops in the Great coupled to the pedal.

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Yes, I had the Pedal Bourdon at 16' and 8', Swell Gedeckt, Salicional, and Voix Celeste all at 8', and Great Principal, Violone, and Rohrflute all at 8' coupled to the divided pedals.

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Thank you! The cup holder is a standard feature ever since it was shown at the Boston AGO convention and it became a Facebook meme.

That was an improvisation by Mr. Catabui, who I might point out is 22 and reasonably new to the organ. Quite a talent.

what was piece that he improvised??

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Those shutters are the front of the Swell chamber that is set into the back wall. The entire Swell division is behind these shutters.

This organ is a restoration of the complete original system from 1933. It has no MIDI system. It has had a Barden electronic player added to it which parallels the original mechanical system. The Barden player system is not MIDI based, but is a high-resolution system that can capture human playing of the organ. It came with libraries of roll music transcribed from Moller, Skinner, Welte and Aeolian organ rolls.

Thank you! Such kind words are an inspiration to me as well.

Same here. I have a few Wurlitzer bits and pieces, almost complete flute rank, bottom half of a tuba horn (16’), an open diapason, 6 rank chest, a number of offset chest, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, and a blower.

I’m happy to explain. The tone is produced by felt tipped hammers striking metal bars. These bars vibrate which produce the tone. This tone is reinforced and amplified by a metal resonator tube placed closely below each bar. There is a tube for each bar and each tube has a length and diameter of a specific size such that it resonates with the frequency of its tone bar. This makes the tone much louder. The tremulant is produced by a disk placed at the end of each tube, just below the tone bar. This disk rotates, which opens and closes the resonator tube, thus making the tone alternate loud and soft. You may note that this tremulant affects only volume and not pitch, which is unusual for a tremulant. This is part of the Vibraharp’s unique tone quality. There is a part of the mechanism that insures that the disk is in the open position when it is stopped.

That is Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42 by Mendelssohn. Played by Ken Cowen on the Kegg pipe organ at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Saddle River, NJ.

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@@keggpipeorganbuilders3619 That was going to be my question as well. That has to be one of the most perfect blending of artist, instrument, and music I've ever heard. More institutions should be installing Kegg Pipe Organs!

Chad Beverly The Deagan company made a 61 note version, but it is uncommon. We could recreate this of course. It would be less expensive if we could find an example to restore.

Cool. I thought it might have been for wind pressure (in./W.C.) but couldn't think why. I have a Spencer Orgoblo blower that has a DC generator mounted "piggyback" on the blower motor, and belt driven from a pulley on the rear of the motor. Oddly enough, the generator looks like a small motor...